Event
Sir Woolf Fisher & Maurice Paykel
Date
Sunday, 31 December 1933
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Country
New Zealand

Fisher & Paykel commenced business in 1934 as an importer of refrigerators and washing machines. In 1938 F&P started manufacturing white-ware under license to several major international appliance companies and in the mid-1960s moved to manufacturing products using in-house technology.