Category: Rangemaster

Aga Rangemaster, maker of upmarket cookers and kitchen ranges, has agreed a deal to buy a rival cooker maker. The Leamington company has bought the business and principal assets of Mercury Appliances, the domestic range cooker manufacturing arm of Lincoln-based Lincat.

Employees at Rangemaster in Leamington face an uncertain Christmas after it was announced 80 jobs will go. The management of the firm have outlined 80 redundancies at the Clarence Street factory which come after the group announced a 15 per cent reduction in orders in October.

Which? have reported that AGA Rangemaster have reported a 15% drop in sales over last year. It has also been widely reported that the sales of washing machines, fridge-freezers, tumble driers and other large domestic appliances in general are also at threat, as the decline in home sales reduces t…

Iconic cooker company looks to social networking websites and greener models to cope with a ‘demanding year’, writes Jonathan Sibun If you own an Aga, consider yourself a target. There are 300,000 of you out there – Jilly Cooper and David Cameron included – and Aga chief executive William McGrath…

Aga has unveiled a new Deluxe version of its popular Masterchef product that features a redesigned exterior and ceramic hotplate. Building on the success of the Masterchef, the latest addition to the Aga portfolio has side-opening main oven doors with handy slam catches and a new-look handrail.

Oven and traditional range maker Aga is considering selling its food service operations to focus on the consumer market. Aga said yesterday it was working on a plan to separate the food service operations, which supplies commercial catering equipment, from the consumer arm, as it believes this ca…

AGA Foodservice, the oven and fridge manufacturer, announced today that it was considering the sale of its US business. The group said Domain, the US-based high-end home furnishings business it bought in 2002, made a loss of £2.8m in 2006. AGA said it was considering with local management a…

AGA Foodservice Group, a British appliance company, announced plans to build a $6 million (€4.5 million) production facility in Cedar Rapids. AGA, which makes high-end residential ranges and refrigerators and commercial appliances for restaurants and bakeries, expects to begin production in …

Aga Foodservice Group PLC said results for the first half to June 30 2006 are anticipated in line with market expectations and ahead of 2005 when operating profits were 16.9 mln stg and pretax profits were 18 mln stg.

AGA Foodservice Group, the oven and fridge maker, is selling its products to Russian and Ukrainian supermarkets as part of a global expansion.