Much has happened since 1956, when—almost by chance—the world’s first pressure-cast pan was created. Inventor and entrepreneur G.A.L. Thorsen was in the process of developing a pressure cooker. The project was eventually abandoned, but the lid originally intended for the pressure cooker became the foundation for a frying pan.

In 1976, our current factory in Ryomgaard opened, where experiments began with polishing using beeswax to achieve a glossy surface—marking the first step towards what would later become our well-known non-stick coating.

In 2002, we changed our name from Pyrolux to SCANPAN.

2017 marked the introduction of our Stratanium® coating, followed just one year later by the launch of Stratanium+.

2026 marks not only our 70th anniversary, but also the year in which—after many years of development—we can present our latest coating, Stratanium Leap, produced without PFAS