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Sunbeam Products is an American company founded in 1897 that has produced electric home appliances under the Sunbeam name since 1910. Its products have included the Mixmaster mixer , the Sunbeam CG waffle iron , Coffeemaster (1938–1964) [ 2 ] and the fully automatic T20 toaster .
Sunbeam Corporation was purchased by GUD Holdings Ltd in 1996 [3] and sold to Sunbeam Products in 2016. [4] The American-designed Mixmaster 9B was the first Sunbeam appliance manufactured and sold in Australia in 1948. Starting in the late 1970s, Australian industrial designers were hired to create new designs. [5]
Originally produced in a crème colour, [4] it eventually became available in a variety of colours. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Electrolux subsequently sold the Assistent appliance line to the investment company Traction AB in 2001, and in 2009 the now-renamed Ankarsrum Industries AB took over all rights to produce, market and sell the Assistent, but still ...
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 ...
The Mr. Coffee brand manufactures automatic-drip kitchen coffee machines as well as other products. In 1972, the Mr. Coffee brand drip coffee maker was made available for home use.
The company was renamed Caloric Appliance Corp. in 1954 and became famous for offering a complete package of kitchen appliances in the 1950s and 1960s. Its most popular product was their built-in wall oven. In 1967, it was acquired by Raytheon Corporation which also owned Amana refrigerators and Speed Queen laundry products. By the early 1990s ...
In 1987, CEO Mark Halpern started Kitchen Stuff Plus as a booth at the Pickering flea market to pay for university. With the large success of the booth, in 1993 he opened a pop-up store at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto, becoming the company's first full-time store. Mark Halpern passed away in September 2022.
Sunbeam's long-time mascot is called Little Miss Sunbeam. In 1942, illustrator Ellen Barbara Segner was commissioned by the Quality Bakers of America to create a marketing symbol of a young child. Over six months she submitted hundreds of sketches before coming across the girl who would become the first Miss Sunbeam in Southern Indiana. [3]