Breville

Breville
Subsidiary
Founded 1932 (1932)
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Area served
 Worldwide
Products Coffee Makers, Food Processors, Grills, Toaster Ovens
Owner
Breville Group (Australia)
Website www.breville.com Edit this on Wikidata

Breville is an Australian manufacturer and marketer of small home appliances, founded in Sydney in 1932.[1] They created the original sandwich toaster. The product was a huge success upon its launch in Australia in 1974, selling 400,000 units in its first year and making the Breville brand a household name in Australia. Soon after, the Breville toasted sandwich maker was launched in New Zealand and the United Kingdom where it met with similar success. The name became synonymous with such devices: in some countries "Breville" has become the generic word for a sandwich toaster, and often the toasted sandwich itself, in much the same way that "The Hoover Company" is associated with the vacuum cleaner.

History

An assortment of Breville appliances

In 1932, Bill O'Brien and Harry Norville (born Charles Henry Norville) mixed their last names together and the Breville brand was created. They started off making radios, then mine detectors for the war.

After World War II and the commencement of television transmission in Australia in 1956, Breville turned its attention to small appliances.

It also commenced manufacturing television sets under the Precedent brand name. The television business was sold to Electronic Industries Limited in 1968.

The O'Brien family continued developing the Breville business for three generations, with Bill's son John O'Brien setting up the Breville Research and Development centre in the late 1960s, and his daughter Barbara, running the Marketing department throughout the 1990s. John continued to lead many product development initiatives for the Breville brand up until his death in December 2003. Breville's R&D team has over 100 active patents and has been awarded more than 40 international design awards. In 1974, it completed development of the toastie maker. In 1977, Breville launched Australia's first food processor, the Breville Kitchen Wizz. Breville's Centre of Design Excellence is now located in Botany in Sydney.

Dual ownership of the brand

In 1982, Breville Australia sold its ownership of the brand in Europe, which today is owned by Newell Brands. In Europe and the United Kingdom, Breville work with partners who use their own brands for local marketing. These brands are Sage Appliances (Eastern and Western Europe), Solis (Western Europe), Riviera & Bar (solely in France), Gastroback, and Bork (Eastern Europe and Russia)[2][3]. Breville has collaborated with Antony Worrall Thompson. Pulse manages its own product development and is no longer affiliated with Breville's Centre of Design Excellence in Australia.

Outside of Europe, the Breville brand is a division of the Australian ASX listed Breville Group, which also has bases in Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States.

Global presence

Breville trades in over 30 countries including China, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, and Israel.[4] In 2002, the Breville brand was launched in Canada and the United States.

The company makes contact grills, kettles, espresso machines, toasters, microwave ovens, pressure cookers, coffeemakers, breadmakers, juicers, deep fryers, blenders and food processors.[5][6]

As of June 2013, Breville no longer distributes Keurig "single serve" machines in Canada.[7]

Trivia

  • Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead has been credited with doubling the sales of Breville juicers since the documentary launched on Netflix in the US in July 2011.[8]

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ 'Breville 800 Class Espresso Machine', 2003, Powerhouse museum collection 2.0 beta, powerhousemuseum.com. Article retrieved 2007-01-13.
  2. ↑ "Breville Choose Your Location". Breville. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Markets". Breville Group.
  4. ↑ Bencic, Emily (21 Nov 2016). "How Breville is planning for global domination". Appliance Retailer. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Breville Barista Express". Top Espresso Gear. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Bencic, Emily (23 Jun 2017). "Breville: Why Aussie culture is at the core of our success". Appliance Retailer. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  7. ↑ Annual report 2013 (PDF), Breville Group, November 2013, retrieved 25 October 2015
  8. ↑ Claire Reilly (29 November 2011). "Give it some juice: Breville doubles juicer sales following health doco". Current.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012.
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