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Electrolux

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Vacuum cleaner. Exhibit at the Bakelite Museum.
1927.
May 1931.
April 1933.
November 1933.
December 1933.
January 1934.
May 1935.
April 1946.
1949.
1949.
May 1949.
July 1949.
1950.
1951.
July 1954.
November 1957. Refrigerator.
July 1959.
Exhibit at Whiteman Park, Perth.
Refrigerator.
March 1960.
July 1961.
1961. Dishwasher.
1961. Laundry Equipment.
November 1961. Refrigerators.
October 1963.
November 1963.

of Luton, Bedfordshire

of 153/5 Regent Street, London, W1. Telephone: Regent 6080. Telegraphic Address: "Electrolux, Piccy, London". (1937)

Ditto Address and Cables. Telephone: Regent 5252. Works: Luton, Beds. (1947)

The Electrolux Group is a Swedish corporation which manufactures home appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers in 150 countries every year.

1910 Electrolux was founded as Elektromekaniska AB.

1919 The company name was changed to Elektrolux after merging with Lux AB. (The direct selling division of Electrolux retained the name "Lux", and is now an independent company).

1921 Private company.

1926 Company made public.

1929 Reconverted to a private company.

1928 The company was organized as a holding company and grew rapidly during the 1970s under the leadership of Hans Werthén.

1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Electrolux Gas Refrigerators operate by a tiny gas flame, automatically, in permanent silence. Ask your Gas Company for details. Paraffin oil-operated models supplied for country dwellings, yachts, etc. (Stand No. Ca.606) [1]

WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito. [2]

1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Internal Dustbag-Type quiet Suction Cleaners. Model Z.30 production to commence in June 1947. Models Z.25 and U.116 available now. Complete with all accessories. Guaranteed Two Years. (Earls Court, 1st Floor, Stand No. 712) [3]

1949 Gas refrigerators[4]

1957 The company name was changed to Electrolux.

1961 Manufacturers of refrigerators, suction cleaners and floor polishers. 4,200 employees. [5]

1986 Acquired Frigidaire.

1988 Electrolux took over the appliance division of Thorn EMI which brought with it brands including Tricity, Bendix, and Parkinson Cowan gas cookers[6].

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair p358
  2. ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
  3. ↑ 1947 British Industries Fair p93
  4. ↑ [1] Historic England
  5. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  6. ↑ The Times, January 02, 1988
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