Grace's Guide
British Industrial History
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Kenwood Manufacturing Co
From Graces Guide
of Old Woking, Surrey
formerly Kenwood Electrics
1959 Merger between Peerless and Ericsson and Kenwood Electrics; change of name to Kenwood Manufacturing Co[1]
1961 Domestic electrical appliance manufacturers, manufacturing electric food mixing machines, dishwashing machines, garbage disposal machines, roasting ovens, refrigerators, toasters, fan heaters and electric knife sharpeners. 900 employees. [2]
1968 Thorn Electrical Industries acquired Kenwood
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times 29 January 1960
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE