Ankarsrum manufactures the Assistent Original kitchen machine as well as accessories for the household sector in Sweden.
Ankarsrum GmbH
Leverkusen, Germany · Västervik, SwedenNew on Amplifa
About Ankarsrum
Ankarsrum is a manufacturer of small electric kitchen appliances originating in Sweden. The core product is the Ankarsrum Assistent Original, a kitchen machine with an exposed drive unit and rotating stainless steel bowl, which has been developed and built since the 1940s; the current model N30 features a 1500-watt motor. The portfolio also includes accessories and spare parts such as a meat grinder, pasta rollers, planetary mixer, whisk, bowls made of stainless steel and BPA-free Tritan copolyester plastic, as well as ice cream attachments. The kitchen machines are manufactured in Ankarsrum, Sweden, by Ankarsrum Kitchen AB based in Västervik. For the German-speaking market, the Ankarsrum GmbH based in Leverkusen acts as the sales and service location, alongside a network of specialist retailers in Germany and Austria. The Ankarsrum GmbH also handles complaints, repairs and spare parts processing. The products are distributed via the company's own online shop and specialist retailers to numerous countries.
- Site
- Leverkusen
- Processes
- Customer service/complaints and repair processing, Spare parts supply, Specialist retailer network (store locator) for Germany and Austria
- Materials
- Stainless steel, Tritan copolyester plastic, Plastic, Light metal
- Industries
- Household appliances, Small electric appliances, Household appliances/Kitchen machines
- 01
Development
- 02
Manufacturing (Ankarsrum, Sweden)
- 03
Distribution (online shop and specialist retail)
- 04
Customer service, repair and spare parts
Materials and Processes
Stainless steel
Used for the bowls of the Assistent Original and the mixing bowls of the planetary mixer.
Tritan copolyester plastic
BPA-free plastic for the mixing bowl of the planetary mixer.
Plastic
In use since 1950 for dough tools and housing components.
Light metal
Material of the streamlined housing of the original kitchen machine.
Locations
Leverkusen
DESales, administration, customer service and repair processing
Västervik
SEManufacturer and headquarters of Ankarsrum Kitchen AB (production in Ankarsrum)
- Materials
- Stainless steel, plastic
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1937
Alvar Lenning develops the kitchen machine, originally conceived as a professional kitchen machine; the company in Eskilstuna acquires the design.
- 1940
Introduction of the first Assistent Original with a 250-watt motor in the midst of the Second World War.
- 1945
Unbroken demand in the post-war period; three-year delivery times due to material shortages, with priority given to customers with a medical certificate.
- 1950
Introduction of overload protection, start of international exports, switch of dough tools from wood to plastic.
- 1957
Sale of the 100,000th machine; new model with a 400-watt motor; production relocated to Motala.
- 1969
Assistent Variomat with timer and stepless speed control; production relocated to Ankarsrum.
- 1974
Delivery of the 250,000th machine.
- 1995
Return to the streamlined design in the third design revision.
- 2000
New model with a more powerful 800-watt motor.
- 2017
Current model N30 with a 1500-watt motor; development of pasta rollers in collaboration with Marcato.
- 2024
Ankarsrum represented in more than 25 countries.