Who owns LAICA?
LAICA is owned by Strix (Isle of Man, AIM: KETL), which has owned the brand since 26 October 2020.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Strix Group Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2026 (15-month period ended 31 March 2026), 4 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Strix Group Plc reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇲 Isle of Man, Ronaldsway · browse countries
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Vicenza
- Founded
- 1974
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Kitchenware & small appliances
- Parent ticker
- AIM: KETL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About LAICA
LAICA was established in Vicenza in 1974 by the Moretto family and is one of the two brands Strix calls core to its Consumer Goods division. It sells water filter jugs and cartridges made in Italy alongside small household appliances for health and wellness — kitchen and personal scales, vacuum food sealers and bags, pasta machines, blood pressure monitors and nebulisers — and Strix is pushing the brand out of Italy into the rest of Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. Its Italian company is wholly owned and the trademarks sit in a separate Hong Kong subsidiary.
Ownership timeline of LAICA
Where LAICA sits in Strix
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Strix
Strix controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in home care.
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Other brands in kitchenware & small appliances, and who owns them
The 104 brands in kitchenware & small appliances on Brandtree belong to 35 owners. The largest is Arçelik, with 13; Strix has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Arçelik | Arçelik | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| AQUA | Haier | 🇨🇳 China |
| COLMO | Midea | 🇨🇳 China |
| All-Clad | Groupe SEB | 🇫🇷 France |
| Balay | BSH | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hamilton Beach | Hamilton Beach Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Amica | Amica | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Baratza | Breville Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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About the owner: Strix
Strix is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ronaldsway, Isle of Man, founded in 1951. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as AIM: KETL.
Strix makes the safety controls inside electric kettles and says its products are used around 1.2 billion times a day in more than 100 countries, which gives it roughly half the global kettle controls market by value. The business began on the Isle of Man in 1951 as Castletown Thermostats, founded by Eric Taylor to control heated flying suits, took the Strix name in 1982 under his son John Taylor, and joined AIM in 2017. It now reports two divisions: Controls, which sells to appliance manufacturers and retailers, and Consumer Goods, which sells water filtration and small appliances under LAICA and Aqua Optima alongside private label work for other brands. Its third division went in January 2026, when Strix sold the premium filtered-water systems business Billi to Crescent Capital Partners at an enterprise value of £110 million and used the net proceeds of £102.0 million to repay its bank facilities in full. It also moved its financial year end to 31 March, so its latest accounts cover a 15-month period.
🇮🇹 LAICA and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, LAICA among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of LAICA?
The parent company of LAICA is Strix, a publicly listed company headquartered in Isle of Man.
Is LAICA Italian or Manx?
LAICA originated in Italy in 1974, but it is owned today by Strix, which is headquartered in Isle of Man. So LAICA is an Italian-origin brand under Manx ownership.
Since when has Strix owned LAICA?
Strix has owned LAICA since 26 October 2020.
Is LAICA still owned by Strix?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, LAICA is still owned by Strix. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Strix Group Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2026 (15-month period ended 31 March 2026) — Strix Group Plc, Annual report, published 4 August 2026; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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