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One of the first commercial products to be sold under the new mark was a pie plate, and in the interests of euphonism the letter r was inserted between pie and ex and the whole thing condensed to PYREX.

Actually, we had a number of prior trade-marks ending in the letters ex. While some people have thought that it was made up from the Greek pyr and the Latin rex, we have always taken the position that no graduate of Harvard would be guilty of such a classical hybrid. The word PYREX is probably a purely arbitrary word which was devised in 1915 as a trade-mark for products manufactured and sold by Corning Glass Works. In the past, the brand name has also been used for kitchen utensils and bakeware by other companies in regions such as Japan and Australia.Ī Corning executive gave the following account of the etymology of the name "Pyrex": In Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, the PYREX (all uppercase) trademark is licensed by International Cookware for bakeware that has been made of borosilicate and soda-lime glass, stoneware, metal plus vitroceramic cookware. Instant Brands continues to license the pyrex (lowercase) trademark for their tempered soda-lime glass line of kitchenware products and related accessories sold in the United States, South America, and Asia.

no longer manufactures or markets consumer products, only industrial ones. responsible for the development of PYREX spun off from its parent company as Corning Consumer Products Company, subsequently renamed Corelle Brands. In 1998, the products division of Corning Inc. It was later expanded to include ware products made of soda-lime glass and other materials. in 1915 for a line of clear, low-thermal-expansion borosilicate glass used for laboratory glassware and kitchenware. Pyrex ( trademarked as PYREX and pyrex) is a brand introduced by Corning Inc. 1980, featuring graduations in both metric and U.S.