GlenDimplex

GlenDimplex (formerly known as Glen Electric) is an Irish based consumer electrical goods firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is privately held, with manufacturing and development centres in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, China and many other locations around the world.[1]

GlenDimplex

Formerly	Glen Electric
Type	Private company
Industry	Electronics
Founded	August 23, 1973 (1973-08-23) in Newry, Northern Ireland (Glen Electric) June 7, 1978 (1978-06-07) (GlenDimplex)
Founder	Martin Naughton
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Key people	Fergal Naughton (CEO)
Products	Heating, cooling radio and cooking equipment, etc.
Revenue	€1.5 billion (2004)
Number of employees	8,500 (2004)
Website	glendimplex.com

The company also has branches in North America, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Poland, Belgium, France, Australia and Scandinavia.[2][3] The company was founded by Martin Naughton, and is wholly owned by him after he bought out the other shareholders in 2003. Martin Naughton stepped down as president of Glen Dimplex in 2016, replaced by group chief executive Sean O'Driscoll.[4]

History

The company was incorporated on August 23, 1973 (1973-08-23), as Glen Electric in Newry, Northern Ireland, an electric heater manufacturer with ten employees, and it was founded as GlenDimplex on June 7, 1978 (1978-06-07) due to a merger with Dimplex, a large electric heating appliance manufacturer, on May 6, 1977 (1977-05-06).[5][6][7][8][9]

Morphy Richards and Burco Dean Appliances were acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1985, and were based in Mexborough near Doncaster, England.

Creda was acquired by the group in 1987.[10] Belling was acquired in July 1992,[11] Roberts Radio in November 1994,[12] Goblin Vacuum Cleaners in June 1998,[13] LEC Refrigeration in March 2005,[14] Robinson Willey in August 2010,[15] Valor in September 2011,[16] and Real Flame Australia in February 2016.[17] Dimplex was the shirt sponsor of Southampton Football Club from 1993 until 1995.[18]

In 2018 the Merseyside-based home appliances division, which makes cookers and refrigerators under the Britannia, Lec, New World and Stoves brands, announced a "streamlining" of operations, resulting in up to 300 of its 1,000 permanent staff at its Knowsley plant being made redundant.[19][20]

Brands and acquisitions

Name of brand (or company)	Industry and/or centered products	Year acquired or merged (if applicable)
Dimplex Glen Electric	Electric fireplaces, heating Electric heating	1977[7]
Morphy Richards Burco Dean	Domestic appliances	1985[21][22]
Creda	Cooking appliances Showers	1987[10]
Belling	Cooking appliances	1992[11]
Roberts Radio	Radio	1994[12]
Goblin Vacuum Cleaners	Vacuum cleaners	1998[13]
EWT Elektrogerate	Electric panel heaters, fireplaces	1999[23]
Faber Stoves Group	Gas heaters Stoves	2000[24][25]
New World	Cooking appliances	2001[26]
NOBØ	Heating	2002[27]
Galaxy Showers	Showers	2003[28]
LEC Refrigeration	Refrigeration	2005[14]
RXG Redring Xpelair Koolant Koolers Schrieber Engineering (Koolant and Schrieber merged to form Dimplex Thermal Solutions)	Electric water heating solutions Industrial liquid insulated coolers	2006[29][30]
Masport Heating	Wood and gas burning cast iron stoves	2008[31]
Robinson Willey Wonderfire	Heating Gas heaters	2010[15][32]
Valor	Heating	2011[16]
Britannia Living Appliances	Cooking appliances	2013[33][34][35][36]
Real Flame Australia Walker Technology Technika Australia Cadet Heat	Electric and gas fireplaces Set-top box and television distributor Domestic appliances Electric Heat	2016[17][37][38][39]
Carmen Personal Care	Personal care	Not applicable
Ability Projects	Air Conditioning	2017
Euromaid Baumatic Arc Appliances IAG Appliances Venini Lemair	Domestic appliances Cooking appliances Refrigeration	2018[40]

References

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