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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Rowenta

From Graces Guide
September 1987.
June 1989.

of Germany, maker of steam irons, electric toaster and electric toothbrushes

British subsidiary: Rowenta (UK)

1909 Company formed[1]

1982 Allegheny International sold 50 percent of the shares in Rowenta to Rothmans International, keeping the other 50 percent[2]

By 1996 was owned by SEB of France which also owned Tefal[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. Rowenta website
  2. The Times Dec. 14, 1982
  3. The Times Oct. 29, 1996