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Kenwood Corporation
is a Japanese brand of consumer electronics. It has been owned by JVCKenwood ever since October 2011, when Kenwood Corporation merged with JVC. Kenwood manufactures audio equipment such as cassette tape decks/recorders, amateur radio (ham) equipment, radios, cellular phones, speakers, and other consumer electronics. History The company was established in 1946 as the Kasuga Radio Co. Ltd. in Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. In 1960, the company was renamed Trio Corporation. In 1963, the first overseas office was founded in Los Angeles County, California, USA. In the early 1960s, Trio's products were rebranded by the Lafayette Radio Company, with a focus on citizens' band radio. A&A Trading Co. was an importer of Japanese-made electronics for RadioShack, and a bilingual Japanese-speaking manager from A&A, William "Bill" Kasuga, partnered with George Aratani and Yoichi Nakase to establish a company that would be the exclusive importer of Trio products."Entrepreneur B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenwood Limited
Kenwood Limited is a British kitchen appliances manufacturer based in Havant, Hampshire. Kenwood designs, produces and sells kitchen appliances including stand mixers, blenders, food processors, kettles and toasters. The company was founded by Kenneth Maynard Wood in 1947 in the town of Woking at 79 Goldsworth Road.Woking News & Mail, 22 September 2017(Retrieved 2018-05-30.) In 1962 the company moved to Havant where they currently maintain operations. History 1940s The first Kenwood product was a toaster invented by Kenneth Wood, which was brought to market in 1947, known as the A100. 1950s-1960s Three years later in 1950, the first version of the Kenwood Chef Kitchen machine was launched at the Ideal Home Exhibition. 1970s-1980s The company's first food processor was launched in 1979. In 1989, the business invested in its first factory in China. 1990s-the present In 1997, at the age of 81, Kenneth Wood died following a short illness. In 2001, Italian rival small a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
