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is an australian manufacturer and marketer of small home appliances founded in melbourne in 1932 . 1 they created the original sandwich toaster . the product was a huge success upon its launch in australia in 1974 selling 400 000 units in its first year and making the breville brand a household name in australia . soon after the breville toasted sandwich maker was launched in new zealand and great britain where it met with similar success . the name became synonymous with such devices to the point where in some countries breville has become the generic word for a sandwich toaster and often the toasted sandwich itself in much the same way that the hoover company is associated with the vacuum cleaner . contents 1 history 2 dual ownership of the brand 3 global presence 4 trivia 5 references and footnotes 6 external links history edit in 1932 bill o brien and harry norville born charles henry norville mixed their last names together and the breville brand was created . they started off making radios then mine detectors for the war . after world war ii and the commencement of television transmission in australia in 1956 breville turned its attention to small appliances . it also commenced manufacturing television sets under the precedent brand name . the television business was sold to electronic industries limited in 1968 . the o brien family continued developing the breville business for three generations with bill s son john o brien setting up the breville research and development centre in the late 1960s and his daughter barbara running the marketing department throughout the 1990s . john continued to lead many product development initiatives for the breville brand up until his death in december 2003 . breville s product development division is one of australia s largest industrial design centres and one of the largest worldwide in the small electrical appliance sector . breville s r & d team has over 100 active patents and has been awarded more than 40 international design awards . in 1974 it completed development of the toastie maker . in 1977 breville launched australia s first food processor the breville kitchen wizz . other firsts include the world s first high wall heating electric wok the adjustable height sandwich press the active arm citrus press the world s first juice extractor to juice whole fruit and in 2010 the tea maker a variable temperature kettle with a self lowering basket that brews tea automatically . breville s centre of design excellence is now located in botany in sydney . dual ownership of the brand edit in 1982 breville australia sold its ownership of the brand in europe which today is owned by jarden . the european business is based in england and trades almost exclusively in the united kingdom and has collaborated with antony worrall thompson . pulse manages its own product development and is no longer affiliated with breville s centre of design excellence in australia . outside of europe the breville brand is a division of the australian asx listed breville group which also has bases in the u.s. canada hong kong and new zealand . global presence edit in 2002 the breville brand was launched into the united states and canada . breville trades in over 30 countries including china brazil south africa mexico and israel . the company makes contact grills kettles espresso machines toasters microwave ovens pressure cookers coffeemakers breadmakers juicers deep fryers blenders and food processors . as of june 2013 breville no longer distributed keurig single serve machines for canada . 2 breville operates under the sage by heston blumenthal solis gastroback stollar catler bork and riviera & bar brands in europe . 3 trivia edit fat sick and nearly dead has been credited with doubling the sales of breville juicers since the documentary launched on netflix in the us in july 2011 . 4 references and footnotes edit breville 800 class espresso machine 2003 powerhouse museum collection 2.0 beta 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