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AB Electrolux (commonly known as Electrolux) is a multinational appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Electrolux Group Headquarter )〕 It is consistently ranked the world's second-largest appliance maker by units sold (after Whirlpool). Electrolux products sell under a variety of brand names (including its own), and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners intended for consumer use. The company also makes appliances for professional use. Electrolux has a primary listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the OMX Stockholm 30 index. ==History== Electrolux originated from the merger of two Swedish companies, one an established manufacturer and the other a newer company founded by a former vacuum salesman who was a former employee of the former firm. Electrolux's history is closely tied to the vacuum cleaner, but today it makes all major appliances. Lux AB, incorporated in 1901 by Sven Carlson, was a Stockholm-based maker of large kerosene lamps for railway stations, based on an invention by David Kempe.〔(Lux ), ''Nordisk familjebok' (1912).〕〔(Lux ), ''Nordisk familjebok'' (Supplement, 1925).〕 In 1912 it had factories on the Lilla Essingen island in Stockholm and in Riga, then part of imperial Russia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.electroluxgroup.com/en/history-1910-1919-729/ )〕 As competitors started to make similar models and electric lighting started to compete with kerosene, Lux needed a new product and in 1912 started to manufacture electric vacuum cleaners. The name changed to Elektrolux in 1919 when the company merged with Svenska Elektron AB (the spelling was changed to "Electrolux" in 1957). In 1918, the company had 400 employees. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Electrolux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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