Surface finish is what protects the substrate from corrosion and what determines whether the product still looks acceptable after several years of kitchen use. For our two main product families, we use two main processes: chrome over nickel electroplating on low-carbon steel wire baskets, and pic…
Aluminum-alloy kitchen hardware has a genuine niche — it is lighter, corrosion-resistant without plating, and accepts anodized colorways directly. It also has trade-offs: lower tensile strength than steel, higher raw-material cost than chrome-plated wire, and it is best made by factories that spe…
Both 304 stainless steel and chrome-plated iron wire still earn their place in a 2026 kitchen hardware program. We use 304 stainless across our mid- and upper-tier baskets — the substrate is itself the corrosion barrier, so there is nothing to wear through. We use chrome-plated low-carbon steel w…
