jerem@tekgvs.UUCP (Jere Marrs) (01/18/85)
It was reported the other night on "The Nightly Business Report" that The Hobart Corporation of Troy, Ohio is selling its KitchenAid division to Whirlpool. Their trash compactor and dishwasher are being sold to yet another company but will be marketed by Whirlpool. One can only hope that Whirlpool will maintain the quality or, indeed, the same product line as Hobart, but that's improbable. I have bought parts for my ten-year-old KitchenAid coffee mill and rebuilt it. Other coffee mills a riveted together. The food preparers, the k-5A and the K45 are similarly quality in construction. My K45 is ten years old also and is flawless. Will we be able to get parts for them 5, 10 years from now? What about brushes for the motors? I hate to see quality companies disappear. Hobart will continue to manufacture their fine welders, but that won't help us in the kitchen. Buy your spare parts now. If you're in the Portland area, the parts warehouse is over in Milwaukie: Hobart Sales & Service 5759 SE International Way Milwaukie, Oregon (Just off Hwy. 224 at Harmony Rd.) (503)653-9950 Jere M. Marrs Tektronix, Inc. tektronix!tekgvs!jerem
rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (01/23/85)
> It was reported the other night on "The Nightly Business Report" that > The Hobart Corporation of Troy, Ohio is selling its KitchenAid division to > Whirlpool. Their trash compactor and dishwasher are being sold to yet another > company but will be marketed by Whirlpool. > > One can only hope that Whirlpool will maintain the quality or, indeed, > the same product line as Hobart, but that's improbable... Sad to say, Kenwood - manufacturers of comparable-quality food mixers - has also been bought. [That's KenWOOD, by the way, not to be confused with the Sears label KenMORE.] I believe it was Farberware who bought them, and some of the attachments for the Kenwood mixers are already unavailable. The main hope is that as long as small commercial kitchens continue to exist there will be a need for tough, high-quality commercial kitchen equipment. -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Keep your day job 'til your night job pays.