Leifheit International USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leifheit AG, a premier manufacturer of advanced, high-quality household products based in Nassau , Germany .  Established in 1959, Leifheit AG employs more than 1800 people in 40 countries, and operates 10 production facilities worldwide. 

Leifheit (pronounced LIFE HEIGHT) is widely known and admired in Europe for its broad range of innovatively designed, moderately priced household products.  In the kitchen, Leifheit's professional-quality gadgets include Pro Line -- gleaming triple-plated chrome, professional-weight tools -- and the company's Pro Line Plus collection of upscale tools and utensils.   Other Leifheit kitchen products include versatile graters, mills and choppers, roll holders, salad spinner, apple corers, cookie gun/cake decorator, canning items, and a full assortment of insulated hot/cold beverage carafes.

Leading a current trend in upscale trash receptacles, Leifheit features several sleek and highly engineered garbage and recycle waste bins -- such as the Swinger, Tipper, Kicker and Waste Sorter – which in addition to complementing well-designed kitchens, eliminate odors, fight germs and simplify cleaning. 

Leifheit household products include space saving clothes dryers, such as the recently introduced Pegasus and Tower dryers; the award-winning Galaxy Plus ironing board with built-in outlet to plug in the iron for extended reach, as well as a unique foam surface that shortens ironing time; and a full assortment of home ladders and step stools designed to be exceptionally lightweight, durable and stable.

A leader in the European home cleaning market, Leifheit excels in crafting long-lasting, hard working equipment featuring the latest technology and award-winning designs.  Key products now available at stores nationwide include a high-pressure spray mop, window cleaner with integrated detergent tank and trigger, swivel floor wiper with a microfiber pad, a specially designed corner brush with an adjustable telescopic pole, and more. All window cleaners and mops are designed to operate with environmentally friendly and washable microfiber pads.

Introduced to the US market in 1996, the fast-growing Leifheit brand also includes Soehnle award-winning German crafted design and technology, precision kitchen and bathroom scales.  Soehnle product innovations include the best-selling Food Control, a kitchen scale that also analyzes and tracks calories, carbohydrates and other important nutrients for more than 400 different foods, and Body Balance personal scales, which measure muscles as well as calorie intake, fat and water, offer a trend analysis feature to track fitness progress.

Leifheit recently acquired Birambeau, a long-established, French housewares company with a reputation for expertise in the design and manufacturing of kitchen tools of all descriptions. The Birambeau line, new for the U.S. market, complements Leifheit's successful, premium line of kitchen tools.

Leifheit, Soehnle and Birambeau products are available at specialty gourmet and home stores nationwide, as well as upscale home mail catalog and on-line retail sources.