NuTone is an American company that manufactures products mainly for

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use, including

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s, intercom systems, indoor air quality products, ventilation systems,

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s, built-in electric heaters, ironing equipment, and

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s. The company was founded in 1936 by J. Ralph Corbett in

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. Corbett backed an inventor from

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who was marketing a doorbell that could replace door buzzers. The inventor defaulted on Corbett's loan, and Corbett marketed the product under the NuTone brand, reducing production costs enough to make doorbells affordable and creating the doorbell market. NuTone became a publicly traded company in 1955. Other NuTone-created products included the residential kitchen ventilator hood and built-in kitchen countertop appliances. In 1967, when the Corbetts sold their interest in the company to the Scovill Manufacturing Company, NuTone was the largest American producer of home electrical products. The British home products manufacturer Valor purchased it in 1987 for $460 million. Nortek, Inc. acquired it from Williams plc in 1998 for $242.5 million, adding it to the Broan Group.

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{{Authority control Home appliance manufacturers of the United States Manufacturing companies based in Ohio Companies based in Cincinnati Electronics companies established in 1936 Manufacturing companies established in 1936