Oneida Limited
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| Industry | Tableware, Food Prep, Foodservice, Consumer |
| Founded | Oneida, New York (1880) |
| Founder | John Humphrey Noyes |
| Headquarters | Sherrill, New York, U.S. |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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John Sheppard, CEO |
| Products | Tableware |
| Owner | The Oneida Group |
| Subsidiaries | Oneida Canada Limited Oneida U.K. Limited Oneida S.A. de C.V. Kenwood Silver Company, Inc. Buffalo China, Inc. Sakura, Inc. Viners of Sheffield Limited Delco International Ltd. ABCO International Oneida Australia PTY Ltd. THC Systems, Inc. Rego China |
| Website |
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Oneida Limited is one of the world’s largest designers and sellers of stainless steel and silverplated cutlery and tableware for the consumer and foodservice industries. It is also the largest supplier of dinnerware to the foodservice industry in North America. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Latin America, Europe and Asia marketing and distributing tabletop products, which include flatware, dinnerware, crystal stemware, glassware and kitchen tools and gadgets. The company originated in the late-nineteenth century in Oneida, New York.
The company arose out of the utopian Oneida Community, which was established in Oneida, NY in 1848. The Oneida Association (later Oneida Community) was founded by a small group of Christian Perfectionists led by John Humphrey Noyes, Jonathan Burt, George W. Cragin, Harriet A.Noyes, George W. Noyes, John L. Skinner and a few others. In 1880, after more than 30 years operating as a commune, the Oneida Community voted to transfer much of the common property to a joint-stock company to be known as Oneida Community Ltd. effective January 1, 1881.
Oneida Community Ltd. was one of the earliest joint-stock companies in the United States. Its founders' religious philosophy helped inform the early development of the company, in which members of the former Oneida Community became shareholders in the company. Its progressive nature also allowed for a woman, Harriet Joselyn, to sit on the board of directors — a departure from the norm for the time.
Oneida Community started production of silver-plated flatware and hollow-ware in 1899 using the "Community Plate" mark. Oneida Community purchased the Wm A. Rogers and 1881 Rogers companies in 1929 and started producing a somewhat lower-quality line of products using those companies’ marks. In 1935, Oneida Community changed its name to Oneida Ltd.
Oneida Limited successfully adapted to the difficult economic conditions of the First World War and Second World War. Throughout both of these world economic upheavals, Oneida adapted its manufacturing capabilities. During the First World War, it produced ammunition clips, lead-plated gas shells, combat knives, and surgical instruments; during World War II, the company added army trucks, aircraft survival kits, and even jet engine parts to its manufacturing repertoire.
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