

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, is a pottery firm owned by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity company based in New York City.[1] Wedgwood was founded on 1 May 1759[2] by Josiah Wedgwood and in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an Ireland-based luxury brands group. After the 2009 purchase by KPS Capital, Wedgwood became part of a group of companies known as WWRD Holdings Ltd, an acronym for "Waterford Wedgwood Royal Doulton."
There are lots companies in U.K., which couldn't survive the financial crisis in 2008-2009 and finally were taken by PE from U.S., China or Middle East. Wedgwood was one of them, even it had a long history of making delicate china for Royal Families.