The facts have been presented by news articles that some Aerus products have been manufactured at the Eureka plant in El Paso, Texas beginning around 2004; and as a result of the Bristol, VA plant closing in April 2016 the remainder of its manufacturing was also shifted to El Paso. Consequently, the term "Eureka-Lux" may be accurately applied to both Electrolux Home Care Products and Aerus LLC products.
So until someone can disprove the news articles that Aerus no longer manufactures its own products and is associated with Electrolux Home Care Products, Inc. (including Eureka) besides just saying it ain't so; it must be true that Aerus is now just a brand and no longer a manufacturing company.
Following is a condensed history of Electrolux Corporation and The Eureka Company for clarification:
Electrolux Corporation (USA) began as a subsidiary of AB Electrolux of Sweden in 1924. ABE had originated in 1919. "Electrolux" is a conglomeration of the two originating companies: Elektromekansika (translated in English to "electric-mechanical") which manufactured electric motors and ABLux (Latin for "light") which produced kerosene lamps. By 1928 much of ABE's stock was made public and it became a minority shareholder of Electrolux Corporation along with the Wenner-Gren Foundation. After four decades, those shares were sold to Consolidated Foods, Inc. which controlled operations from 1968 until 1987 at which time senior Electrolux executives, First Boston Corporation, & Wesray Capital Corporation organized a leveraged buy-out. Eleven years later the business was purchased by Engles Urso Follmer Capital Corporation of Dallas and became Electrolux LLC under Aerus Holdings, LLC until 2000 when ABE bought back its brand and some manufacturing. The company name was then changed to Aerus LLC ("Aerus" is Greek for "Air") and branding became "Lux" as a reference to Electrolux (or possibly a nod to company ties with Lux International of Switzerland). The deal included a 3-year period of transition to build brand recognition and the new company identity before ABE began selling its Electrolux-branded vacuum cleaners in the US in 2004. It should also be noted that Electrolux (Canada) Ltd. and Electrolux Corporation had merged in 1985 and all production at the time was moved to the USA around 1989. Since 2004 Aerus has diversified its product line beyond home care to purification of water and air along with limited space heating--and aptly calling it "Beyond by Aerus" beginning in 2013. Company acquisitions have included The White Mop Wringer Company, The Regina Company, TriStar Enterprises LLC, EcoQuest, Infinity, Heartland, activTek, and UNOVUS.
Further, Aerus Holdings, L.L.C. is listed as an officer in five other companies:
Name Status Incorporated Key People Role
Electrolux Home Products, Inc. Active 1992 5 Managing Member
Econ Limited Partners LLC Active 2000 1 Manager
Dbg Group Holdings, LLC Inactive 2009 5 Managing Member
Vengp, LLC Inactive 2001 1 Member
Venlp, LLC Inactive 2001 1 Mmember
The Eureka Company ("Eureka" is Greek for "I have found (it)!") was begun by Detroit real-estate auctioneer Fred Wardell in 1909. He ran it until his enthusiasm waned in 1939, and he persuaded Henry Burritt to take over. Burritt merged Eureka with Williams Oil-O-Matic Heating Company in 1945 in a strategy to rejuvenate its floundering sales through diversification (oil-burner production was moved to Sweden after seven years). In 1953 Eureka-Williams was purchased by Henney Motor Company of Freeport, IL, and in 1959 it was merged with National Union Electric Corporation. AB Electrolux of Sweden purchased National Union in 1974 and changed the Eureka division name back to The Eureka Company a year or so later. In 1983, in an attempt to cut production costs, Eureka began to move vacuum cleaner production out of Bloomington, opening a plant to make uprights in El Paso, Texas, and in 1984 opening one in Juarez, Mexico. In 1990, Eureka announced that it was moving production of upright cleaners completely to El Paso. The manufacture and assembly of canisters were consequently consolidated at its plant at Normal, Illinois, while headquarters and other manufacturing operations remained at Bloomington.
Read more:
http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/64/The-Eureka-Company.html#ixzz4VDWBZ3Ar
https://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/Dallas/aerus-holdings-llc-7633443.aspx
