Heritage Steel
Made Here in Clarksville: How Heritage Steel Is Redefining Made-in-America Cookware
In an era when much of the cookware sold in American kitchens is produced overseas, a quiet resurgence of domestic manufacturing is unfolding in Clarksville, Tennessee. At the center of it is Heritage Steel — a family-owned company crafting high-performance stainless-steel cookware that blends modern engineering with old-school workmanship. We recently got a behind-the-scenes look at their operations. Watch it HERE.
Rather than outsourcing production, Heritage Steel has invested in building and growing its manufacturing operation right here in Clarksville, creating skilled jobs and reinforcing the city’s role as a hub for advanced manufacturing.
“We are proud to have been a part of the Clarksville community since 1983. Our passion is to produce an exceptional quality product while creating a wonderful place to work. We have found that staff from this area have a sense of pride in producing world-class cookware that they would be proud for their friends and family to purchase for themselves” states Heritage Steel’s Vice President of Sales Bobby Griggs.
Inside the facility, sheets of steel are bonded into five-layer cookware designed for even heat distribution, durability, and decades of daily use. Every piece passes through multiple stages of forming, welding, polishing, and inspection — a process that relies as much on human expertise as on industrial machinery. The result is cookware that performs like professional equipment, but it's built for everyday kitchens, which is backed by a lifetime warranty, a promise few brands can confidently offer.
Heritage Steel’s signature 5-ply fully clad construction ensures heat moves evenly across the entire pan, not just the base, giving cooks precise control whether searing, simmering, or sautéing. It’s a level of performance often found in restaurant kitchens, now found in kitchens across the country.
Rather than chasing disposable trends, Heritage Steel focuses on durability. Stainless steel cookware doesn’t peel, flake, or wear out after a few years. With proper care, it can last a lifetime, reducing waste and long-term replacement costs.
But the company’s impact goes beyond cookware. By keeping production domestic, Heritage Steel supports a skilled workforce of machinists, welders, finishers, and quality technicians — careers that offer long-term stability in an industry that has disappeared from many American towns.
Each piece that ships from Clarksville sustains local jobs, preserves advanced manufacturing skills, and flows economic activity back into the community. It’s manufacturing with a multiplier effect — benefiting suppliers, logisticspartners, and small businesses across the region.
As demand grows, so does Heritage Steel’s role as a local economic driver. The brand’s success highlights Clarksville’s strengths: skilled labor, strong infrastructure, and a business environment that supports manufacturers' success.
Clarksville, TN, remains the heart of Heritage Steel’s operations. The company continues investing in equipment, workforce development, and product innovation — reinforcing that American manufacturing can scale without sacrificing quality. It shows that high-quality products can be produced competitively in the U.S., and that communities benefit when companies invest locally, and that craftsmanship still has real market value.
Heritage Steel isn’t just making cookware — it’s helping redefine what modern American manufacturing looks like.
It all starts in our community, where steel becomes a tool for everyday life, crafted with pride.
“There are so many incredible things Made in Clarksville! Thanks to the Aspire Foundation for funding this project, we’re excited to give our community a behind-the-scenes look at the products manufactured right here at home — from cookware and Italian tile to washing machines. It’s all made here,” states Josh Ward, Executive Director of the Clarksville Montgomery County Industrial Development Board.
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Get In Touch Josh Ward, Executive Director of IDB (931) 647-2332 | www.clarksvilletned.com |