On 5/31/2010 1:46 PM, ChattyCathy wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>
>> On 2010-05-31, > wrote:
>>
>>>> UK
>>>
>>> I stand corrected.
>>>
>>> Did some googling and it appears that the USA tentacle of this
>>> [alleged] world-wide corporation only manufactures electronic
>>> equipment, car sound and other related stuff" in the USA. All
>>> together now, can we say "doof-doof-doof"?
>>
>> Well, Kenwood electronics is a Japanese company, but there is a
>> Kenwood appliances out of the UK. I have one of their orbital stand
>> mixers, from when they were marketed in US by Rival (no longer). Good
>> stuff, or used to be. They often rebrand for sales in other
>> countries.
>>
>>
> http://www.kenwoodworld.com/uk/Produ.../Cooking-Chef/
>>
>> nb
>
> http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Products/

They are two different, unrelated Kenwoods. The appliance company was
founded by Ken Maynard Wood in 1936 in the UK, the amateur radio, audio
equipment and consumer electronics company was founded in Japan in 1946.
Generally speaking if something is sold in the US under the "Kenwood"
brand it will be from the Japanese company.