Fiesta Tableware
Fiestaware, made in Newell West Virginia since 1936, by the company formerly known as Homer Laughlin.
Status: Approved
- Founded
- 1871
- Website
- fiestatableware.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- USA
- Ownership type
- Family-owned
- Parent
- Wells family
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Fourth-generation Wells family (CEO Elizabeth McIlvain). The 2020 Steelite deal took only the foodservice arm and the Homer Laughlin name; the dinnerware factory and Fiesta stayed with the family.
Why Approved
The last major US dinnerware factory at scale. The living counterexample to Lenox, Pfaltzgraff, and Oneida.
Reversibility
What would change our verdict
A sale to outside capital, offshoring, or closure of the Newell WV plant.
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