Harvard International plc (previously known as Harris Overseas Ltd and than Alba Group of Companies) is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 consumer electronics

Consumer electronics

Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...

 company, which owns the Goodmans and iLuv brands.

It was originally called the Alba Group of Companies, and made only low-cost consumer products under its own brand name but has both founded and acquired other companies either wholly, in part or UK manufacturing rights, building it into a large company.

Harvard International also owns the Bush brand, in Oceania

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

 only.
Harvard International also used to own Grundig

Grundig

Grundig AG is a German manufacturer of consumer electronics for home entertainment which transferred to Turkish control in 2004-2007. Established in 1945 in Nuremberg by Max Grundig, the company changed hands several times before becoming part of the Turkish Koç Holding group...

, Alba

Alba (brand)

Alba is a British consumer electronics manufacturing company owned by Home Retail Group. Its sister brand is Bush. Today, all Alba and Bush products are sold exclusively at Argos.-History:...

, Pulse Home Products, Breville

Breville

Breville is a maker of small kitchen appliances, founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1932. They created the original sandwich toaster, a small household appliance that makes toasted sandwiches. The product was a huge success upon its launch in Australia in 1974, selling 400,000 units in its first year...

 and Hinari

Hinari domestic Appliances

Hinari Domestic Appliances or Hinari LP is a British manufacturer of domestic electrical products. Hinari was acquired by Alba plc in 1989.- The Hinari range :*'Hinari Ellipse' - Stainless steel products including stylish jugs....

, which are now owned by other companies.
Having taken over many other electronics and electrical companies, the Alba

Alba (brand)

Alba is a British consumer electronics manufacturing company owned by Home Retail Group. Its sister brand is Bush. Today, all Alba and Bush products are sold exclusively at Argos.-History:...

 and Bush brand names were purchased on 27 November 2008 by Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...

-based Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos

Argos (retailer)

Argos is the largest general-goods retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 800 stores. It is unique amongst major retailers in the UK in that it is a catalogue merchant...

, in a £15.25 million deal.