headquarters benton harbor michigan u.s. products appliances revenue us 4.7 billion owner whirlpool corporation website www.amana.com the amana corporation is an american brand of household appliances . it was founded in 1934 by george foerstner as the electrical equipment co. in middle amana iowa to manufacture commercial walk in coolers . the business was later owned by the amana society and became known as amana refrigeration inc. 1 it is now owned by the whirlpool corporation . history edit in 1947 amana manufactured the first upright freezer for the home and in 1949 it added a side by side refrigerator freezer . in 1950 the company was sold to a group of investors including its founder and became amana refrigeration inc. in 1954 it began making air conditioners . amana was acquired in 1965 by raytheon which had invented the microwave oven in 1947 and introduced the commercial radarange model 1611 in 1954 . in 1967 amana introduced a consumer model of the radarange the first popular microwave designed for home use . amana has since expanded into manufacturing a variety of other appliances including furnaces ovens countertop ranges dishwashers and clothes washers and dryers . in 1997 the company was purchased by goodman global now part of daikin north america a heating and cooling manufacturer who sold it to maytag now part of whirlpool in 2002 . 1 goodman still owns amana s air conditioners and heater division and amana home appliances are now owned and manufactured by the whirlpool corporation . amana under counter wine was spun off and is now marketed under the aficionado marque . amana continues to be innovative having introduced curved fronts to its refrigerators in 2000 1 and in 2009 collaborating with thom filicia on a series of colorful designs which debuted at the international builders show in las vegas . 2 references edit a b c amana milestones . appliancedesign.com . retrieved august 1 2002 . derringer jaime . amana color . design milk.com . retrieved march 3 2009 . external links edit official website this article related to a manufacturing company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title amana corporation & oldid 735430209 categories amana colonieshome applicance brandshvac manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies based in iowawhirlpool corporation brandsmaytag brandsraytheonmanufacturing companies established in 19341934 establishments in iowamanufacturing company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 17 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view