LA Kings and HexClad Announce Multi-Year Partnership Bringing the Heat to the Ice

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 25, 2025--

Two-time Stanley Cup Champions the LA Kings and HexClad, the game-changing cookware brand redefining kitchens worldwide, are heating things up in the world of sports with a new multi-year partnership naming HexClad the Official Cookware Partner of the team. Brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, the deal marks HexClad’s first-ever partnership with an NHL franchise, underscoring the brand’s growing influence at the intersection of food, sports, culture, and performance.

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The agreement reflects the partners’ shared Los Angeles roots and their commitment to innovation, precision, and excellence, whether in the kitchen or on the ice. With both brands known for redefining their respective categories, the collaboration introduces an exciting fusion of food, fandom, and community.

“As a brand born and built in Los Angeles, we’re incredibly proud to partner with one of the city’s most iconic teams,” said Daniel Winer, Co-Founder and CEO of HexClad. “Like the Kings, HexClad is all about passion and pushing the limits of performance. Together, we’re bringing the energy of the game into the kitchen and celebrating the fans who make it all possible.”

Throughout the 2025–26 NHL season, fans will see HexClad come to life through prominent in-arena integrations at Crypto.com Arena, including exclusive fan experiences, co-branded activations, and digital content that celebrates the shared culture of food and sport. HexClad’s hybrid technology will be showcased in unique culinary moments, from curated chef experiences at select home games to behind-the-scenes content highlighting how HexClad performance cookware helps chefs (and players) stay at the top of their game.

“Partnering with a Los Angeles-based innovator like HexClad is a natural fit,” said LA Kings President, Luc Robitaille. “Their dedication to excellence, creativity, and community mirrors our own, and we’re thrilled to bring fans something fresh, engaging, and uniquely L.A.”

Beyond the rink, HexClad and the LA Kings will join forces to support community initiatives across Southern California, kicking off this year during the team’s annual holiday “Season of Giving.” Efforts will include culinary events with local youth organizations, special surprise-and-delight moments for fans and community partners, as well as appearances by HexClad’s world-class chef partners. These initiatives reinforce both brands’ shared focus on giving back and using their platforms to make a positive impact across the region, especially during this time of year.

“From the start, this partnership felt like a true extension of the Kings’ culture,” said Josh Veilleux, senior vice president, AEG Global Partnerships. “It’s about connecting with fans in unexpected ways – through food, creativity and shared experiences, and finding opportunities to make a meaningful and positive impact that goes well beyond the game.”

This new partnership adds to HexClad’s growing sports portfolio, which includes official collaborations with the New York Yankees and F1 driver Yuki Tsunoda, further solidifying the brand’s position as a global lifestyle force redefining what performance looks like in the kitchen and beyond.

About HexClad:

HexClad is a global premium kitchenware brand based in Los Angeles, known for its patented hybrid technology that combines stainless steel with nonstick for unmatched performance, durability, and ease-of-use. Since its founding in 2016, HexClad has redefined modern cooking tools with a full line of high-performance products, including cookware, cutlery, cutting boards, aprons, and kitchen accessories. Sold through direct-to-consumer channels and strategic retail partners, HexClad has built a passionate global following by empowering cooks of all levels with products that break rules and challenge convention. The brand was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America 2023-2025. Learn more at www.hexclad.com.

About LA Kings:

The LA Kings have enjoyed a rich history of excitement, passion, and championship glory in Southern California while demonstrating the utmost commitment to their fans, partners, and community. Owned and operated by AEG, the Kings began play in 1967 and now play at world-famous Crypto.com Arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Since our inception we have strived to be the ultimate leader as it relates to employing many of the greatest players in National Hockey League history, and hosting and participating in incredible events highlighted by two Stanley Cup Championships.

LA Kings and HexClad Announce Multi-Year Partnership Bringing the Heat to the Ice

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk's space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public, according to two sources familiar with the filing, a blockbuster offering that would likely rank as the biggest ever and could make its founder the world's first trillionaire.

A SpaceX IPO promises to be one of the biggest Wall Street events of the year, with several investment banks lining up to help raise tens of billions to fund Musk's ambitions to set up a base on the moon, put datacenters the size of several football fields in orbit and possibly one day send a man to Mars.

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about the confidential registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SpaceX did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

Exactly how much SpaceX plans to raise has not been disclosed but the figure is reportedly as much as $75 billion. At that level, the offering would easily eclipse the $29 billion that Saudi Aramco raised in its IPO in 2019.

The offering, coming possibly in June, could value all the shares of SpaceX at $1.5 trillion, nearly double what the company was valued in December when some minority owners sold their stakes, according to research firm Pitchbook, before an acquisition that increased its size.

Musk owns 42% of the SpaceX now, according to Pitchbook, though that figure will change with the IPO when new owners are issued shares. In any case, he is likely to pierce the trillion dollar mark because he is already close. Forbes magazine estimates Musk's net worth at roughly $823 billion.

In addition to making reusable rockets to hurl astronauts and hardware into orbit, SpaceX owns Starlink, the world’s largest satellite communications company. The company also recently brought under its roof two other Musk businesses, social media platform X, formerly Twitter, and artificial intelligence business, xAI, in a controversial transaction because both the seller and the buyer were controlled by him.

SpaceX has become the biggest commercial launch company in its industry, responsible for sending payloads into orbit for customers across the globe, but has also benefited from big taxpayer spending. That has raised conflicts of interest issues given that Musk was the biggest donor to President Donald Trump's campaign and is still a big backer.

In the past five years, SpaceX won $6 billion in contracts from NASA, the Defense Department and other U.S. government agencies, according to USAspending.gov.

Among current SpaceX owners is Donald Trump Jr, the president's oldest son. He owns a shares through 1789 Capital. That venture capital firm made him a partner shortly after his father won the presidency for a second time and has been buying up federal contractors seeking to win taxpayer money ever since.

The White House and Trump himself have repeatedly denied there are any conflicts of interest between his role as president and his family's businesses.

FILE - A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

FILE - Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)