{{distinguish|Sunbeam Products}} {{Infobox company | name = Sunbeam Australia | logo = | logo_size = 200 | type = Subsidiary | foundation = {{Start date and age|1884}} | founder = | location_city = Sydney | location_country = Australia | key_people = | industry = Manufacturing | products = Home Appliances | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.sunbeam.com.au/|sunbeam.com.au}} }} '''Sunbeam Corporation Limited''' was an Australian home appliance brand catering to the Australian and New Zealand markets. It is now a subsidiary of Sunbeam Products.
==Company history== thumb|Sunbeam Mixmaster, sold in New Zealand in the 1950s
The company began in Australia in 1902 as a small branch of the American group, Chicago Flexible Shaft Company.<ref>[http://www.oldengine.org/members/kmorris/Webpages/Cooper.html History of Cooper Engineering Co.]</ref> The name was later changed to Cooper Engineering Company. The name changed again to Sunbeam Corporation in 1946. The company became publicly traded in 1952 and came into Australian ownership in 1987. In 1981 it obtained a range of consumer appliances from Monier Limited.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0McRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_eYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3829,4752540&hl=en The Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 12, 1981]</ref> Sunbeam Corporation was purchased by GUD Holdings Ltd in 1996<ref>[http://www.investsmart.com.au/shares/asx/GUD-Holdings-GUD.asp G.U.D. Holdings Limited (GUD) - Investsmart.com.au]</ref> and sold to Sunbeam Products in 2016.<ref>[https://www.applianceretailer.com.au/2016/04/gud-cut-sunbeam-loose/ Appliance Retailer - Apr 17, 2016]</ref>
The American-designed Mixmaster 9B was the first Sunbeam appliance manufactured and sold in Australia in 1948. Starting in the late 1970s, Australian industrial designers were hired to create new designs.<ref>[http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=355448#_9 History Notes, Sunbeam Mixmaster Professional, 2003 - Powerhouse Museum Collection Search 2.4]</ref> Sunbeam Australia also licensed its designs to other companies including Sunbeam Products Inc. including the Mixmaster Professional / Heritage Series Stand Mixer.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030114155314/http://www.angelfire.com/home/flexibleshaft/Sunbeam13.html Sunbeam Mixmaster - Bringing it all back home]</ref>
==See also== * Sunbeam Products Inc
== References and footnotes == <references />
== External links == *[http://www.sunbeam.com.au/ Sunbeam Australia] *[http://www.gud.com.au/ GUD Holdings]
{{Home appliance brands}}
Category:Kitchenware brands Category:Home appliance brands Category:Australian brands Category:Home appliance manufacturers of Australia Category:Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies