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Eureka Vacuum Cleaner History and Information
In 1909 Fred Wardell of Detroit, Michigan launched a vacuum
cleaner company that soon acquired a worldwide reputation for
high quality products, excellent relations with its customer and
dealers, and solid marketing programs. That reputation continues
today, with Eureka ranking as a major leader in home cleaning
products.
While many of the other early vacuum cleaners were clumsy and
difficult to maneuver, the first Eureka's were sleek,
lightweight and versatile. For example, the 1913 Eureka came in
six different models and had attachments for bare floors, walls,
upholstery and crevices. It even could be used as a blower for
drying hair.
In less than a decade, Eureka established itself as a leader
in the industry. In 1915, it was awarded the Grand Prize by a
jury of electrical experts at the San Francisco International
Exposition -- the highest award for a vacuum cleaner at that
time.
By 1919, the firm was headquartered in the first volume
production factory devoted exclusively to vacuum cleaners.
Covering 3.5 acres in downtown Detroit, the factory had a
production capacity of 2,000 cleaners a day. By 1927, Eureka was
selling one-third of all vacuum cleaners produced in the United
States.
Eureka moved its headquarters to Bloomington, Illinois in
1945 and added new products, manufacturing oil burners and
government defense items. In 1961, the company even
manufactured a battery-operated automobile called the Henney
Kilowatt. Eureka today concentrates its entire energies on
the manufacture of vacuum cleaners and other home and commercial
cleaning products.
When the firm merged with the Williams Oil-O-Matic company in
Bloomington, Illinois in 1945, it became Eureka-Williams, a name
it held until 1974 when it changed its name to the Eureka
Company. In 1960, the then Eureka-Williams Company merged
with National Union Electric Corp. In 1974, it was
purchased by AB Electrolux of Sweden.
Eureka continues to expand. A manufacturing and warehouse
facility was built in 1974 in Normal, Illinois. That
facility was expanded in 1997 but later closed. In 1981, a plant
for parts manufacture was opened in Juarez, Mexico. In 1983, a
manufacturing plant was developed in El Paso, Texas with
production starting in 1984. The El Paso factory was expanded in 1997 and a new
distribution center was completed. The manufacturing and
distribution facility in El Paso, Texas is now the largest
vacuum cleaner manufacturing facility in the world.
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