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Tradition

65 years of leading innovation

Unrivaled in the industry: Merrychef’s roots go back to 1950
 

1950        Max-Arc & Electrics
     
1986   Merrychef
     
2004   Subsidiary of Enodis plc., London, the world‘s largest manufacturer and supplier of food service equipment and systems
     
2008   Subsidiary of Manitowoc Foodservice, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of professional kitchen equipment with over 25 brands




Highlights from THE ORIGINAL high speed oven manufacturer
 

1950         Founded by Christopher E. Tibbs, an ingenious, forward thinking entrepreneur
     
1956   Christopher E. Tibbs: Frequency Modulation Engineering; A Naval Training Handbook; 2nd edition
     
1958   World’s first commercial pure microwave oven
     
1960   World’s first pop-up door microwave oven
     
1961   First Artica is produced
     
1963   Artica in the London Trustee Savings Bank; tagline: “A meal in a moment“
     
1968   World‘s first convection microwave oven
     
1969   World’s first combination microwave oven
     
1973   Covered gas combination oven
     
1975   World’s first microwave burger concept
     
1980   World‘s first commercial oven with turntable
     
1983   Microtherm accelerated combination microwave oven
     
1984   Selling the pop-up door microwave – Hotelympia, London
     
1987   Loved by all … state-of-the-art electronic controls
     
1999   World’s first oven featuring two return ducts with grease filters and catalysts within the air stream
     
2000   Kick-off rapid cook ovens: > 10 times faster than traditional ovens
World‘s first oven with programmable menu system
     
2002   Original Menu Key: 100 programs with 3 stages per program
     
2005   NRA Kitchen Innovation Award for 502 Oven
Launch of Mealstream EC 402: release to WaWa and later to Subway
     
2007   World’s first and only Planar Plume Technology
     
2008   DIN ISO 9001 certification: Merrychef‘s facilities are amongst the most advanced in the industry
     
2009   Launch of eikon® series e3, e4, e5 easyToUCH®
World‘s first high speed oven with easyToUCH® full color graphic touch screen and energy save mode
     
2010   NRA Kitchen Innovation Award for new eikon® series
     
2011   World’s first impingement/convection/microwave oven
     
2012   NRA Kitchen Innovation Award for Planar Plume Technology
Launch of eikon® e2
     
2013   Launch of eikon® e4s: release to Subway
     
2014   Release of eikon® e4s to general market
     
2015   Launch of eikon® e2s