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KitchenAid is an American home appliance brand owned by Whirlpool Corporation.

The company was started in 1919 by The Hobart Corporation to produce stand mixers; the "H-5" was the first model introduced.

The company faced stiff competition as rivals moved into this emerging market, and introduced its trademarked silhouette in the 1930s with the model "K", the work of designer Egmont Arens.

The brand's stand mixers have changed little in design since, and attachments from the model "K" onwards are compatible with the modern machines.

Dishwashers were the second product line to be introduced, in 1949.

A late 1980s promotional campaign on the back of an expansion by retailer Williams-Sonoma saw brand awareness double in three years.

Wüsthof (also known as Wüsthof Dreizackwerk (German) and Wüsthof Trident (English)) is a knife-maker based in Solingen, Germany, noted for its high quality products.

Family owned for seven generations, the company also sells kitchen shears, pocket knives and other cooking accessories, although on a smaller scale than its main competitor, Henckels.

Vitamix, privately owned and operated by the Barnard family since 1921, manufactures high-performance blenders for consumers and for the restaurant and hospitality industry.

Vitamix has been based in Olmsted Falls, Ohio since 1948.

It employs more than 800 people at its Northeast Ohio headquarters, customer service, and manufacturing facilities.

Breville is an Australian manufacturer and marketer of small home appliances, founded in Melbourne in 1932.

They created the original sandwich toaster.

The product was a huge success upon its launch in Australia in 1974, selling 400,000 units in its first year and making the Breville brand a household name in Australia.

Soon after, the Breville toasted sandwich maker was launched in New Zealand and Great Britain where it met with similar success.

The name became synonymous with such devices - to the point where in some countries "Breville" has become the generic word for a sandwich toaster, and often the toasted sandwich itself, in much the same way that "The Hoover Company" is associated with the vacuum cleaner.

Le Creuset (meaning "the crucible") is a premium French cookware manufacturer best known for its colorfully-enameled cast-iron cookware "French ovens", also known as "casseroles" or "Dutch ovens".

The company also makes many other types of cookware, from sauce pans to tagines.