Hoover is a company that began in the world of household appliances making vacuum cleaners, more than 100 years ago, being the pioneer in this field.

Founded in Ohio, it quickly gained a strong presence in the United States and the United Kingdom, being the main manufacturer of vacuum cleaners during much of the XNUMXth century (In Great Britain and Ireland, Hoover was synonymous with vacuum cleaner, just as, for example, we often call paper tissues Kleenex).

In addition to vacuum cleaners, The company has achieved a strong position in other household appliances, such as washing machines and dryers, where it also has a wide range.

Hoover History

In 1908, janitor James Murray Spangler, who suffered from asthma, invented a electric suction sweeper, to avoid raising dust when sweeping. Spangler patented it and produced it manually, manufacturing two or three per week.

Spangler gave one of the sweepers to her cousin Susan Troxel Hoover, who was impressed by the invention, and discussed it with her husband, William Hoover, who at the time had a leather products company. Hoover decided to buy the patent from Spangler in 1908. and create a company dedicated to the production of the invention.

Initially, vacuum cleaners were very expensive, so Hoover offered a free ten-day trial to anyone who wanted it, in addition to creating a wide retail distribution network and making advertisements in the press.

Thus, income began to increase rapidly, and in 1912 it had already made sales to countries such as Norway, Russia, France and Belgium.

In 1930, The company created the first handheld vacuum cleaner on the market, the Hoover Dustette, which would have great success, and many versions over the following decades. (many of them still work today).

Also in the XNUMXs, he created the "Junior", a smaller upright vacuum cleaner, which achieved great popularity in the United Kingdom., selling millions of units. Thanks to its success, the Junior continued to be produced for decades (the last unit was produced in 1987).

The Hoover Constellation, launched in 1954, has a clear inspiration in the space race that was taking place at that time., with a certain resemblance to the planet Saturn. For the next 25 years, the Constellation enjoyed great success in its country and in Great Britain it even continued to be sold until the XNUMXs.

In 1985, Hoover was purchased by the Chicago Pacific Corporation, and this, in turn, was acquired by Maytag, in 1989. In turn, this company would later be acquired by Whirlpool, in 2006.

In 1995, the Italian Candy group acquired the company in Europe, with exclusive rights to the brand for all of Europe, North Africa and some countries in the Middle East.

Currently, the Hoover brand, along with Candy, are part of the Haier group, a multinational that has become a world leader in the white range of household appliances. (refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, freezers...), investing 4% of its resources in R&D&I, surpassing giants such as LG and Samsung, with a market share of more than 15% and an annual turnover of around 40.000 millions of dollars.

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