To talk about the Moulinex brand is to talk about one of the best-known and most traditional brands in the world of cooking, with a long history in the market, to help you eat better and cook more comfortably and easily.

History of Moulinex

The history of Moulinex begins in the 1932s. Jean Mantelet was a French industrialist with a small plant in Bagnolet, just outside Paris. In XNUMX He observed the difficulty that existed at that time in obtaining a puree without lumps, so he designed and patented the Moulin-Légumes, a type of food mill that solved this problem..

Presented at the Lyon fair, it was initially not very well received due to its price of 36 francs, but later it was set at 20 francs and The success achieved led it to sell two million units in the following three years..

From there, it would begin to grow, opening another factory and expanding its range of products, with a nutcracker, spice grinders, graters... selling one hundred million units of its articles in 1952.

In 1953 he created a salad spinner (vegetable express), inaugurating the era of products powered by electricity. In 1956, an electric coffee grinder was launched on the market at an affordable price (approximately a quarter of that of the competition), which represented a revolution., which he calls Moulinex (from moulin-express).

In 1957, the company adopted the name of its flagship product, becoming Moulinex.. From the 8 employees he had at the beginning of the 30s, he had already grown to 700 (six years later, he would reach 3.000 workers).

In the 60s, the French brand began to launch its first kitchen robots. Moulinex founded its own school to train its technicians and continued its growth, eventually going public. in 1969. With an 85% share in the French market, its marketing already covered more than 100 countries.

In the seventies, their blenders were very successful., and the company continued to launch innovations on the market, being the first to market a microwave in France, in 1979.

The 80s were the years of the breakfast revolution, with its programmable coffee makers.

In 1990, its founder, Jean Mantelet, died, after which there were various problems and legal disputes between his heirs. Since 2001, Moulinex belongs to the French group SEB, which brings together other well-known brands such as Rowenta, Krups (which had precisely been acquired by Moulinex in 1991) and WMF.

Commitment to the environment

The SEB group is distinguished by its commitment to the environment, and for this reason it tries to minimize the ecological footprint of your products, with a design and manufacturing that has a lower environmental impact, and with a commitment to repairability.

Since January 1, 2022, European Union regulations increased the product warranty to 3 years, but also their repairability to 10 years. This means that Manufacturers must have spare parts for 10 years after they stop being manufactured.

In the case of Moulinex, many of its products have an "extended repairability" of 15 years, which means that during that period we will be able to repair them at a reasonable cost and we will have parts for it.

Furthermore, Moulinex It has extensive technical service throughout the world, with 6.200 establishments They function as an authorized technical service for the brand, which guarantees that their products will be able to be used for many years.

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