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Nordic Ware (also known as Northland Aluminum Products, Inc.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Company Overview of Northland Aluminum Products, Inc. )〕 is a company based in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park, Minnesota that introduced the Bundt cake pan in 1950. It was founded in 1946 by Henry David Dalquist (May 25, 1918 – January 2, 2005), who invented the Bundt pan in 1950,〔 his wife Dorothy, his brother Mark, and their friend Donald Nygren.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nordic Ware's Founders )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Louis Park Historical Society — Nordic Ware )〕〔 Nordic Ware remains family-owned and operated, and David Dalquist (son of founders Henry David and Dorothy Dalquist) is the current company President.〔 The Nordic Ware sign is painted on the Peavey–Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator near the interchange of Minnesota State Highway 100 and Minnesota State Highway 7.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=St. Louis Park Historical Society - Nordic Ware )〕 The grain elevator was the first reinforced concrete circular grain elevator in the United States, and possibly in the world. Prior to Nordic Ware, the grain elevator carried the sign for "Lumber Stores Inc."〔 In addition to the Bundt cake pan, Nordic Ware is also a pioneer in the field of microwave cookware. They introduced the patented Micro-Go-Round, better known as the automated food rotator.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Opportunity LOL Reviews: Nordic Ware's Potato Baker )〕 To date more than 60 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 To mark the 60th anniversary of the pan the company designated November 15 as "National Bundt Day". The company also runs a competition every year "Bundts Across America," celebrating the best bundt cake creations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 Japan's Contest Winners )〕 Nordic Ware is one of the few remaining American cookware companies that produce their products almost entirely in the United States. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nordic Ware」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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