Established in 1945, ICEL started as a small family business company. In 1977, ICEL began exporting, and nowadays, more than 80% of its production is spread in more than 70 countries, across 5 continents. This success is due to constant investing in a strategic and sustainable growth, straightly linked to the capacity of evaluation and responding efficiently to different market requirements, by developing a culture of innovation in products, processes and materials, supported by great flexibility on production, due to strong modernization and introduction of high technology. Since 1998, ICEL has had a Quality Management System, and in 2003 was the first cutlery company worldwide certified environmentally.