TitleManual for Kenwood food mixer
ReferenceYA1987.67
CreatorKenwood Manufacturing Company limited Domestic electrical appliance manufacturer, Woking, England
Kenwood Manufacturing Company Limited was founded by Kenneth Maynard Wood. After the war, Wood left the RAF and founded Woodlau Industries, with wartime colleague Roger Laurence, starting production in 1947 in Woking with the A100 turnover toaster, an appliance that was uncommon in Britain at that time, and then the A200 food mixer - the predecessor of the Kenwood Chef which was launched in 1950. When Roger Laurence left the company, Wood changed the name to Kenwood Manufacturing Company Ltd. The company moved to Havant in Hampshire in 1961, then employing a workforce of 700. Wood was a millionaire at 38, selling more than 10 million 'Chefs' before parting company with Kenwood Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1968 after a hostile and successful takeover by Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.
Scope and ContentManual for Kenwood 'Chef' Model A.700 7 A.700D. Edition 1 / Amend 2 / Reprint 9 / June 1970
Archival historyThe item was donated with a Kenwood Chef mixer, which was used by the donor.
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Repository nameScience and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisationsKenwood Manufacturing Company limited Domestic electrical appliance manufacturer, Woking, England
Kenwood Manufacturing Company Limited was founded by Kenneth Maynard Wood. After the war, Wood left the RAF and founded Woodlau Industries, with wartime colleague Roger Laurence, starting production in 1947 in Woking with the A100 turnover toaster, an appliance that was uncommon in Britain at that time, and then the A200 food mixer - the predecessor of the Kenwood Chef which was launched in 1950. When Roger Laurence left the company, Wood changed the name to Kenwood Manufacturing Company Ltd. The company moved to Havant in Hampshire in 1961, then employing a workforce of 700. Wood was a millionaire at 38, selling more than 10 million 'Chefs' before parting company with Kenwood Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1968 after a hostile and successful takeover by Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.
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