<P> Speed Queen is a laundry machine manufacturer headquartered in Ripon, Wisconsin, USA . Speed Queen is a subsidiary of Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, which bills itself as the world's largest manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment . It makes a large variety of residential and commercial products, from 25 - pound - capacity tumblers to 250 - pound washer - extractors, as well as dryers . Its commercial machines are a popular brand for laundromats, apartment buildings, and hotels . </P> <P> The company was founded in 1908 by Joe Barlow and John Seelig as Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing . They got their start by taking existing machine designs and improving them . In 1922, Speed Queen was the first company to introduce washers with nickel - copper tubs . The brand name "Speed Queen" was created in 1928 . During World War II, it switched production to support the war effort, manufacturing 20 mm shells, and parts for airplanes, tanks and guns . Later, it was sold to McGraw - Edison Company (which also owned Eskimo fans and Toastmaster), and then to Raytheon . In 1998, Raytheon Commercial Laundry, owners of the Speed Queen brand, was sold to Alliance Laundry Systems . </P>

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