![]() Mississippi Main Street Association award for outstanding design and historic rehabilitation.Design Journal ADEX Design Excellence Award.Home magazine, American Building Products Award.Built-in electric 30" wide single/double thermal-convection ovens added Viking-produced hoods and warming drawers introduced Graphite Gray added to designer finishes gas wok added Ventilation Products facility opened Viking Training Center opened.Kitchen and Bath Business, Product Innovator Award Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture & Design, Good Design Exhibition.First international CE approval for export sales received outdoor gas grills and electric ranges and rangetops added to product line.Southern Growth Policies Board Governor's Cup Award.Dual fuel ranges, drop-in cooktops and refrigeration added to product line plant expansion increases size of Cooking Products manufacturing facility by 50%.Carl, Jr., finalist, "Entrepreneur of the Year" 60" wide ranges and rangetops added to product line.NKBA Kitchen and Bath Hall of Fame, Fred Carl, Jr.VGRC convection ranges introduced Viking manufacturing begins implementation of the Toyota Production System.1981 Conceptual drawings created of first Viking rangeġ983 Viking name chosen and logo designedġ986 First prototype Viking range produced received American Gas Association (A.G.A.) approvalġ987 Full production of Viking ranges by California contract manufacturer range hoods added to product line Viking corporate office moved to present location, 111 Front Streetġ988 Production moved to Tennessee contract manufacturerġ989 Production of first Viking-manufactured rangetop in Greenwood, Mississippi facilityġ990 All production moved in-house to Greenwood facilityġ992 Production moved to new plant at current Cooking Products facility location the Stephens family of Little Rock, Arkansas, makes major equity investment in company Viking dishwasher introducedġ993 30" wide / 24" deep ranges added to product line
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