electric silex company founded 1960 headquarters glen allen virginia u.s. area served north america products home appliances owner nacco industries parent hamilton beach brands website www.proctorsilex.com proctor silex electric can opener proctor silex co. was created in 1960 with the merger of proctor electric and silex company . 1 in 1988 proctor silex was acquired by nacco industries inc. 2 in 1990 nacco also acquired hamilton beach brands as a subsidiary and merged the two companies . 3 4 proctor silex made electrical household appliances including vacuum coffee makers and vacuum coffee machines . 5 6 references edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message proctor silex company history . http www.proctorsilex.com company history.php . retrieved 26 september 2014 . external link in website help nacco company history . http www.nacco.com history bannerpopup.html . retrieved 26 september 2014 . external link in website help nacco company history . http www.nacco.com history bannerpopup2.html . retrieved 26 september 2014 . external link in website help hamilton beach proctor silex inc. history . http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories hamilton beach proctor silex inc history . retrieved 26 september 2014 . external link in website help http www.oldcoffeeroasters.com 1914 silex.htm the script for the 1979 movie alien contains an example of generic use of the term silex for coffee machine . 1 external links edit official website history of proctor silex 1788 to 1972 the marshall johnson collection of trade literature and ephemera at hagley museum and library consists of materials collected by johnson during his time with wear ever proctor silex including product catalogs news clippings and advertisements with a small amount of manuscript materials . v t e nacco industries subsidiaries hamilton beach le gourmet chef north american coal corporation proctor silex former subsidiaries hyster company yale materials handling corporation this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title proctor silex & oldid 720058988 categories small appliance manufacturershome appliance brandskitchenware brandsmanufacturing companies based in virginiamanufacturing companies established in 1960products introduced in 1960united states manufacturing company stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linksarticles needing additional references from june 2014all articles needing additional referencesall 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 simple english edit links this page was last modified on 13 may 2016 at 13 16 . 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