For the Greek Goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation, see Hygieia.
Hygena
Company type
Limited company
Industry
Retailer
Founded
1925
Founders
George Nunn and Len Cooklin
Headquarters
Milton Keynes
,
UK
Area served
United Kingdom
Products
Kitchens, furniture, appliances
Owner
J Sainsbury plc
Website
www.argos.co.uk/hygena
Hygena is a dormant brand of fitted kitchen and furniture in the United Kingdom.
Started in Liverpool in 1925 to make Hoosier cabinets, it was bought by new investors in 1938, who after the war built modular kitchens for the new British post-war temporary prefab houses. With the introduction of design concepts based on the Frankfurt kitchen and new materials such as formica, Hygena became the dominant brand in kitchens from the 1960s through the 1970s. But mass manufacture and a change in styles meant that it ended up as an economy brand in the UK, bought out in the 1987 by the MFI Group. MFI sold the mainland European rights to the brand to Nobia in 2006, who on MFI's bankruptcy two years later also bought the global brand rights. However, the UK and Irish rights were bought by the Home Retail Group in 2009. Nobia sold the international rights to the brand to Groupe Fournier in 2015, who replaced it with its own SoCoo'c brand over the next 18 months. In 2016, the Home Retail Group was purchased by the UK retailer Sainsbury's,[1][2] including the UK and Irish rights and the sole use of the Hygena brand.
^Butler, Sarah (18 March 2016). "Sainsbury's confirms £1.4bn Home Retail bid as Steinhoff pulls out". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
^"Home Retail accepts Sainsbury's £1.4bn takeover bid". Financial Times. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
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