Bissell

Bissell
Bissell Inc.
Type Private corporation
Genre Home Care
Founded 1883
Founder(s) Melville Bissell
Headquarters Walker, Michigan
Key people Mark J. Bissell, President
Products Vacuum cleaners and other floorcare products
Revenue $800 million (2008)
Employees 2,500
Divisions Consumer Services 1-800-237-7691 Mon-Fri: 8am to 10pm ET Sat:9am to 8pm ET
Website http://www.bissell.com/
References: [1][2]

Bissell Inc., also known as Bissell Homecare, is a privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturing corporation headquartered in Walker, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids.[3][4] The company is the number one manufacturer of floor care products in North America in terms of sales, with 20% of the marketshare.[5]

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Company history

Melville Bissell developed an early carpet sweeping machine to aide in cleaning the crockery shop he and his wife Anna owned and operated. The device was patented as the Bissell Carpet Sweeper in 1876. In 1883 Bissell built the company's first manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids.[3] By the 1890s the company had an international presence and was producing 1000 sweepers per day.[6]

Melville Bissell died in 1889, and his wife Anna took over as leader of the company. She served as the company president from 1889 - 1919 and chair of the board from 1919 - 1934.[7]

Over the years the company expanded from manufacturing only mechanical sweepers to producing vacuum cleaners and carpet shampooers.[3]

Today

In 2004 the company purchased the Woolite corporation for $62 million and has also moved into the pet-care industry, manufacturing attachments and solutions designed to clean up pet hair and stains. Whereas many competitors saw sales drop by several percentage points during the economic downturn, Bissell's sales held steady.[2] In the process, they pulled ahead of Hoover, and became number one in terms of sales in North America in 2009.[5]

Bissell Pro Cycling Team

Bissell Inc. is the title sponsor for the Bissell Pro Cycling Team.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Bissell Inc.". Funding Universe. http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/BISSELL-Inc-Company-History.html. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Schroder, Gary (April 17, 2009). "Bissell launches Smart Details line of brooms, brushes and dusters". The Grand Rapids Press. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2009/04/bissell_launches_smart_details.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c "Our History". Bissell. http://www.bissell.com/Our-History/. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  4. ^ "Bissell Homecare, Inc". Bloomberg Business Week. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1054411. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  5. ^ a b Crawley, Nancy (January 31, 2010). "Success of Bissell is model for succeeding in Michigan, instead of abandoning state". The Grand Rapids Press. http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2010/01/success_of_bissell_is_model_fo.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  6. ^ Schorman, Rob (2008). "Claude Hopkins, Earnest Calkins, Bissell Carpet Sweepers and the Birth of Modern Advertising". Journal of the Guilded Age and Progressive Era 7.2. http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jga/7.2/schorman.html. 
  7. ^ "History of the Bissell Carpet Sweeper". Kent County Michigan Genweb Project. http://kent.migenweb.net/GR/businesses/Bissell.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  8. ^ Rogers, Neal (February 11, 2008). "Road Warriors: Bissell takes on title-sponsor role". VeloNews. http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/02/road/road-warriors-bissell-takes-on-title-sponsor-role_71962. Retrieved 6 April 2010. 

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