Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Kenwood Manufacturing Co

From Graces Guide
December 1960.
November 1963.

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

1986 Thorn EMI Kenwood Small Appliances Ltd changed its name to Kenwood Ltd[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times 29 January 1960
  2. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. Companies house filing