Sunpentown (Chinese: 尚朋堂; pinyin: Shàngpéngtáng) is a Taiwanese appliance manufacturing company founded in Keelung, Taiwan in 1985 under the name Sunpentown Electric Company.[1] The company specializes in manufacturing home and kitchen appliances. According to the website, the company's first domestic product was the induction cooker. It developed more kitchen-related appliances including Mr. Rice, a popular rice cooker. In 1993, the company expanded worldwide to areas such as China, Japan and the United States under the name Sunpentown International.[citation needed] Sunpentown International is headquartered in City of Industry, California.[2]
By 1999, Sunpentown produced microcomputer-controlled rice cookers.[3] In 2014, Sunpentown was involved in an energy consumption study involving home and commercial induction cookers.[4] Sunpentown sells appliances under the SPT logo and brand.[5]
Sunpentown manufactures household appliances such as humidifiers and air conditioners.[6] In 2017, Engadget tested Sunpentown's SU-4010 and SU-9210 humidifier in a lineup with Honeywell's HCM-350 humidifier among others.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Sunpentown Electric Co Ltd: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ "Sunpentown International Inc.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ Asian Sources Gifts & Home Products. Trade Media Limited. 1999.
- ^ Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu (20 September 2017). Environmental Carbon Footprints: Industrial Case Studies. Elsevier Science. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-0-12-812850-3.
- ^ https://www.sunpentown.com/spt/
- ^ Rohrlich, Marianne (8 May 2003). "PERSONAL SHOPPER; Two Ways to Pay Tribute to Queen for a Day". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
- ^ John Holecek and Tim Heffernan (2017-11-05). "The best humidifier". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-01-24.