Glen Dimplex
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Glen Dimplex | |
Type | Private company |
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Founded | Newry, (1973) |
Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
Industry | Electrical Goods |
Products | radio, heating cooling and cooking equipment, etc |
Revenue | €1.5 Billion (2004) |
Employees | 8,500 (2004) |
Website | www.glendimplex.com |
Glen Dimplex are an Irish-based consumer electrical goods firm. Founded in 1973 in Northern Ireland as an electric heater manufacturer, the company has expanded by acquisitions, and owns brands such as Roberts Radio, Belling, Stoves, New World, Lec, Morphy Richards and AquaVac.
The company is privately held, and bases most of its manufacturing and development in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.
Dimplex was the fourth sponsor of Southampton FC from 1993 till 1995.
[edit] Trivia
- In 2004, SleepResearch_Facility made an audio recording of a Tango2 Dimplex fan heater, and used it to create two dark ambient albums: Dead Weather Machine and Dead Weather Machine_Re:Heat.[1]