A Brief History
1901 - AB Lux, Stockholm, is established. The company launches the Lux lamp.
1912 - The Lux model 1 is produced, the worlds first vacuum cleaner.
1919 - The company changes its name from AB Lux to AB Electrolux.
1925 - Electrolux begin to market vacuum cleaners door-to-door in Australia, meeting with immediate success.
1936 - Vacuum cleaner production in Australia begins at South Yarra, Victoria to meet the high per capita Australian sales.
1992 - Electrolux's worldwide direct sales operations are renamed to Lux. The philosophy of selling only the highest quality products remains.
1999 - Electrolux sell Lux to a Swiss based consortium named Lux International AG.
2001 - Vorwerk, the largest European direct sales company, buy Lux International's Asia-Pacific operations.
2003 - Lux Australia cease sales of household vacuum cleaners to concentrate on ducted systems.
2004 - Appliance Direct becomes the sole Australian distributor for Lux vacuum cleaners.
2007 - Appliance Direct merge with Lux Australia and a new company is formed, Lux Distributors, who are the sole distributors in Australia for Lux domestic, commercial and ducted vacuum cleaners.