Bissell Inc., also known as Bissell Homecare, is an American privately owned vacuum cleaner and floor care product manufacturing corporation headquartered in Walker, Michigan.[3][4] The company is the number one manufacturer of floor care products in North America in terms of sales, with 20% marketshare.[5]
History
Melville Bissell developed an early carpet sweeping machine to aid in cleaning the crockery shop he and his wife Anna Sutherland Bissell owned and operated. The device was patented as the Bissell Carpet Sweeper in 1876. In 1883, Bissell built the company's first manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[6] By the 1890s the company had an international presence and was producing 1000 sweepers per day.[7]