type subsidiary founded april 1910 founder frederick j. osius headquarters glen allen virginia u.s. 1 area served north america products home appliances parent nacco industries subsidiaries proctor silex website www.hamiltonbeach.com hamilton beach brands inc. is an american manufacturer of home appliances air purifiers and commercial restaurant equipment marketed primarily in the united states canada and mexico including blenders mixers toasters slow cookers clothes irons and air purifiers . until sometime in the 1980s the company s products were marketed under the brand name hamilton beach scovill reflecting a merger that occurred in the 1940s . in 1990 the company merged with proctor silex another household appliance manufacturer . key market competitors include cuisinart black & decker salton de longhi and sunbeam . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in april 1910 by inventor frederick j. osius in racine wisconsin the hamilton beach manufacturing company took its name from two men osius hired louis hamilton and chester beach . he hired hamilton as the new company s advertising manager and beach to work as a mechanic . osius did not care for his own name so he paid hamilton and beach 1000 each for the right to use their names instead . the company mostly sold products that osius had invented and patented but chester beach had invented a high speed fractional motor in 1905 which the company used in many of its products . osius designed the agitator implement for the company s first drink mixer the cyclone introduced in 1911 . hamilton and beach left the company in 1913 to form their own firm wisconsin electric company . osius sold hamilton beach to scovill manufacturing in 1922 and moved to millionaires row in miami beach . 2 the hamilton beach drink mixer with its characteristic spindle and metal container was found at soda fountains of drug stores throughout north america . other products included stand mixers for making batter fans and hair dryers . the spindle drink mixer was expanded in the 1930s to enable multiple milk shakes to be processed at once . the original company continues as the hamilton beach side of hamilton beach brands inc. as of 2012 all of hamilton beach s appliances are manufactured by contract manufactures in china . 3 products edit blenders coffeemakers deep fryers electric kettles electric knives food processors indoor grills induction cooktops juicers mixers ovens pizza makers popcorn makers slow cookers steamers toasters references edit hamilton beach brands inc. . hoover s. retrieved 2011 11 07 . celebrating 175 years vibrator capitol of the world . retrieved 2009 10 07 . hagerty james r. 22 may 2012 . once made in china jobs trickle back to u.s. plants . wall street journal . external links edit hamilton beach proctor silex eclectrics all metal appliances trueair aircare appliances brewstation cup activated dispensing carafeless coffeemaker hamilton beach in ukraine 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hamilton beach brands & oldid 733588026 categories home appliance brandskitchenware brandssmall appliance manufacturersmanufacturing companies based in virginiamanufacturing companies established in 1910american companies established in 1910 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 8 august 2016 at 20 45 . 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