 In mid-2000, Oneida, of the United States, paid $25 million in cash for Viners
 which was put into administration on 30 October 2014.Merseyside-based Rayware, a privately owned housewares group, bought Viners out of administration for £1.6 million in November 2014 and in 2015 set about "reinvigorating the brand".The company, which as Viners Ltd., grew to be the biggest cutlery manufacturer in England after World War II, was started around 1901 by Adolphe Viener (also spelled Adolph Weiner when he was knighted by the Crown) and his sons.