Different types of metal can be laminated or bonded together, to combine the advantages of different metals into a cookware body. An example would be a 3 layer construction consisting of two outer layers of stainless steel, with an inner layer of aluminum. This incorporates all of the benefits of each metal into one piece of cookware. The lamination of metals is done in the raw material stage, in sheets, and blanks are cut from the sheets to be formed into cookware shapes in a press. The entire process is very costly, and this construction is found only on higher priced cookware.