About Silit
Silit has made cookware since 1920 and Silargan cookware in Riedlingen since 1989. The brand has changed owners, factories and materials lists. It has never changed the address that matters.
About Silit
Silit began in 1920 as a product line inside the WMF works in Geislingen: a steel pot, made to sell in a country short of raw materials. The first pressure cooker followed in 1927 under the name Siko - the product that would become Sicomatic and stay in production for a century.
In 1956 the entire Silit production moved to a purpose-built plant in Riedlingen on the Danube. Enamel gave way to stainless, then to coated surfaces. In 1962 came the first enamel frying pan with an anti-stick effect; in 1975 the Sicomatic-S put the cooking regulator into the handle, a world first.
The material that defines the brand arrived in 1989. Silargan - a steel core sealed inside pore-free functional ceramic - solved two problems at once: heat that behaves, and a surface that does not react with food. It is nickel-free, taste-neutral and scratch-resistant by nature rather than by coating.
Ownership changed along the way. WMF sold Silit in 1964, bought it back in 1998 after a difficult decade, and since 2016 the Riedlingen works has operated as a pure production company. WMF itself joined Groupe SEB in 2016–2017, which makes Silit part of a large European housewares group without changing what leaves the factory gate.
Today the line-up runs from Silargan pots and pans to Sicomatic pressure cookers, woks, storage and replacement parts. The 30-year warranty on Silargan cookware is the long version of the same claim Silit has been making since 1920: buy it once.
· Milestones
“Where is Silit made?” has a short answer: Riedlingen on the Danube, where the production plant has stood since 1956. Silargan cookware and Sicomatic pressure cookers are made there. A small number of accessories are sourced elsewhere; product listings name the origin when it differs.
Silit is a WMF Group brand. WMF has belonged to Groupe SEB, the French housewares group, since 2016. The Riedlingen works has operated as a pure production company since the same year.
Silit warranty
Silargan cookware carries a 30-year warranty covering material and manufacturing defects, inside and outside, under Silit’s warranty terms. Keep the receipt and the packaging insert. Claims and replacement parts run through the WMF service team: [email protected] or +49 7331 256 256.
Often, yes. Gaskets, valves, handles and lids for the Sicomatic range remain available as spare parts, which is what keeps thirty-year-old pressure cookers in service. For Silargan pots, the body is the part that lasts; anything with a mechanical function - knobs, seals, inserts - can usually be replaced.
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