Glen Dimplex
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Electrical goods |
| Founded | 1973 in Newry, Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
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Key people
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Martin Naughton Founder Sean O Driscoll Chairman |
| Products |
Heating, cooling radio and cooking equipment, etc. |
| Revenue |
 €1.5 billion (2004) |
| Owner | Martin Naughton (100%) |
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Number of employees
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8,500 (2004) |
| Website | www |
Glen Dimplex is an Irish-based consumer electrical goods firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest electrical heating business. With an annual turnover of €1.5 billion, the group employs 8,500 people.
The company is privately held, with manufacturing and development centres in Ireland, the United Kingdom, China and many other locations around the world. The company also has branches in North America, Germany, Holland, Japan, Poland, Belgium, France, Australia and Scandinavia.
Glen Dimplex is wholly owned by Martin Naughton after buying out other shareholders in 2003.
Founded in 1973 in Northern Ireland as an electric heater manufacturer, the company has expanded by numerous acquisitions.
Morphy Richards and Burco Dean Appliances were acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1985 and were based in Mexborough near Doncaster, England. Belling was acquired in 1992,Roberts Radio in 1994,Goblin Vacuum Cleaners 1998,LEC Refrigeration in 2005, Robinson Willey in 2010, Valor in 2011, and Real Flame Australia in 2016.
Dimplex was the shirt sponsor of Southampton Football Club from 1993 until 1995.
Glen Dimplex uses its own design teams and R&D facilities. The Group is actively involved in numerous major demonstration projects around the world including:
RealValue is a €15.5m Horizon 2020 European Project which is using a combination of physical demonstrations in Ireland, Germany and Latvia along with innovative modelling techniques, in order to demonstrate how local small-scale energy storage, optimised across the whole EU energy system, with advanced ICT, could bring benefits to all market participants.
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