Continental Edison
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| Industry | Electricity |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1882 in Paris |
| Founder | Thomas Edison |
The Continental Edison is a French manufacturing and marketing company of electrical equipment established in 1882 by Thomas Edison.
History
[edit]Continental Edison was established in 1882 by French investors in partnership with Thomas Edison with the goal of marketing electric illumination and other equipment based on Edison patents.[1] The company has gone through several changes of ownership and was a manufacturing company up to 1971 when it stopped producing its own televisions and other home appliances, outsourcing production after that.[2] Products sold under the name include refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, and televisions.[3]
Nikola Tesla started his career in the electric power industry at the newly established Continental Edison.[4]
Timeline
[edit]- 1882 - Continental Edison founded
- 1881-1958 - part of General Electric
- 1958-1971 - owned by Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE)
- 1971-1997 - owned by Thomson Multimedia
- 1997-2002 - owned by Cofidur group, a French electronic subcontractor supplier[5]
- 1999 - diversifies into multimedia products for the TV, PC and the Internet
- December 2002 , Continental Edison taken over by the AIT YALA K&S group.
- 2006 , the brand was bought by the Chinese group Xoceco[6]
- 2011 owned by the French Casino Group. It is currently distributed almost exclusively by Cdiscount[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Alice Teichova, Helga Nussbaum, Maurice Lévy-Leboyer, Historical Studies in International Corporate Business, Cambridge University Press - 2002, page 144
- ^ Anatoliy Sheridan, Who makes Continental Edison TV, en.tab-tv.com -2020
- ^ What is the CONTINENTAL EDISON brand worth? electroguide.com - 2019
- ^ "Career Beginnings". teslasciencecenter.org. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Quelques infos sur Continental Edison". doctsf.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-17..
- ^ "Prima Xoceco acquiert le site de Continental Edison à Creutzwald". lesechos.fr. 2006-09-11. Retrieved 2017-07-09..
- ^ "Que vaut la marque Continental Edison ?". Électroguide (in French). 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2017-04-02..