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2. Microwave oven - Wikipedia

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   The countertop microwave oven was introduced in 1967 by the Amana Corporation. After microwave ovens became affordable for residential use in the late 1970s, their use spread into commercial and residential kitchens around the world, and prices fell rapidly during the 1980s. In addition to cooking food, microwave ovens are used for heating in ...

3. Amana Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Amana Corporation. The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances. It was founded in 1934 by George Foerstner as the Electrical Equipment Co. in Middle Amana, Iowa, to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers. The business was later owned by the Amana Society and became known as Amana Refrigeration, Inc.[2] It is now owned by ...

4. Amana Colonies - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. The Amana Colonies are seven villages on 26,000 acres (110 km 2) located in Iowa County in east-central Iowa, United States: Amana (or Main Amana, German: Haupt-Amana), East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana, and Homestead. The villages were built and settled by German Radical Pietists, who were persecuted in ...

5. Emily Henderson, Maddox Kelley win Iowa City Press ... - AOL

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   Solon football player Maddox Kelley and Clear Creek Amana volleyball player Emily Henderson were voted by readers as the Press-Citizen's Athletes of the Week for Sept. 9-15. Kelley earned boys ...

6. Percy Spencer - Wikipedia

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   In 1967 the first more affordable, $495 (equivalent to $4,523 in 2023), and reasonably sized (counter-top) Radarange brand microwave oven was made available for sale, [2] produced by Amana (a division of Raytheon). [4] Spencer became Senior Vice President and a Senior Member of the Board of Directors at Raytheon. He received 300 patents during ...

7. Maytag - Wikipedia

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   Costs incurred in Maytag's acquisition and integration of Amana and an increased corporate debt load led to aggressive internal cost-cutting efforts in direct materials, manufacturing, and distribution costs. [9] [11] Maytag introduced a value-priced appliance line under a separate label, Performa by Maytag. To increase sales, the company also ...