Tappan (brand)


Tappan is a brand of appliances, named after company founder W. J. Tappan.
Tappan claimed several innovations:
In 1881, Tappan appliances was founded by W.J. Tappan as the Ohio Valley Foundry Company in Bellaire, Ohio, initially selling cast-iron stoves door-to-door.
In 1889, the company relocated to Mansfield, Ohio, and was renamed the Eclipse Stove Company, before then being renamed the Tappan Stove Company.
In 1950, Tappan acquired the Los Angeles-based O'Keefe & Merritt Stove Company and used the O'Keefe & Merritt name in the western United States from then until the late 1980s.
In 1979, Tappan became a subsidiary of Electrolux.
In 1997, the North American division of Electrolux was reorganized as Electrolux Home Products of North America, consolidating American Yard Products, Frigidaire, and Poulan/Weedeater.