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1977 KP Sky Divers

Posted by admin on 26 Feb 2011 / 0 Comment

1977 KP Sky Divers commercial.

KP Snacks is a British producer of branded and own-label maize and potato based snacks, “Choc Dips” and nuts. The KP originally stood for Kenyon Produce. The company is based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.

The company was founded in 1853 as Kenyon & Son as a producer of confectionery, jam and pickles. By 1891 the company had become Kenyon & Son and Craven Limited. The company switched to producing roasted and salted hazelnuts in 1948, expanding to peanuts later. These were originally produced for sale in cinemas. In 1952 the company introduced Hercules Nuts and in 1953 the No.1 KP Nuts peanut brand.

The company became part of United Biscuits (UB) in 1968. The KP Snacks subsidiary produces a range of packet snack brands including Hula Hoops, Meanies, Skips, McCoys, Frisps, Mini Cheddars, Brannigan’s, Royster’s, Nik Naks, Space Raiders and Phileas Fogg. The snacks part is based on Teesside and in Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, near the UB distribution warehouse.

The Ashby-de-la-Zouch site won a “Best Factory Award” in 2004.

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Prudential – I want to be a Brain Surgeon feat Jake Wood

Posted by admin on 25 Feb 2011 / 0 Comment

Prudential – I want to be a Brain Surgeon commercial featuring Jake Wood of East Enders fame.

Established in 1848, today Prudential plc is an international financial services company with a product range including personal banking, insurance, pensions and retail investments, institutional fund management and property investments.

In the UK we are a leading life and pensions provider with around seven million customers.

M&G was acquired by Prudential in 1999. It is the Group’s UK and European fund manager, responsible for managing £290 billion (as at 31 December 2009).

In Asia, we are the leading European life insurer with life and fund management operations in 13 countries serving some seven million customers.

In the US, we own Jackson National Life, a leading life insurance company, and has almost three million policies and contracts in force.

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1977 Kleenex Tissues

Posted by admin on 25 Feb 2011 / 0 Comment

1977 Kleenex Tissues advert.

Kleenex is a brand name for a variety of toiletry paper-based products such as facial tissue, bathroom tissue, paper towels, and diapers. The name Kleenex is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Often used as a genericized trademark, especially in the United States, “Kleenex” is in fact owned and used as a trademark by Kimberly-Clark. Kleenex products are manufactured in 30 countries and sold in more than 170.

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1977 JVC HiFi Products

Posted by admin on 23 Feb 2011 / 0 Comment

1977 JVC HiFi products commercial.

JVC was founded in 1927 as “The Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan, Limited” as a subsidiary of the United States’ leading phonograph and record company, the Victor Talking Machine Company. In 1929 majority ownership was transferred to RCA-Victor. In the 1930s JVC produced phonographs and records, but in 1932 JVC started producing radios, and in 1939 they introduced Japan’s first TV. JVC severed relations with its foreign partners during World War II, and was majority owned by Matsushita (Panasonic Corp.) from 1953 to Aug 2007.