Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Luiz Sganderlla, vice president of operations at Tramontina cookware’s one million square-foot distribution center in Sugar Land, Texas.
![Luiz Sganderlla, Tramontina's Vice President of Operations based in Sugar Land. Texas.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4e5a8f4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1277x1165+0+0/resize/880x803!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa7%2Fd7%2F0e3d642d438bbd34150edf381a65%2Fluiz-sganderlla.jpeg)
Tom Wilmer
Tramontina is a century old, family-owned Brazilian based company with a presence in more than 120 countries.
![Tramontina's popular aluminum non-stick porcelain cookware](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f4c7eac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x820+0+0/resize/880x564!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2Fc5%2F35240369443c97e97da265938952%2Faluminum-non-stick-porelain-cookware.jpeg)
Tramontina
In addition to a wide array of high-end culinary utensil offerings, Tramontina also produces agricultural and gardening tools and much more. Come along and join the conversation with Luiz.
![Tramontina also produces an array of tools](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/02f7ccd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x1173+0+0/resize/880x806!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa1%2F88%2F94987313446ca8fcc66bc73d6949%2Ftramontina-tools.jpg)
Tramontina Corporation
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![a small snippet of Tramontina's one million sqaure-foot warehouse distribution center in Sugar Land, Texas.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/546b52b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x1086+0+0/resize/880x747!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3d%2F7c%2F155b21e64c2e9ce424699553b907%2Ftramontina-sugar-land-warehouse.jpeg)
Tom Wilmer