Hy Cite was established in 1959 by Peter O. Johnson, Sr. and a friend, Dave Johnson, while they were still college students. Hy Cite’s success story began in Madison, Wisconsin, out of a garage, where they purchased, warehoused and distributed a cookware line. In the sixties, Peter O. Johnson, Sr. bought his partner’s portion of the company and established a Distributor Network in the Midwest. In the 1970’s, Hy Cite started developing distributorships around the United States.