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Kenwood Limited is a British kitchen appliances manufacturer based in
Havant
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,
Hampshire
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. 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
Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Castl ...
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
The Kenwood Chef is a food mixer developed by Ken Wood in Britain. It is a single machine with a number of attachments that allow it to perform many functions. The Chef, based on the earlier A200, was introduced in 1950. Kenwood mixers, along wi ...
Kitchen machine was launched at the
Ideal Home Exhibition
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.
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
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rival small appliance maker
De'Longhi
De'Longhi S.p.A. () is an Italian small appliance manufacturer based in Treviso, Italy.
History and trading
The company was founded by the De'Longhi family in 1902 as a small industrial parts manufacturing workshop. The company incorporated in ...
bought the Kenwood company for £45.9 million (about $66.7 million).
The
Kenwood Chef
The Kenwood Chef is a food mixer developed by Ken Wood in Britain. It is a single machine with a number of attachments that allow it to perform many functions. The Chef, based on the earlier A200, was introduced in 1950. Kenwood mixers, along wi ...
's original designer,
Kenneth Grange
Sir Kenneth Henry Grange, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Chartered Society of Designers, PPCSD, Royal Designers for Industry, RDI (born 17 July 1929, London) is a British industrial designer, renowned for a wide range of designs for familiar, ...
, was knighted in 2013 for his services to design.
Products
Kenwood's products include the following categories:
• Kitchen machines
• Food and drink preparation (Food processors, blenders, juicers)
• Breakfast (Kettles, toasters, coffee makers)
References
External links
*
Ken Woodin ''Making the Modern World''
Kenwood UK Website
Kitchenware brands
Home appliance manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Manufacturing companies established in 1947
Companies based in Hampshire
Havant
1947 establishments in England
De'Longhi
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