Blendtec

Blendtec
Type of business Consumer Goods
Founded 1975
Headquarters Orem, Utah, USA
Area served Global
Founder(s) Tom Dickson
Key people Tom Dickson, CEO [1]
Industry Blenders
Products Classic, Designer and Professional Series Blenders [2]
Parent K-TEC, Inc.
Advertising Will it Blend?

Blendtec is a company that sells professional and home blenders. It is a division of K-TEC, Inc.[3] The founder of Blendtec is Tom Dickson.[3] The company was founded in 1975 and as of 2016 still operates primarily from Orem, Utah.[4]

Blendtec is notable for its Will It Blend? viral marketing campaign,[5] where Dickson blends different products, including iPods, iPhones, marbles, golf balls, remote controls and much more.

In February 2006, Blendtec sued Vitamix Corporation for infringing its patents on Blendtec’s “Wild Side” jar design, which Vitamix had allegedly copied as its own MP and XP containers. The court concluded Vitamix had infringed Blendtec’s patents, and awarded Blendtec total damages of approximately $24 million, the largest patent-related penalty in the history of Utah.[6]

In July 2013, Blendtec won the 2013 Gold Innovation Award for innovations delivered by Blendtec’s Signature Series™ and Stealth® lines of blenders.[7]

Blendtec is the parent company of a new nutrition company, Blendfresh™, which was launched on July 14, 2014.[8]

Products

Home Blenders
[9]
Commercial Blenders [10]
Jars
[11]
Mills & Mixers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gourmetinsider.com/blendtec-founder-dickson-named-ceo/
  2. ↑ http://www.blendtec.com/blenders
  3. 1 2 Mixing It Up, New York Times, Rob Walker, August 22, 2008
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Pogue, David (2007-01-05). "Will It Blend?". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ↑ Vitamix Infringement Case Summary Archived February 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Blendtec snags 2013 Gold Innovation Award Archived October 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "Blender company launches new products". ABC4. July 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.blendtec.com/blenders
  10. ↑ http://www.blendtec.com/commercial
  11. ↑ http://www.blendtec.com/jars

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