02 / Company & ownership
Behind the brand.
Le Creuset was founded in Fresnoy-le-Grand, where iron founder Armand Desaegher and enamelling specialist Octave Aubecq combined their crafts. The French foundry still casts the enamelled-iron range.
Sources · previous brand research
- 1925
Le Creuset is founded and the first cocotte is made.
- 1950s
Colour expands beyond the original Volcanique orange.
- Today
French enamelled cast iron remains the core line.



