Proctor Silex Co. was created in 1960 with the merger of Proctor Electric and the Silex Company. In 1988, Proctor Silex was acquired by

NACCO Industries, Inc NACCO Industries, Inc. is an American publicly traded holding company, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Through a portfolio of mining and natural resources businesses, the company operates under three business segments: Coal Mining, North Americ ...

. In 1990, NACCO also acquired

Hamilton Beach Brands Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company is an American designer, marketer and distributor of home appliances and commercial restaurant equipment marketed primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including blenders, mixers, toasters, sl ...

as a subsidiary and merged the two companies. Proctor Silex made electrical household appliances like

vacuum coffee maker A vacuum coffee maker brews coffee using two chambers where vapor pressure and gravity produce coffee. This type of coffee maker is also known as ''vac pot'', ''siphon'' or ''syphon coffee maker,'' and was invented by Loeff of Berlin in the 1830s ...

s.The script for the 1979 movie ''

Alien Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extrater ...

'' contains an example of generic use of the term "Silex" for "coffee machine"

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Marshall Johnson Collection of Trade Literature and Ephemera
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Hagley Museum and Library The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. Covering more than along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont ...

consists of materials collected by Johnson during his time with Wear-Ever/Proctor-Silex, including product catalogs, news clippings, and advertisements, with a small amount of manuscript materials. Home appliance manufacturers Home appliance brands Kitchenware brands Manufacturing companies based in Virginia Manufacturing companies established in 1960 Products introduced in 1960 Home appliance manufacturers of the United States Coffee appliance vendors {{US-manufacturing-company-stub