The Continental Edison is a French manufacturing and marketing company of electrical equipment established in 1882 by Thomas Edison.
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.Alice Teichova, Helga Nussbaum, Maurice Lévy-Leboyer, Historical Studies in International Corporate Business, Cambridge University Press - 2002, page 144 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.Anatoliy Sheridan, Who makes Continental Edison TV, en.tab-tv.com -2020 Products sold under the name include refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, and televisions.What is the CONTINENTAL EDISON brand worth? electroguide.com - 2019
Nikola Tesla started his career in the electric power industry at the newly established Continental Edison.
Timeline
1882 – Continental Edison founded 1881–1958 – part of General Electric 1958–1971 – owned by Compagnie Générale des Eaux (CGE) 1971–1997 – owned by Thomson Multimedia 1997–2002 – owned by Cofidur group, a French electronic subcontractor supplier. 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. 2011 owned by the French Casino Group. It is currently distributed almost exclusively by Cdiscount.
References
External links Continental Edison (current marketing company)