servis shoes . 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 . january 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message servis type private industry home appliances founded 1929 headquarters windsor uk area served united kingdom products domestic home appliances parent vestel website http www.servis.co.uk servis sapphire 9635 control panel 1989 servis is a white goods brand well known in the united kingdom . the company was founded in 1929 in darlaston an area of the west midlands renowned for manufacturing . the company started out as a manufacturer but fell into difficulties in the 1980s . from 1991 to 2008 the brand was owned and manufactured by italian white goods company antonio merloni spa . antonio merloni entered administration in 2008 and ceased manufacturing servis appliances . in 2011 the brand was sold to turkish white goods and tv manufacturer vestel who re launched the brand in 2012 . servis quartz plus 4kg 1000 6033 one of the piano key servis machines . contents 1 as a manufacturer 2 origins of name 3 liquidation 4 external links as a manufacturer edit servis domestic appliances manufactured washing machines and later tumble driers . it acquired a patent on electronic controls for washing machine drums and the servis quartz & servis sapphire models were the first washing machines & washer dryers to be controlled by a microchip . the company went into liquidation in 1991 . the servis name was then acquired by antonio merloni spa . in 2008 servis appliances from antonio merloni spa disappeared from stores . the servis name is now owned by vestel who bought the group in 2011 . origins of name edit one source suggests that the name was the result of a staff competition . a more plausible explanation is that the spelling differentiates the name for trademark purposes . liquidation edit in october 2008 merloni announced that it would be placing the servis operation into liquidation 1 with the loss of 150 jobs . in september 2011 vestel of turkey was reported to have purchased the servis brand from antonio merloni spa 2 external links edit servis official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title servis & oldid 739195813 categories home appliance brandshome appliance manufacturers of the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 09 33 . 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