Oster started its operation in 1924 when John Oster thought of marketing a hand operated hair clipper. After four years, he introduced a new motor-driven clipper and the John Oster Manufacturing Company became a pioneer in the grooming industry.
In 1946, the company diversified from barber equipment to small house electrical appliances and also purchased Stevens Electric, the company that had invented the liquefier blender in 1923 and the first Osterizer Blender was introduced. In 1960, John Oster Manufacturing Company was acquired and became the wholly owned subsidiary of the Sunbeam Corporation. The company continued to make blenders which took many different forms and sizes that were used for performing a variety of food preparation tasks like grating, grinding, chopping, pureeing and much more.
