Elddis
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Elddisis acaravanandmotorhomemanufacturer based inConsett,County Durham,England.[1]
History
[edit]Elddis was founded in 1965 by Siddle Cook and his son, Raymond, and is named for 'Siddle' spelt backwards.[2]They established a factory inConsett,County Durham,and in 1960, were manufacturing two popular models of caravan, Whirlwind and Tornado.[2]A third model, Cyclone, was launched in the late 1960s.[2] Its caravans were mainly named for meteorological phenomena likestratusetc.[3]In 1973, Elddis was acquired by Ace Belmont International (ABI), a company formed the previous year by a merger between Ace Caravans and Belmont Caravans.[4]
Elddis was later acquired byThe Explorer Groupwho were in turn acquired byErwin Hymer Groupin 2017.[5]They own the brands Compass and Buccaneer, plus theintellectual propertyrights to the brandCrownwhich they acquired in 1989 following ademergerfrom ABI who sold out to Swift caravans.
References
[edit]- ^"Manufacturers of Campervans, Caravans, Motorhomes".Elddis.Retrieved5 May2021.
- ^abcJenkinson, Andrew (2002).Caravans: The Illustrated History from 1960.Veloce Publishing. pp. 31–32.ISBN9781903706855.
- ^"Elddis".ERWIN HYMER GROUP.Retrieved5 May2021.
- ^Jenkinson, Andrew (2002).Caravans: The Illustrated History from 1960.Veloce Publishing. p. 69.ISBN9781903706855.
- ^Whitfield, Graeme (10 February 2017)."Another foreign takeover as Consett caravan maker Explorer is bought by German firm".Chronicle Live.Retrieved5 May2021.
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