Continental Edison

The Continental Edison is a French manufacturing and marketing company of electrical equipment established in 1882 by Thomas Edison.

Continental Edison
IndustryElectricity
Founded1882 in Paris
FounderThomas Edison
Number of employees
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History

Continental Edison was established in 1882 by French investors in partnership with Thomas Edison with the goal of marketing electric illumination and other equipment based on Edison patents.[1] The company has gone through several changes of ownership and was a manufacturing company up to 1971 when it stopped producing its own televisions and other home appliances, outsourcing production after that.[2] Products sold under the name include refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, and televisions.[3]

Timeline
  • 1882 - Continental Edison founded
  • 1958-1971 - owned by Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE)
  • 1997-2002 - owned by Cofidur group, a French electronic subcontractor supplier[4]
  • 1999 - diversifies into multimedia products for the TV, PC and the Internet
  • December 2002 , Continental Edison taken over by the AIT YALA K&S group.
  • 2006 , the brand was bought by the Chinese group Xoceco[5]

References
  1. Alice Teichova, Helga Nussbaum, Maurice Lévy-Leboyer, Historical Studies in International Corporate Business, Cambridge University Press - 2002, page 144
  2. Anatoliy Sheridan, Who makes Continental Edison TV, en.tab-tv.com -2020
  3. What is the CONTINENTAL EDISON brand worth? electroguide.com - 2019
  4. "Quelques infos sur Continental Edison". doctsf.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-17..
  5. "Prima Xoceco acquiert le site de Continental Edison à Creutzwald". lesechos.fr. 2006-09-11. Retrieved 2017-07-09..
  6. "Que vaut la marque Continental Edison ?". Électroguide (in French). 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2017-04-02..
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