Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing , cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems , and weighing , wrapping, and labeling systems and products.
In 1917, Hobart stand mixers became standard equipment on all U.S. Navy ships, prompting development to begin on the first home models. [1] A modern KitchenAid stand mixer. The first machine with the KitchenAid name is the ten-quart C-10 model, introduced in 1918 and built at Hobart's Troy Metal Products subsidiary in Springfield, Ohio. [2]
John Pascoe Fawkner (20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early Australian pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia.In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize.
In November, 1986, Dart and Kraft, Inc. split into Kraft, Inc. and spin-off Premark International, Inc. The spinoff included four businesses: Tupperware plastic food storage containers, Hobart and Vulcan-Hart commercial food equipment, West Bend appliances and exercise equipment and Wilsonart plastic laminates. [6]
The company was first established by Henry Jones in Hobart in 1891 as H. Jones & Company. [6] The company derived from Jones' employment with George Peacock's jam factory from 1874. In 1895 the company purchased a building in Melbourne and commenced manufacture of jams and spreads. The building became known as The Jam Factory. IXL formed as a ...
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. was an American retail company that sold home appliances, lawn & garden equipment, apparel, mattresses, sporting goods, and tools. [3] [4] The company had four subsidiary store formats: Sears Hometown, Sears Outlet, Sears Hardware and Appliance, and Sears Home Appliance Showrooms. [5]
A CP1 coffee percolator. After serving with the British Army's REME in World War II, William Russell (22 July 1920 – 16 February 2006), from High Wycombe, joined home appliance manufacturer Morphy Richards and helped to design a pop-up toaster, an electric iron and a hairdryer, when working as Chief Development Engineer.
In the 1960s, Breville turned its attention to manufacturing kitchen appliances. [6] The O'Brien family continued developing the Breville business for three generations, with Bill's son, John, setting up the Breville Research and Development centre in the late 1960s, and his daughter, Barbara, running the marketing department throughout the ...