<Tr> <Th> Parent </Th> <Td> The Scott Fetzer Company (Berkshire Hathaway) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.kirby.com </Td> </Tr> <P> The Kirby Company is a manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and home cleaning accessories, based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States . It is a division of The Scott Fetzer Company (also known as Scott & Fetzer) which in turn is part of Berkshire Hathaway . Dealers are located in over 50 countries throughout the world . Kirby's products are only sold via in - home door - to - door demonstrations and the company is a member of the Direct Selling Association . All of the vacuum cleaners are built in either Ohio or Texas . </P> <P> The first Kirby vacuums were designed by James B. Kirby (1885--1971) for George Scott and Carl Fetzer after World War I, although the Kirby name was not used on a vacuum cleaner until the 1930s . James Kirby invented the "vacuette" circa 1920, and their primary competitors were The Hoover Company and The Eureka Company which both began operations in 1909, and Bissell who originally built carpet sweepers beginning in 1876 . Their primary European competitor was Electrolux in 1924, while Dyson, Miele and Sebo followed in the 1980s . </P>

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