Thread Number: 37539
/ Tag: Brand New Vacuum Cleaners
Relationship between Lux International and Aerus |
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Post# 400367 , Reply# 1   11/3/2018 at 17:39 (1,999 days old) by compactc9guy (Bathurst NB)   |   | |
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Post# 400369 , Reply# 2   11/3/2018 at 18:28 (1,999 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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It looks like there have been corporate changes at Lux International. In researching the corporate structure of the company a few years ago (try looking for older threads here at Vacuumland), it was clear that Lux International had some sort of “partnership” arrangement with the American Aerus company. This allowed them to create the European made Aerus canister we can now buy here in North America. But now their corporate website says nothing about that former partnership.
A few years ago, a few things seemed very clear: 1. Lux was originally the door-to-door sales division of Sweden’s Electrolux company. 2. It became an independent “direct sales” company some time in the 1990’s when it was bought by a Swiss group of business people. Its headquarters moved to Zurich. 3. The new Swiss company offered deluxe canister vacuums through direct sales divisions all over the world - Europe, Asia, South America. One of the biggest divisions was Eureka-Forbes in India. And somehow they supplied their deluxe tank cleaners to customers in Australia through the Australian Sauber company...though (like Aerus) Sauber vacuums are sold in Godfreys stores, not door to door. 4. All that seems changed now - the Lux International website no longer mentions any corporate connections to Aerus or Eureka-Forbes. It must not be doing very well now that door-to-door sales are floundering due to the internet and Amazon and online ordering becoming popular. You can’t seem to buy a Lux Intelligence canister online at all. |
Post# 400395 , Reply# 4   11/4/2018 at 06:31 (1,998 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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Wow....thanks for that update Tuure. Pretty sad when you think the global market will force everyone to make their vacuums in China just to keep prices competitive. If you search “vacuum cleaner” on ebay now, you’ll see many Chinese-made vacuums with many many different names: Midea, Dibea, Puppyoo, Xiaomi, Ovente, Homasy, Iwoly, Favoto, Deenkee, etc. And so many of them look like the same vacuum coming out of the same Chinese factory.
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Post# 400401 , Reply# 6   11/4/2018 at 11:31 (1,998 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)   |   | |
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I actually have no complaints about the two “Made in Germany” Miele vacuums I have bought here in Canada. They are excellent cleaners, and very easy to use because of their light weight. Plastic does not bother me in a vacuum cleaner...as long as it is durable and strong to withstand any bumps and falls during use.
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Post# 400426 , Reply# 8   11/5/2018 at 06:48 (1,997 days old) by KirbyCollector (Columbus Ohio USA)   |   | |
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Post# 400428 , Reply# 9   11/5/2018 at 09:02 (1,997 days old) by TLFinland (Finland)   |   | |
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Yes, I have the exact same Globaltek model as in the link KirbyCollector provided. Plus mine has the external hepa filter. |
Post# 400441 , Reply# 11   11/5/2018 at 19:13 (1,997 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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Globaltek was launched around 1995 with the model C104B Renaissance. Veridian was another brand distributed by Aerus. |
Post# 400457 , Reply# 12   11/6/2018 at 10:12 (1,996 days old) by Paul (USA)   |   | |
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"Engles Urso Follmer Capital Corporation formed Electrolux LLC in May 1998 to buy the assets of Electrolux Corporation for $55K." Purchase price was $55MM (million). |