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History

After working with REME in World War II and leaving in 1947 as a Major, Bill Russell (1920-2006) joined Morphy Richards and helped to design the pop-up toaster, the electric iron and the hairdryer. Peter Hobbs also worked for the home appliance manufacturer, Morphy Richards, as manager of the South African division of the company. He had returned to the UK, and worked for another company, where he was trying to invent a coffee perculator, with reference to a German patent. In 1952, they invented the world's first automatic coffee perculator, the CP1, with Russell's ingenuity and started the Russell Hobbs company in Croydon. Russell was in charge of product development, and Hobbs was the sales director. Manufacturing tools were made out of Meccano. Russell's de facto ultimate safety test for any new product was to pour half a pint of boiling gravy on it. The company was always in profit from day one. The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers cap badge The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME; usually pronounced phonetically as Reemee) is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance of all electrical and mechanical equipment. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Please see Major for other countries which use this rank Major is a military rank of the British Army which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines. ... Morphy Richards is a leading business firm located in Dundee, Scotland. ... A classicly-styled chrome two-slot toaster A toaster is a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast bread, an act also known as making toast. ... An iron Ironing or smoothing is the work of using a heated tool to remove wrinkles from washed clothes. ... Categories: Stub | Hairdressing ... Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in south London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. ... Meccano is a model construction kit comprising re-usable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without...

Product range

The company also makes food processors, toasters, vacuum cleaners, irons, sandwich toasters, microwave ovens, juicers, smoothie makers, and electric hobs. A food processor is a kitchen appliance used to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the process of preparation of food. ... Regular vacuum cleaner for home use. ... A photo of an opened Bifinett sandwich toaster. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Microwave oven and Microwave heating. ... A juicer is a utensil used for squeezing juice from fruit. ... Blueberry Smoothie from Lollicup A smoothie is a blended beverage made from natural ingredients; usually fruits and juices but sometimes other natural flavors such as chocolate, peanut butter or green tea. ... A stove is a heat-producing device. ...

Innovations

• The automatic electric kettle K1, invented in October 1955, used a bi-metallic strip at the rear of the kettle which caused steam to be forced through an aperture in the lid of the strip and this knocked the switch, turning the kettle off.
• In 1960, the K2 kettle was introduced.
• They invented the first kettle with a microchip.

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Ownership

In 1963, they needed to expand the company to increase production and needed more capital. They were forced to sell the company to Tube Investments (TI), a conglomerate of electrical appliance brands. Production was moved to Wombourne in Staffordshire, where it was shared with Creda and to Blythe Bridge, in a former aircraft factory now owned by Indesit. Russell became technical director of Creda, then managed Turnright. TI sold off their consumer brands, with the company going to Polly Peck, managed by Asil Nadir in the late 1980s. Polly Peck collapsed and Russell Hobbs was bought by Pifco based in Failsworth in 1991, then by Salton on June 4th 2001. Pifco, the British manufacturer of appliances such as teasmades became known as Salton Europe. The parent company, Salton Inc., is based in Lake Forest, Illinois and has a Canadian division in Ontario. In March 2002, Salton Europe closed down the Creda factory on the B4176 in Wombourne near Wolverhampton, moving production to China. It has been suggested that TI Group be merged into this article or section. ... Wombourne (sometimes spelt Wombourn) is a large village and civil parish (sometimes claimed to be the largest village in England) located in the district of South Staffordshire, 6km (4 miles) south-west of Wolverhampton. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Blythe Bridge Village in Staffordshire, England Blythe Bridge is a village situated in the South-Eastern suburbs of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. ... Indesit (pronounced In-der-set) is a company that is one of the three largest producers of household appliances in Europe. ... // Polly Peck International (PPI) was, until around 1979, a barely profitable United Kingdom ragtrade textile company. ... Asil Nadir was born in Cyprus on May 1, 1941. ... A teasmade is a device for making tea automatically, which was once common in the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies. ... A typical George Foreman Grill. ... Incorporated City in 1861. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area Ranked 4th... Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. ...

William Russell died in February 2006.

External links

• Russell Hobbs
• uno:uno Coffee maker
• Reviews at DooYoo
• Reviews at Ciao!
• Peter Hobbs celebrates 50 years of the electric kettle
• William Russell's obituary