Lifetime Brands Acquires BUILT Line

Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading resource for nationally branded kitchenware, tableware, home décor and lifestyle products based in Garden City, N.Y., has acquired the business and certain assets of BUILT NY. 

BUILT, with offices in Shelton, Conn., is a designer and distributor of brightly colored, uniquely patterned Neoprene products. In the kitchenware segment, the company offers wine, beer and champagne bags; coffee holders and water bottle totes; lunch totes, salad carriers and sandwich bags; oven mitts, pot holders and handle covers; and baby and child items. BUILT’s customer base comprises more than 30,000 retail outlets in more than 60 countries.

Jeffrey Siegel, Lifetime’s chairman and chief executive officer, said, “BUILT is well-known and highly regarded for authenticity, quality and innovation. BUILT’s product line, which embodies ‘the good life’ spirit, will complement Lifetime’s product portfolio and enhance our distribution to fine retailers worldwide.”

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Lifetime Brands markets products under such well-known kitchenware brands as Farberware, KitchenAid, CasaModa, Cuisinart, Cuisine de France, Guy Fieri, Hoffritz, Kizmos, Misto, Pedrini, Roshco, Sabatier, Savora and Vasconia; respected tableware brands such as Mikasa, Pfaltzgraff, Creative Tops, Gorham, International Silver, Kirk Stieff, Nautica, Sasaki, Towle Silversmiths, Tuttle, Wallace, V&A and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; and home solutions brands, including Elements, Melannco, Kamenstein and Design for Living.