Russell Hobbs, Inc. is a United States company based in Florida that manufactures

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...

 home appliance

Home appliance

Home appliances are electrical/mechanical machines which accomplish some household functions, such as cooking or cleaning. Home appliances can be classified into:*Major appliances, or White goods*Small appliances, or Brown goods...

s, most notably the George Foreman grill

George Foreman Grill

The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, commonly known as the George Foreman Grill, is an indoor, electrically-heated grill manufactured by Russell Hobbs Inc.. It is promoted by George Foreman, a former champion boxer. Since its introduction in 1994, over 100 million George...

 and Russell Hobbs

Russell Hobbs

Russell Hobbs is a manufacturer of household appliances based in Failsworth, Greater Manchester, England.-Formation:After working with REME in World War II and leaving in 1947 as a Major, Bill Russell , from High Wycombe, joined Morphy Richards and helped to design the pop-up toaster, the electric...

 appliances. It is owned by Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands is a diversified company established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac Corporation. Rayovac had been located in Wisconsin since its conception as The French Battery Company in 1906, but then in 2004, as Spectrum Brands, located its Corporate headquarters just north of...

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Its headquarters is in Miramar, Florida

Miramar, Florida

Miramar is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city was named after the Miramar district of Havana, Cuba. As of the 2010 census, the population was 122,041...

. The company was founded in 1947 by Lou Salton, a Jewish immigrant from Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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In 2001, General Time Corporation, parent company of Westclox

Westclox

Westclox was a former manufacturer and is a current brand of clocks and alarm clocks.-Early history as United Clock Company:Charles Stahlberg and others from Waterbury, Connecticut originally formed as "United Clock Company" on December 5, 1885 in Peru, Illinois, intending to manufacture clocks...

, a clock manufacturer, went bankrupt, and sold the Westclox trademarks to Salton.

Also in 2001, Salton bought the UK housewares and personal care company Pifco Group which included the brands of Russell Hobbs, Carmen and Tower.

Salton was licensed to make small appliances such as vacuum cleaners under the Westinghouse

Westinghouse Electric (1998)

Westinghouse Licensing, doing business as Westinghouse Electric Corporation , is a Delaware General Corporation Law organized subsidiary that was founded by CBS Corporation in managing the intellectual property assets relating to the Westinghouse trademarks.Westinghouse Licensing has...

 name, from 2002 to 2008.

On 6 August 2007, Salton was suspended from the NYSE

New York Stock Exchange

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. It was subsequently listed on the OTC Bulletin Board

OTC Bulletin Board

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, changing its symbol from SFP to SFPI.

In October 2007, Salton sold its entire time products business, including the Westclox and Ingraham trademarks, to NYL Holdings LLC.

In December 2007, Salton merged with another small household appliance business, Applica Incorporated, which owned the LitterMaid brand and a license to the Black and Decker brand for home appliances. Applica then became a wholly owned subsidiary of Salton, Inc. In December 2009, the combined company (Salton, Inc.) changed its name to Russell Hobbs, Inc.
A company with the name Salton (1985), aka Salton Canada, continues as an independent entity in Canada as an importer (from China) of small appliances. The connection with the original US company is not clear. The web domain www.salton.com is owned by the Canada-based company and information is on their web site. Most of their products are sold at Canadian Tire and are frequently on sale.

Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands is a diversified company established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac Corporation. Rayovac had been located in Wisconsin since its conception as The French Battery Company in 1906, but then in 2004, as Spectrum Brands, located its Corporate headquarters just north of...

bought Russell Hobbs in 2010, all its products are manufactured in China.

External links

• Applica Official site