TASU Co. 1942 Canteen with early Bakelite Cap.

Recently acquired TASU Co. 1942 Canteen with early Bakelite Cap.
(The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company)

Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company
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INDUSTRY
Cookware
FOUNDED
October 24, 1901
FOUNDER(S)
Charles M. Hall
Alfred E. Hunt
HEADQUARTERS
New Kensington, PA. (1901-1966)
Chillicothe, OH. (1966-1987)
Richmond, VA. (1987-1989)
OWNER(S)
Aluminum Company of America (1901-1982)
Wesray Corporation (1982-1988)
Nacco Industries, Inc. (1988-1989)
DEFUNCT
December 26, 1989

The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company was founded on October 24, 1901 by Charles M. Hall and Alfred E. Hunt as a marketing subsidiary of the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Its industry is aluminum cooking utensils and its headquarters were in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (1901-1966), Chillicothe, Ohio (1966-1987), Richmond, Virginia (1987-1989).

It was sold to the newly-formed Wesray Corporation in 1982. In 1983, Wesray acquired the Proctor-Silex division of SCM Corporation and merged it with Wear-Ever in 1985. The firm was sold to Nacco Industries, Inc.

in 1988. A year later, the Newell Company acquired the Wear-Ever aluminum cookware and bakeware business of WearEver-ProctorSilex and consolidated it with its Mirro subsidiary. The brand became a part of Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. in 1999. In 2004 it was sold to Global Home Products LLC, and in 2006 to Groupe SEB.