A box, a fan, a silk pillowcase and a broomstick - this is how the first vacuum cleaner in history was born. The idea that transformed these simple elements into one of the most revolutionary technologies of the past century belongs to James Spangler, a night watchman in New Berlin, Ohio, who suffered from asthma and was tired of breathing the dust raised by the upright in the shop he worked in. He then showed it to a young entrepreneur William Hoover, the owner of a small business that produced leather items and sold them in his shop in New Berlin. He bought the patent and started production, establishing the company with the name - The Hoover Company.

THE NEW FRONTIER OF MACHINE WASHING

Digital evolution: remote controlled appliances

In the era of smartphones and Always-On connections, Hoover is yet again ahead of the times and launches a range of washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, ovens, hoods and hobs that can be actioned, managed and monitored from a mobile device, using the Hoover Wizard app. Connectivity is of the wi-fi type on One Fi models and NFC type on One Touch.