What is "kleenmaid"

Kleenmaid is an Australian owned domestic appliance brand. Kleenmaid appliances have a reputation for quality and reliability. The brand was originally established in 1984 and traded until 2009 when the company failed owing significant debts, after which the company was liquidated. The rights to the name were acquired by the private equity group Compass Capital Partners in the same year. They then went on to relaunch the brand in 2012 with a newly developed Black Krystal range of appliances.

In 2015 a former director of the original Kleenmaid business, Gary Collyer Armstrong pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years jail for fraud and insolvent trading and in 2016 Bradley Wendell Young, another former director of the original Kleenmaid business was convicted of fraud by dishonesty and criminal insolvent trading and sentenced to nine years jail.

Kleenmaid today is based in Alexandria, Sydney and sells its products via a network of kitchen manufacturers and independent electrical retailers.