Pfaltzgraff
Pennsylvania stoneware made in York County since the 1800s.
Status: Former Great
- Website
- pfaltzgraff.com
- HQ
- USA
- Manufacturing
- China
- Ownership type
- Public
- Parent
- Lifetime Brands
- Acquired
- 2005
- Status since
- 2026-07-13
Ownership
Lifetime bought the brand in 2005 explicitly excluding the Thomasville PA pottery, then announced US production would end; about 250 workers got notices and the pottery closed in October 2005.
Why Former Great
The classic acquisition structure: buy the name, leave the factory.
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