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including cooking appliances, refrigerators and vacuum cleaners sourced from a variety of foreign appliance suppliers and sold through major appliance retailers including Harvey Norman & Clive
Peeters. After several years of operation in major retailers Kleenmaid severed all ties with these partners and commenced selling through its own network of corporate owned and franchised stores. By 2009 the company had 20 retail outlets operating across five states. Five of these outlets were wholly owned by the company with the remaining 15 held by franchisees. In 2008 the company was reported to have over 400 employees, and was listed in
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was appointed as the liquidator. The debt figure was revised to "in excess of $ 100 million". Remaining stocks of
Kleenmaid appliances were sold at auctions for significantly cheaper prices in exchange for loss of warranties following the liquidation of the company. On 6 July 2009, authorisation was
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Krystal' range of Kleenmaid ovens, as well as other new appliances, the new range was shown to the public on 22 February 2012 at the Kleenmaid Experience Centre in Alexandria, NSW. The Kleenmaid website was relaunched in 2014. During the same
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American manufactured washing machine sold through appliance service agents. These agents recommended the Kleenmaid product whilst attending to service calls on other brands of washing machines in the consumer's home. Kleenmaid later expanded into other products
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Australian owned domestic appliance brand that was originally established in 1984. In 2009 it was acquired by the private equity group Compass Capital Partners who relaunched it to the public in 2012 with a newly developed
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