Present Time is a brand factory specialized in wholesale gifts and home decoration items. Present Time’s mission is to allow contemporary design to add fun and a personal touch to life.
In the early 1980’s Mr. Teertstra (founder of Present Time) started a small gift company, called Kaleidoscoop. Due to the success of this company it merged with Clockwork and they decided to combine their strengths under the name Present Time.
In 1999 Present Time expanded by buying two other companies, namely Karlsson and Leitmotiv. Nowadays these companies are still recognizable as brands of Present Time.

Since 2009 Present Time is the parent company of the following nine brands: pt, Bud, Silly, Wanted, Bigatron, Brink, Karlsson, J.I.P, and Leitmotiv. More about these brands can be found under the homepage button ‘BRANDS’.

The Present Time Head Office is located in Almere, the Netherlands. The Head Office includes the sales office for the Benelux. Today Present Time has around 86 employees and is active in more then 70 countries across the world. In France, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, USA and Scandinavia Present Time has its own sales offices. For the other countries Present Time is working closely with distributors and agents. The export department of Present Time has a close working relationship with all of them to ensure that the company is a global entity with worldwide coverage.

Present Time has a creative department which surprises everybody with new collections twice a year: the spring/summer collection which comes out in January and the autumn/winter collection which is launched in August. For external designers it is possible to create/design a product for one of the brands. All the product packaging is exclusively developed by the in-house graphic department. Due to the success of the products, promotional companies are also interested to use the products as premium or promotional gifts. The promotional department is able to arrange a wide variety of customized products.