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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.
The former Hotpoint plant in Yate, which makes tumble dryers, is now the only plant in the United Kingdom still in operation. Most machines are now made in Italy and Poland as opposed to the United Kingdom. Hotpoint washing machines were formerly manufactured at a plant in Llandudno Junction, in Conwy County Borough, North Wales, United Kingdom.
In 2014, Whirlpool Corporation agreed to pay 758 million euros to buy a 60% stake in Indesit and its owner Hotpoint, which was a market leader in Italy, the United Kingdom and Russia, from the Merloni family to further expand outside its U.S. home market. [9] Following the buyout, Indesit was delisted from Borsa Italiana on 3 December of that year.
Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is an American company engaged in the distribution of automotive replacement parts, industrial replacement parts, office products and electrical/electronic materials. GPC serves numerous customers from more than 2,600 operations around the world, and has approximately 48,000 employees. [ 1 ]
Sylvia Plath (/ p l æ θ /; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author.She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her suicide in 1963.
The original lineup in a 1988 promo. From left: Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Starr, Layne Staley. Before the formation of Alice in Chains, Layne Staley, a drummer at the time, [13] [14] landed his first gig as a vocalist when he auditioned to sing for a local glam metal band known as Sleze after receiving some encouragement from his stepbrother Ken Elmer.
Total population; 300,000–350,000 (est.) [1]: Regions with significant populations Israel 160,000 United States New York metropolitan area; 120,000 80,000 United ...
Things like "Mike my friend is a great guy"; "Jill is the best girlfriend in the world, and very cute"; "Joe Blow is the CEO of Acme products, and has three kids"; "Jim, Fred, and Mark formed the band The Amazing Guys and plan to issue their first EP in 2 years"; "The Happytown branch of the SPCA meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month ...