Asko Cylinda
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Asko Cylinda is a Swedish company producing household appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines. It is based in Jung in Vara Municipality in Västergötland.
The company was established in 1950 by Karl-Erik Andersson, whose first invention was a washing machine. The company started producing a fully automatic front-loading washing machine and a compact dishwasher in 1965, and started exporting their products in 1967. The original name was Junga Verkstäder, but after having been acquired by Asea in 1978, the name was changed to Asea Cylinda, later becoming ABB Cylinda after the merger of Asea with the Swiss Brown Boveri Corporation to form ABB. The company was acquired by Finnish furniture manufacturer ASKO in 1988. Asko Appliances was acquired by the Italian Antonio Merloni Group in 2000.[1]
The products continue to be sold in Sweden under the brand Cylinda, but are exported under the name ASKO.[2]
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- ^ History based on "The ASKO story"; "Antonio Merloni: Past and present" (official corporate history pages).
- ^ See the Swedish product page, and the websites, for instance, of ASKO North America, Asko Netherlands, and Asko Slovakia.
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