Servis

Servis

Servis is a white goods brand well known in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 1929 in Darlaston,an area of the West Midlands renowned for manufacturing. The company started out as a manufacturer but fell into difficulties in the 1980's. Since 1991 the business has operated in partnership with Italian manufacturer Antonio Merloni.

As a manufacturer

Servis Domestic Appliances manufactured washing machines (and later tumble driers). It acquired a patent on electronic controls for washing machine drums and the Servis Quartz was the first washing machine to be controlled by a microchip. The company went into liquidation in 1981. A new company was formed but in 1985 this too was in serious difficulties. The receiver had been called in, placing 500 jobs at risk. The future of the company, and indeed the decline in manufacturing in the region was mentioned in parliament. The company had ceased manufacturing by the end of the decade and a new buyer was being sought.

In 1980 the company provided commercial sponsorship for the Staffordshire Brass Band for a period of 3 years.

Partnership with Merloni

The company states on its web site that it operates in a partnership with Antonio Merloni. In fact the company is owned by Antonio Merloni and the parent company supplies the majority (but not all) of its product range. Antonio Merloni continues to grow the brand in the United Kingdom and as at 1995 it had 3.5% of the domestic market. The company now supplies refrigeration equipment and dishwashers in addition to washing machines and tumble driers. There is no longer any United Kingdom manufacture, all the appliances are European.

Staff at the company have been prominent in raising funds for Meningitis UK.

Origins of Name

One source suggests that the name was the result of a staff competition. A more plausible explanation is that the spelling differentiates the name for trademark purposes.

References

* [http://www.wikipatents.com/gb/1529691.html patent on electronic control]
* [http://www.automaticwasher.org/TD/JPEG/MODERN/9-23-2005-10-37-10--chestermikeuk.jpgillustration of computer control]
* [http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=171 whitegoods information resource]
* [http://www.meningitisuk.org/assets/files/Summer_vision_07.pdf meningitis support]
* [http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1997/fulltext/403c2.pdf competition commission]
* [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0038671.html granted patents]
* [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1985/mar/15/west-midlands Hansard on job losses]


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