cheesewonton
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Yes and no. Westinghouse Appliances was spun off and sold to the Electrolux Group of Sweden in the early 1970s. That was about the same time the Electrolux Group bought Eureka Company from William's Oil, their former parent and Frigidaire from GM. Most of the vintage Westinghouse vacuums you see in the US and Canada were made before the Electrolux Group bought them. However I have seen some modern Westinghouse branded vacuums sold abroad, particularly in Asia and as far as I know Electrolux Group of Sweden still owns the rights to the Westinghouse Appliances brand world wide. Keep in mind that the other branches of the Westinghouse family like nuclear reactors and jet engines are also separate companies. It gets confusing. Electrolux Group bought up some other US appliance makers like Tappan and Gibson.Westinghouse? I didn’t know they ever made vacs. I bought a Westinghouse power washer a year or so ago, must be the same brand.
In the late 1950s or early 1960s Westinghouse made a few canister vacuum models for the Kenmore brand.