Waterford Wedgwood group

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Waterford Wedgwood group was a luxury goods conglomerate best known for producing high-quality fine china, porcelain, and crystal under brands such as Waterford and Wedgwood.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Waterford Crystal 3
Waterford Wedgwood group canonical 1
Wedgwood Group 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conglomerate
luxury goods company
acquiredBy KPS Capital Partners
brand Johnson Brothers
Minton
Rosenthal
Royal Albert
Royal Doulton
Spode
Stuart Crystal
Waterford
Wedgwood
category Ceramics manufacturers
Defunct companies of Ireland
Luxury brands
chairman Tony O’Reilly
chiefExecutiveOfficer Tony O’Reilly
country Ireland
formedByMergerOf Waterford Crystal
Wedgwood Group
foundedBy Tony O’Reilly
headquartersLocation Dublin
Ireland
industry ceramics
crystal glassware
luxury goods
tableware
insolvencyEvent entered receivership in 2009
knownFor crystal
fine china
porcelain
mainSalesRegion Asia
Europe
United Kingdom
United States
market global
notableBrandSpeciality Waterford crystal glassware
Wedgwood fine china
product collectible figurines
crystal stemware
fine bone china
giftware
home décor
porcelain dinnerware
tableware
stockExchangeListing Irish Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange
successor WWRD Holdings Limited
linked to: WWRD Holdings
tickerSymbol WWD
wentIntoAdministration 2009

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wedgwood pottery company partOf Waterford Wedgwood group
County Waterford knownFor Waterford Crystal
linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group
Waterford knownFor Waterford Crystal
linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group
Waterford Wedgwood plc formedByMergerOf Waterford Crystal
subject linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group
linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group
Waterford Wedgwood plc formedByMergerOf Wedgwood Group
subject linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group
linked to: Waterford Wedgwood group