TVS Fact Sheet

• TVS was founded in 1968 in Urbino, Italy, and remains the country’s leading specialist non-stick aluminium cookware manufacturer.
  
  
• In addition to its leading position in Italy, TVS is one of the three largest non-stick cookware manufacturers in Europe. Whilst TVS was one of the first companies in Italy to be granted a licence to use DuPont non-stick coatings, it also prides itself on investment in its own research and development laboratories to ensure continual technical innovation.
  
  
• TVS’s unique patented technology includes Ipertek, Plustek and Toptek non-stick coatings, WireCell, RoundAir, Titan Ceramic Plasma and Tcontrol, a cutting-edge system for controlling heat during cooking.
  
  
• TVS works with the world’s finest cookware designers including a wealth of new Italian talent to research the unique style, form and function of each cookware range, whether destined for large scale or limited edition production.
  
  
• TVS’ collaboration with Matteo Thun to create Archetun and Archetun Induction has been recognised with the prestigious international awards Designpreis 2007 and Design Plus 2006.
  
  
• Easy Lab, TVS’ creative laboratory, launched Easypretty, a unique decorative concept enabling TVS to become the only company in Europe to colour print onto the entire surface of this visually striking and diverse cookware range.
  
  
• TVS was the first company in the cookware sector to achieve UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 certification, a testimony to its respect for the most stringent European standards for quality control and customer service.
  
  
• Today TVS exports over 80% of its products to more than 60 countries throughout the world, producing up to 18 million pieces a year.