Fortessa Inc 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 Wiesel Crystal Glass and Fortessa Design and Value Fortessa brings a passion for design and exacting standards of performance to the manufacturing of its metal ware We specialize in heavy gauge 1810 stainless steel flatware that features heft balance in the hand and pleasing design 1810 stainless steel offers greater resistance to stains and rust and a superior shine Fortessa flatware features 360Degree design in every piece the design carries from the front to the back