Thread Number: 20934
Aerus, Lux, and Electrolux |
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Post# 234435 , Reply# 2   5/29/2013 at 02:41 (3,956 days old) by electromatik (Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.A.)   |   | |
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It was 1998 instead of 2000. And I had NO idea they had merged with that Indian company. See, still surprises! |
Post# 278975 , Reply# 5   5/1/2014 at 19:59 (3,619 days old) by kirbylux77 (London, Ontario, Canada)   |   | |
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Thanks for this post....you did a great job compiling all the history here. But just wanted to correct you on one small detail....In reply #3, you state
"I did also want to correct the fact that while there is an Electrolux Canada today, the original Canadian Electrolux company has since merged with Aerus LLC." This is not the case. When Consolidated Foods bought Electrolux in 1968, they bought both Electrolux Canada & Electrolux USA. When Electrolux Group of Sweden bought back the rights to the name & Electrolux was sold to Joe Urso, that's when the name was changed to Aerus LLC & the ownership & name change affected both the American & Canadian operations. Rob PS- If you look at the owner's manual for the Canadian Electrolux model 89, which was produced from 1967 to 1972, it says right in it that Electrolux Canada is a division of Consolidated Foods. |
Post# 278981 , Reply# 7   5/1/2014 at 21:45 (3,619 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Electrolux Canada Ltd. 1939 letterhead (found in an online ECL image search): |
Post# 279196 , Reply# 13   5/3/2014 at 22:16 (3,617 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere)   |   | |
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When did TriStar/Compact get aquired by Electrolux?
What happened to Vax USA? All I know is Vax UK is still around, owned by TTI, like Hoover USA, Royal/Dirt Devil (USA?) & Oreck |
Post# 279753 , Reply# 16   5/8/2014 at 10:32 (3,612 days old) by dysonman1 (the county)   |   | |
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The WORST part is that Eureka (now calling themselves Electrolux) is not telling their customers that they are Eureka vacuums under the Electrolux name. I recently posted on "Electrolux's" facebook page that you CANNOT buy a REAL Electrolux in a big box store like Lowes. You must buy a "Real" Electrolux from an Aerus salesman. I always refer to the 'new' machines as "Eurekalux" vacuums.
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Post# 317156 , Reply# 17   3/1/2015 at 17:14 (3,315 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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I constructed this graphic and timeline based on what I've read: |
Post# 360819 , Reply# 18   10/13/2016 at 09:19 (2,723 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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