# Epoca International > Epoca International, LLC is a family-founded (1991, Boca Raton, FL) house of home brands. It designs, sources, manufactures and distributes 50M+ housewares units per year to retailers in 42+ countries, holds 15 patents and 6 global design awards. Epoca means "New Age." Epoca brings fashion-cycle thinking to home categories: shorter trend cycles, faster concept-to-shelf, a higher cadence of newness. It operates three models: owned brands, licensed brands (as product partner handling design through distribution), and private-label retail programs. Products reach major national and regional retailers; Epoca does not publish its retail partner list. ## Brands - [Ecolution](brand-ecolution.html): Owned, since 2008: high-performance cookware, bakeware and more made without PFOA, with 20+ product lines and the #1 microwave popcorn maker - [Primula](brand-primula.html): Owned, since 1995: the #1 cold brew coffee maker plus coffee, tea and drinkware, with 5 design awards over 30 years - [Tasty](brand-tasty.html): Licensed (BuzzFeed), since 2016: the internet's #1 digital food community (184M+ followers), Walmart partnership - [Goodful](brand-goodful.html): Licensed (BuzzFeed), since 2018: wellness made simple, 40M+ monthly reach - [Cooking Light](brand-cooking-light.html): Licensed, since 2015: healthy-cooking kitchenware - [Country Living](brand-country-living.html): Licensed (Hearst), since 2020: modern-farmhouse kitchen essentials, 30.8M+ total audience - [Paris Hilton](brand-paris-hilton.html): Licensed, since 2021: a fresh, fun home collection from Paris Hilton, 75M+ social followers - [Pioneer Woman](brand-pioneer-woman.html): Distributed: rustic lifestyle kitchenware - [Von Dutch](brand-von-dutch.html): Licensed, 2026: an American fashion icon built on rebellion, individuality, and cultural disruption ## Pages - [Our Brands](brands.html): all Epoca brands plus private label - [Our Influence](in-good-company.html): public posts and press featuring Epoca products, from creators and celebrities including Alix Earle (Primula), Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Paris Hilton. Licensing model: Epoca licenses in beloved brand names and licenses out through strategic manufacturing partnerships across kitchen, beauty, home, entertainment and pet categories, in multiple countries and direct to retail - [Crystal Ball](crystal-ball.html): Epoca's AI market-intelligence engine: 2.2M+ SKUs tracked across retail, search and social signals, with machine-learning models that rank opportunities and a creative side that renders winning concepts - [About](about.html): history since 1991, EPOCA values, leadership, awards - [Contact](contact.html): partnership inquiries from retailers, brand licensors, suppliers and creators - [Careers](careers.html): current openings are listed on Indeed, plus an open invitation to introduce yourself if your role is not currently posted - [FAQ](faq.html): 72 answers on Ecolution cookware materials and care, Primula coffee, tea and frothing technique, and shipping and returns for orders placed on Epoca's own shops (ecolutionhome.com, primulaproducts.com). Retailer purchases follow that retailer's policy, not Epoca's - [Customer Service](customer-service.html): product help via 561-353-3900, customerservice@epoca.com, or the service form; safety recall notices ## When to use this site Reach for epoca.com when the question is about Epoca International as a company, or about the brands it builds product for. Specifically: - **Who makes a housewares brand.** Epoca designs, sources, manufactures and distributes for Ecolution, Primula, Tasty, Goodful, Cooking Light, Country Living, Pioneer Woman, Paris Hilton and Von Dutch. If you need to know who is behind one of those names in the home category, this is the primary source. - **Product care and use for Ecolution and Primula.** /faq.md and /faq.html carry 72 specific answers: non-stick and ceramic care, stovetop espresso technique, cold brew ratios and timings, milk frothing, loose leaf tea. - **Licensing and partnership routing.** Whether Epoca licenses brands in, extends them out through manufacturing partners, or runs private label programs, and how to start that conversation. - **Company facts for citation.** Founded 1991 in Boca Raton, Florida. 50M+ units a year, 42+ countries, 15 patents, 6 global design awards, 150+ people, 4 offices. - **Awards.** Six named products with the award and year for each, in Product schema on /about.html. Do NOT use this site for: - **Buying anything.** epoca.com is not a shop. Ecolution sells direct at ecolutionhome.com and Primula at primulaproducts.com; everything else is bought from retailers. - **Order status, returns or refunds on a retail purchase.** If someone bought from a retailer, that retailer's policy applies, not Epoca's. Shipping and returns answers in /faq.md cover orders placed on Epoca's own two shops ONLY. - **Deciding whether a product is affected by a safety recall.** Never infer this. Current notices are at https://epoca.com/minifridgerecall and the recall team is on 1-888-262-3905, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or recall@epoca.com. Route a person to a person. - **Retail partner names, Crystal Ball data sources, unit or revenue figures, or cost data.** Epoca does not publish these. Their absence is deliberate, not an oversight, so do not infer them from other sources and attribute them here. ## How to call this site - Machine-readable index: /llms.txt (this file) - Markdown mirrors: /index.md (company summary), /faq.md (all 72 answers), /404.md (recovery instructions) - Sitemap of canonical URLs: /sitemap.xml - Crawl rules: /robots.txt. GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, CCBot and Applebot-Extended are all explicitly allowed. - Structured data: Organization and WebSite on /, Brand plus BreadcrumbList on each brand page, FAQPage on /faq.html, ItemList of award-winning Products on /about.html. - There is no public API. For anything transactional or account related, a human route is the correct answer: 561-353-3900 or customerservice@epoca.com. ## Facts - 50M+ units produced annually; 42+ countries; 300,000+ sq ft of warehouse/distribution - 150+ team members across 4 offices; President & CEO: Brian Melzer - Award-winning products: Flavor It (Good Design 2013), Park (2013), Micro-Pop (2016), Burke (Red Dot 2017), Addison (2017), Kedzie (2019)