Gruber’s new “Improved Line” (IL) style permanent hats offer you a superior product when compared to our older, original permanent hats.  Why?  The answer is simple.   These new hats feature a more uniform material thickness.  Although they use slightly thinner material that used in our original hats,  the fact that their thickness is more uniform overall results in less distortion

Gruber has invested in a new, more efficient manufacturing process with high output that has enabled us to reduce costs and thereby offer these hats at a lower price than our original hats.

In summary, our customers benefit by receiving better quality hats with improved edge treatments, more uniform dimensional accuracy, and less distortion… all at a lower price… What could be better?

IL Style Permanent Hats are available for our most popular bowl styles.  We are continually adding more styles to our IL line.  If you would like IL style hats for a mold not currently available, let us know and we’ll take care of it.  We highly recommend use of these hats where available… they are just tahat superior of a product.  Try them… you’ll undoubtedly agree!