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Michael Jenkins Crouch AO is Chairman of an Australian private company Midgeon Holdings Pty Ltd. Midgeon acts as a holding vehicle for his long term investments which currently include interests in Australian manufacturing, beef production, meat processing and property. Until December 2013, he was also Executive Chairman of Zip Industries (Aust) Pty Ltd, a manufacturing company he founded following his acquisition in 1962 of Zip Heaters, which had manufactured water heating products in Australia since 1947. Zip manufactures instant boiling water systems and related appliances in Australia and exports them to more than 70 countries. Educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney he served as Executive Chairman of Zip for 52 years, is a prominent member of the Australian business community, and is well known for his interest in fostering the export of Australian-made products and Australian-bred beef. == Business Achievements == In 1962 Michael Crouch acquired a small Australian company, Zip Heaters, which had been formed in 1947 to market kitchen and bathroom water heaters. Under his management, Zip expanded its product range to include hot water appliances of many kinds and in the 1970s introduced the world’s first small instant boiling water heaters now widely used in home, office and restaurant kitchens. From 1970 onwards, Zip also developed under-bench drinking water appliances dispensing both instant boiling water and chilled filtered drinking water. New models introduced recently also dispense sparkling chilled filtered water. From 1982 onwards, Michael Crouch appointed Zip distributors in Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines and Thailand to cover South-East Asia. A distributor for Great Britain was engaged in 1987, and Zip products were introduced to Europe at trade shows in 1989 and 1991. A wholly owned subsidiary was formed in 1991 to handle UK distribution, and a distributor for Europe was appointed in 2002. A Zip subsidiary to handle distribution in New Zealand was established in 1996, and a joint venture partner in South Africa handles African marketing. Michael Crouch maintained his position as CEO of Zip until December 2013, since when he has continued to as as Chairman of Midgeon Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian private company acting as a holding vehicle for his long term investments in Australian manufacturing, beef production, meat processing and property. 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「Michael Crouch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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