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Proctor Silex Co. was created in 1960 with the merger of Proctor Electric and the Silex Company. In 1966, SCM Corporation bought out Proctor-Silex. In 1988, Proctor Silex was acquired by NACCO Industries, Inc. In 1990, NACCO also acquired Hamilton Beach Brands as a subsidiary and merged the two companies.

Proctor Silex made electrical household appliances like vacuum coffee makers.

References

1. "Proctor Silex company history".
2. "NACCO company history". Archived from the original on 13 March 2015.
3. "NACCO company history". Archived from the original on 8 December 2014.
4. "Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc. History".
5. "1914 Silex".
6. The script for the 1979 movie Alien contains an example of generic use of the term "Silex" for "coffee machine".

External links

• Official website
• The Marshall Johnson Collection of Trade Literature and Ephemera at Hagley Museum and Library consists of materials collected by Johnson during his time with Wear-Ever/Proctor-Silex, including product catalogs, news clippings, and advertisements, with a small amount of manuscript materials.

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