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of Picton Street, London, SE5 | of Picton Street, London, SE5 | ||
1914 Max Gort-Barten, entrepreneur, was born in Germany | |||
c.1939 He arrived in England | |||
WWII Gort-Barten joined the British army. | |||
1946 He bought a small factory in Camberwell as an outlet for his engineering skills and creativity | |||
1946 Early products were a stainless steel fire screen, a cocktaik shaker and custard mixer. The flip sided toaster was his first patented idea | |||
The Dual-Light electric fire gave its name to the company: '''Dualit''' took its name. | |||
Further toaster designs followed. | |||
1952 First toaster with a timer | |||
1954 Moved to a new factory in the Old Kent Road. | |||
Other members of the family joined the company | |||
2003 Max Gort-Barten died | |||
2003 The company moved to new premises in Crawley, West Sussex. | |||
Further products included DAB radios, food preparation appliances, a coffee machine. | |||
==See Also== | |||
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==Sources of Information== | |||
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* Dualit website [http://www.dualit.com/our-history] | |||
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[[Category: Town - London]] | |||
[[Category: Town - Crawley]] | |||
[[Category: Domestic Appliances ]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:35, 2 January 2015
of Picton Street, London, SE5
1914 Max Gort-Barten, entrepreneur, was born in Germany
c.1939 He arrived in England
WWII Gort-Barten joined the British army.
1946 He bought a small factory in Camberwell as an outlet for his engineering skills and creativity
1946 Early products were a stainless steel fire screen, a cocktaik shaker and custard mixer. The flip sided toaster was his first patented idea
The Dual-Light electric fire gave its name to the company: Dualit took its name.
Further toaster designs followed.
1952 First toaster with a timer
1954 Moved to a new factory in the Old Kent Road.
Other members of the family joined the company
2003 Max Gort-Barten died
2003 The company moved to new premises in Crawley, West Sussex.
Further products included DAB radios, food preparation appliances, a coffee machine.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Dualit website [1]