Kyocera Advanced Ceramics
Kyocera (Kyoto, Japan) was founded in 1959 as a producer of advanced ceramics. Kyocera specializes in combining these engineered materials with other technologies to create ceramic cutlery, kitchen tools and cookware, electronic devices, semiconductor components, orthopedic implants, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers and mobile phones. Continuously innovating, Kyocera was the first company to develop and market the zirconia ceramic knife in 1984. Today these high-quality kitchen products not only include ceramic knives, but also ceramic cookware, peelers, slicers, graters, scrapers, spice mills, coffee grinders, scissors, insulated travel mugs, ceramic pens and more.