Addis Housewares (also known as Addis or Addis Brush Company) is a British supplier and manufacturer of domestic and commercial products.[1] Originally founded in 1780,[2] the company was owned by the Addis family, to whom the first modern toothbrush is credited.[3]
The now international independently owned company, based in Bridgend in the United Kingdom, has a 240-year history of designing, manufacturing and supplying housewares. The Addis brand has manufacturing facilities in the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Far East. Its products are sold in many large British homeware stores.
The company is a subsidiary of EMSA, a German consumer goods company.[4]