Salton Inc.

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Salton, Inc. (OTC:SFPI) is an Illinois based company that manufactures home appliances, notably the George Foreman series (since 1994) of contact grills and related devices. Salton also manufactures the Juiceman (see Jay Kordich) and Breadman series of home appliances and owns the divisions Maxim and Toastmaster.

Its headquarters are in Lake Forest, Illinois. The company was founded in 1947 by Lou Salton, a Jewish immigrant from Poland who invented the first hot plate.

In 2001, Salton, Inc. acquired Westclox, a clock manufacturer.

On 6 August 2007, Salton moved from the NYSE to the OTC and changed its symbol from SFP to SFPI.

[edit] References

• NYSE Suspends Salton. Huliq.com, 1 August 2007

[edit] External links

• Salton (corporate site)
• eSalton (e-commerce site)