Glen Dimplex

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Glen Dimplex
Type	Private company
Founded	Newry, (1973)
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Industry	Electrical Goods
Products	radio, heating cooling and cooking equipment, etc
Revenue	▲€1.5 Billion (2004)
Employees	8,500 (2004)
Website	www.glendimplex.com

Glen Dimplex is an Irish-based consumer electrical goods firm. Founded in 1973 in Northern Ireland as an electric heater manufacturer, the company has expanded by acquisitions. It is now the world's largest electrical heating business and holds significant market positions in the domestic appliance industry worldwide. With an annual turnover of €1.5 Billion, the Group employs 8,500 people.

Glen Dimplex remains privately owned and finances its ongoing expansion from its own resources. Fundamental to its success, is a policy of continuous investment in building brands and constant product innovation. The firm owns brands such as Roberts Radio, Belling, Stoves, New World, Lec, Burco Dean Appliances, Morphy Richards and AquaVac.

The company is privately held, and bases most of its manufacturing and development in United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. However, the company also has branches in Scandinavia.^[1]

Burco Dean Appliances were acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1985 and was based at Mexbrourgh near Sheffield, England under the control of Morphy Richards. In 2007 Burco was moved within the group and is now under the control of Glen Dimplex Home Appliances at Prescot, England

Dimplex was the fourth sponsor of Southampton Football Club from 1993 until 1995.

In January, 2006, the company acquired Koolant Koolers and its subsidiary Schreiber Engineering, a US manufacturer of industrial process chillers headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This entity was subsequently renamed Dimplex Thermal Solutions and operates as the group's only holding in the United States.