While production continued in France, the product was temporarily unavailable in the USA and the brand was relaunched as a line of stoneware-based bakeware in 2001. Originally manufactured primarily in the USA, production of Pyroceram-based Corning Ware ceased in the States with the closure of the Martinsburg, West Virginia plant.
Discontinuation and reintroduction in the USA Ĭorningware was used in the ballistic missile program as a heat-resistant material for nose cones. He reached into the furnace with tongs to discard the sample, and it slipped and hit the floor without shattering. When he checked on his sample, the furnace was at 900 degrees and the glass had turned milky white. He was working with photosensitive glass and placed a piece into a furnace planning on heating it to 600 degrees Fahrenheit. Donald Stookey of the Corning Research and Development Division discovered Pyroceram, a white glass-ceramic material capable of withstanding a thermal shock of up to 450 K (840 ☏), by accident.
The stylized burner icon indicates pieces that are range-top safe.
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