Fortessa tableware solutions is a leading designer developer and marketer of quality tableware for the highend commercial foodservice market globally as well as for the luxury consumer market The company was founded in 1993 as the Great American Trading Company Inc focusing from the very start on quality dinnerware for culinary professionals and for the home In 1997 the company expanded its offerings to flatware glassware and tabletop accessories becoming a total table operation and pioneered the concept of specialty dinnerware for the commercial foodservice market with a Cuisine Collection of square rectangular and oval shapes Fortessa is an integrated designer developer and marketer of tabletop goods and accessories Brands and products under the Fortessa banner include Fortessa Dinnerware the Accents collection Fortessa Metal ware Schott Zwiesel Crystal Glass and Fortessa Design and Value Our products offer a combination of quality and value unmatched in the tabletop industry Fortaluxe is reinforced with alumina oxide or magnesium oxide for durability It is glaze thermal shock and edge chip resistant