LifeTime Brands to move distribution center to Hagerstown, create 230 jobs

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Lifetime Brands, a global designer, developer, and marketer of home consumer products, is establishing a distribution center in Hagerstown that will create an estimated 230 jobs, Gov. Wes Moore announced Wednesday.

The new location will provide the company with logistical advantages and access to Interstate 70 and Interstate 81, as well as proximity to the Port of Baltimore for shipments, the governor’s office said in a news release.

Lifetime Brands offers a broad range of branded consumer products used in the home. The company markets its products under several kitchenware brands, including Farberware, KitchenAid, Sabatier, Amco Houseworks, and Chef’n; tableware and giftware brands, including Mikasa, Pfaltzgraff, and Empire Silver; and home solutions brands, including BUILT NY, S’well, Taylor Bath and Planet Box.

The approximately one million square-foot facility is being developed by the Trammell Crow Company and is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The Hagerstown facility will effectively operate as the company’s primary U.S. East Coast distribution center, a relocation from the current distribution center in Robbinsville, New Jersey.

“We are excited to take this first step towards realizing Lifetime’s infrastructure for the future steered by a relocation to our new Hagerstown distribution center in Maryland, and leading to execution of the initial phase of our multiyear growth initiatives,” Lifetime Brands CEO Rob Kay said. “Lifetime’s distribution centers are a core asset of our operations, and this new facility yields an expanded capacity of 327,000 square feet in a centralized location to maximize time and cost efficiencies of logistics and freight.”

To assist with project costs, the Maryland Department of Commerce is working to approve a $1.4 million conditional grant through Advantage Maryland. This project was made possible through a collaboration with Commerce, the Maryland Port Administration, and Washington County Department of Business and Economic Development, the governor’s office said in its news release.