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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

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 ...

Kitchen machine was launched at the

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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,

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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

's original designer,

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, 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 Wood
in ''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 British_subsidiaries_of_foreign_companies {{UK-company-stub