Born of the steel age in 1960, All-Clad Metalcrafters began as a small metallurgical company that specialized in formulating bonded metals for a variety of industries. Company founder, John Ulam, an accomplished metallurgist, discovered that cladding dissimilar metals in the proper formulations delivered properties that no individual metal could achieve. Thus the bonding process was born. After years of perfecting his bonding process, J. Ulam established All-Clad Metalcrafters in 1971, and began producing professional-quality bonded cookware for working chefs and gourmet home cooks.