Editing Blender (section)

=== South America ===
In Brazil, Waldemar Clemente, ex-staffer of [[General Electric]] and owner of Walita electric appliance company since 1939, designed a blender based on the Turmix Standmixer and released in 1944 the ''Walita Neutron'' blender. Clemente also created the name ''liquidificador'', which ever since designated a blender in Brazil. Soon thereafter, Walita acquired the Turmix patents in Brazil and also released the Turmix juicer, calling it the ''Centrífuga Walita'' as well the others Turmix accessories for use with the blender motor, as fruit peelers, grinder, crusher and batter mixer. Using the same marketing strategy as Turmix in Europe, Walita passed the million-blenders-sold mark a few years later in the early 1950s. Walita was the first manufacturer to release a wide range of blenders in the 1940s. In the 1950s, Walita made blenders for [[Siemens]], Turmix, [[Philips]], and [[Sears]] ([[Kenmore (brand)|Kenmore]]), among others. In the 1960s Royal Philips Co. approached Walita, acquiring the company in 1971, becoming Royal Philips' kitchen appliances developer division specializing in blenders, which are sold under the Philips brand outside Brazil.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The Austrian immigrant Hanz Arno, owner of an electric motor manufacturer in Brazil since the 1940s, released a blender in 1947, based on the blenders made by Hamilton Beach and Oster. The ''Liquidificador Arno''  was exported to other South American countries. As Arno had stocks of [[Electrolux]], that brand was used on the blender in some countries. Later in 1997 Arno was bought by the [[Groupe SEB]], owner of [[Moulinex]], [[T-Fal]], [[Rowenta]], and other home appliance brands.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}