Fourth quarter sales at Libbey were down as the company pinned the decline on unfavorable price and product mix in its food service markets.
BIA Cordon Bleu will showcase the new BIA Kitchen & Home collection, for the first time at IH+HS. The new brand focuses on home accessories for serving and entertaining, home décor, as well as decorative storage.
LSA International is serving up several new specialty glassware collections at the upcoming International Home + Housewares Show.
Badash Crystal will roll out several new glassware pieces for spring.
Yedi Houseware will present two new dinnerware collections at the upcoming International Home + Housewares Show.
New ThermoServ, Ltd. (NTL) has completed the acquisition of all Gessner Products Company, Inc. assets. Gessner is a manufacturer of melamine and SAN smallwares and other tabletop products.
Lenox Corporation and Michael Wainwright USA have ended their seven-year collaboration.
Lenox Corporation and Fiskars Group have invested in another decade in their respective full-floor showrooms at Forty One Madison, located in New York City. The companies currently occupy two of the largest showrooms, with the Lenox space spanning 12,669-square-feet, and Fiskars Group occupying 12,120-square-feet.
Sea Stones has debuted the Bottle Chilling coaster set, which is designed to be chilled in the freezer to keep bottles cold.
Ikea U.S. is introducing a summer collection designed to get consumers in the vacation state of mind with playful aesthetics and graphic, colorful prints.
Fiskars Corporation’s Royal Copenhagen brand will launch the Blomst dinnerware collection at the upcoming spring New York Tabletop Market, to be held April 2 to 5 at Forty One Madison. This is the company’s first dinner service launch in a decade.
Zak Designs is planning to roll out a new line of holiday beverageware for the fall/winter 2019 season.
HaloVino will introduce its No-Glass Wine Glass at the upcoming IH+HS. The company said the 12-ounce BPA-free plastic is shatterproof and designed for use when a regular wine glass is not available.
Winners of the 2019 Housewares Design Awards were presented during a ceremony at the Las Vegas Market.
The Oneida Group has sold the majority of its food service business, which markets flatware, dinnerware and barware, to Crown Brands, a distributor of commercial grade smallware, bakeware, cookware, beverageware, and other products to the food service industry.
Jars Céramistes, a French manufacturer of tabletop and dinnerware products, has established Jars USA. The new group will manage and distribute its products in the U.S. Jars USA is based in New Castle, Delaware, and is a sister company to Emile Henry USA.
Corelle Brands, whose houseware brands include Pyrex, Snapware and Corelle, said it is moving a portion of its manufacturing and distribution operations to the Chickasaw Trails Industrial Park in Marshall County, Mississippi, according to a recent news report.
Monmade, a trade group of designers and small-batch manufacturers, has partnered with the Pittsburgh Glass Center and Stak Ceramics. The group will launch new glass tableware and ceramic housewares at the winter NY Now market, scheduled to be held February 2 to 5 in New York City.
Prodyne will introduce the Trim fruit infusion pitcher at the upcoming International Home + Housewares Show, to be held March 2 to 5 in Chicago.
Alessi will debut the Itsumo flatware collection as part of its spring/summer 2019 lineup.