GlenDimplex

GlenDimplex
Formerly
 Glen Electric
Private company
Industry Electronics
Founded
  • August 23, 1973 (1973-08-23) in Newry, Northern Ireland (Glen Electric)
  • June 7, 1978 (1978-06-07) (GlenDimplex)
Founder Martin Naughton
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland
Key people
 Fergal Naughton (CEO)
Products Heating, cooling
radio and cooking equipment, etc.
Revenue Increase€1.5 billion (2004)
Number of employees
 8,500 (2004)
Website glendimplex.com

GlenDimplex (formerly known as Glen Electric) is an Irish based consumer electrical goods firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is privately held, with manufacturing and development centres in the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, China and many other locations around the world.[1]

The company also has branches in North America, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Poland, Belgium, France, Australia and Scandinavia.[2][3] The company was founded by Martin Naughton, and is wholly owned by him after he bought out the other shareholders in 2003.

History

The company was incorporated on August 23, 1973 as Glen Electric in Newry, Northern Ireland, an electric heater manufacturer with ten employees, and it was founded as GlenDimplex on June 7, 1978 due to a merger with Dimplex, a large electric heating appliance manufacturer, on May 6, 1977.[4][5][6][7][8]

Morphy Richards and Burco Dean Appliances were acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1985, and were based in Mexborough near Doncaster, England.

Creda was acquired by the group in 1987.[9] Belling was acquired in July 1992,[10] Roberts Radio in November 1994,[11] Goblin Vacuum Cleaners in June 1998,[12] LEC Refrigeration in March 2005,[13] Robinson Willey in August 2010,[14] Valor in September 2011,[15] and Real Flame Australia in February 2016.[16] Dimplex was the shirt sponsor of Southampton Football Club from 1993 until 1995.[17]

Brands and acquisitions

Name of brand (or company) Industry and/or centered products Year acquired or merged (if applicable)
Dimplex

Glen Electric

 Electric fireplaces, heating

Electric heating

 1977[6]
Morphy Richards

Burco Dean

 Domestic appliances 1985[18][19]
Creda Cooking appliances

Showers

 1987[9]
Belling Cooking appliances 1992[10]
Roberts Radio Radio 1994[11]
Goblin Vacuum Cleaners Vacuum cleaners 1998[12]
EWT Elektrogerate Electric panel heaters, fireplaces 1999[20]
Faber

Stoves Group

 Gas heaters

Stoves

 2000[21][22]
New World Cooking appliances 2001[23]
NOBØ Heating 2002[24]
Galaxy Showers Showers 2003[25]
LEC Refrigeration Refrigeration 2005[13]
RXG Redring Xpelair

Koolant Koolers

Schrieber Engineering

(Koolant and Schrieber merged to

form Dimplex Thermal Solutions)

 Electric water heating solutions

Industrial liquid insulated coolers

 2006[26][27]
Masport Heating Wood and gas burning cast iron stoves 2008[28]
Robinson Willey

Wonderfire

 Heating

Gas heaters

 2010[14][29]
Valor Heating 2011[15]
Britannia Living Appliances Cooking appliances 2013[30][31][32][33]
Real Flame Australia

Walker Technology

Technika Australia

Cadet Heat

 Electric and gas fireplaces

Set-top box and television distributor

Domestic appliances

Electric Heat

 2016[16][34][35][36]
Carmen Personal Care Personal care Not applicable
Ability Projects Air Conditioning 2017

Research and innovation

GlenDimplex uses its own design teams and R&D facilities.[37] The group is actively involved in numerous major demonstration projects around the world, including:

  • RealValue is a €15.5m Horizon 2020 European Project which is using a combination of physical demonstrations in Ireland, Germany and Latvia along with innovative modelling techniques, in order to demonstrate how local small-scale energy storage, optimised across the whole EU energy system, with advanced ICT, could bring benefits to all market participants.[38]
  • ACCESS (Assisting Communities to Connect to Electrical Sustainable Sources) is a project which will enable the real time matching of local renewable electricity generation to local electricity demand in off gas grid properties in order to use renewable energy to heat homes efficiently and affordably.
  • NINES (Northern Isles New Energy Solutions) aims to address some of the most pressing energy challenges in Shetland by using large and small scale energy storage solutions combined with an active network management (ANM) system to create a smart grid and allow small scale renewable generation to play a much more significant role in meeting the islands’ energy needs.
  • PowerShift Atlantic demonstrated one of the world’s first fully grid integrated virtual power plants designed to allow for more effective integration of wind power, using load and wind forecasting and aggregation capabilities to perform near real time load shifting and provide new ancillary services to the grid.[39]
  • The Greenway is a collaborative venture established in 2010 by industry, academic institutions and public/semi state players in the Dublin region, whose vision is to create jobs and trade opportunities by activating and developing an internationally recognised cleantech cluster.[40]

References

  1. ↑ Stanton, Jamie. "Worldwide Businesses — Glen Dimplex". www.glendimplex.com. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  2. ↑ "Glen Dimplex Nordic". Glendimplex.no. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Glen Dimplex Brazil Branch". Glendimplex.no. Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "GLEN ELECTRIC LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  5. ↑ "GLEN DIMPLEX NI LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  6. 1 2 Stanton, Jamie. "About Us — Glen Dimplex". www.glendimplex.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  7. ↑ "GDC GROUP LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  8. ↑ "About Dimplex". www.dimplex.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  9. 1 2 Nichols, T.; Cam, S. (2005-06-10). Labour in a Global World: Case Studies from the White Goods Industry in Africa, South America, East Asia and Europe. Springer. ISBN 9780230512320.
  10. 1 2 "Belling bought by Glen Dimplex". 1 July 1992.
  11. 1 2 "GLEN DIMPLEX ACQUIRES ROBERTS RADIO".
  12. 1 2 "Glen Dimplex move good news for Goblin Ireland - Independent.ie".
  13. 1 2 "Glen Dimplex buys fridge maker LEC - Independent.ie".
  14. 1 2 "Robinson Willey saved - Builders' Merchants News".
  15. 1 2 "Spare parts deal delivers more power to showers - Builders' Merchants News".
  16. 1 2 Glen Dimplex Australia. "Real Flame acquisition takes Glen Dimplex to the top in Australia's heating and fireplace market". Architecture Design. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.branchofscience.com/2014/12/nineties-kit-of-the-week-southampton-199395/
  18. ↑ "Burco - Glen Dimplex Ireland". www.glendimplexireland.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  19. ↑ "About - Lec/Burco Commercial". Lec/Burco Commercial. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  20. ↑ "Glen Dimplex buys electric heating firm in Germany". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  21. ↑ "Glen Dimplex buys Dutch company for undisclosed sum". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  22. ↑ "UK buy a first for Glen Dimplex". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  23. ↑ "New-World - Glen Dimplex Ireland". www.glendimplexireland.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  24. ↑ "Glen Dimplex moves into Scandinavian market with NOBO Electro purchase". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  25. ↑ "Dimplex taps into bathroom by buying Galaxy Showers - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  26. ↑ "Redring Xpelair Group Ltd | About Us". www.redringxpelair.com. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  27. ↑ "Glen Dimplex Acquires Koolant Koolers & Schreiber Engineering to form DIMPLEX THERM". news.thomasnet.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  28. ↑ "Masport Heating Wood Fires available from Glen Dimplex Australia | Architecture And Design". Architecture And Design. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  29. ↑ "Glen Dimplex Group integrates three brands into new division". www.heatingandventilating.net. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  30. ↑ Ltd, Insider Media. "Rescue deal saves Britannia Living jobs". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  31. ↑ Ltd, Insider Media. "More details emerge of Britannia administration". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  32. ↑ "Glen Dimplex Group acquires Britannia Living Appliances". www.kbbdaily.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  33. ↑ Stanton, Jamie. "Acquisition of Britannia Living Appliances — Glen Dimplex".
  34. ↑ "Glen Dimplex acquires a new flame - Appliance Retailer". Appliance Retailer. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
  35. ↑ "Walker". www.walker.ie. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  36. ↑ Stanton, Jamie. "Glen Dimplex Group acquires Technika, Australia — Glen Dimplex". www.glendimplex.com. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
  37. ↑ "About our Sponsors". www.seai.ie. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  38. ↑ "€15.5m project to deliver 'RealValue' to future energy storage | Renewable Energy Installer". www.renewableenergyinstaller.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  39. ↑ "Electricity Load Control Demonstration | Natural Resources Canada". www.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-16.
  40. ↑ "Esave Corporation – The Green Way". www.esavecorp.com. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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