Question: Roden Brothers was founded June 1, 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, they were later taken over by Henry Birks and Sons in 1953, Birks Group (formerly Birks & Mayors) is a designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities, located in which two countries?

Context articles: Asprey
Gustav S. Christensen
Newbridge Silverware
Roden Brothers
Kraus Flooring
Sullair
Henry Birks
Sir John William Dawson Medal
Kroger
Birks Group

Asprey International Limited formerly Asprey & Garrard Limited is a United Kingdom-based designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, silverware, home goods, leather goods, timepieces, polo equipment, and a retailer of books.
Prof. Gustav Stroem Christensen; (born April 1, 1929 Laesoe, Denmark), was an academic mathematician and engineer.
 He was the second youngest of 9 children and first worked as a radio operator in the Danish merchant marine.
 Later he was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Alberta in Edmonton for 27 years.
 In 1957 he won the Engineering Institute of Canada's prize and the Henry Birks Gold Medal in Engineering.
 He received a B.Sc.
 in Engineering Physics from the University of Alberta, Edmonton in 1958 and a M.A.Sc.
 from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in 1960.
 Later he obtained a Ph.D. in 1966, also in electrical engineering, from the University of British Columbia.
 Christensen wrote over 140 scientific papers, co-authored four books and four chapters.
Newbridge Silverware, formerly known as The Newbridge Cutlery Company, was founded in 1934 as a cutlery manufacturer.
 The company faced hardship right through the 1940s and a trade depression resulted in 1952 which forced large staff reductions.
 The 1990s saw a major change for the cutlery manufacturer, as they introduced a line of silver-plated jewellery to the main store in Newbridge.
 Today the company manufacturers cutlery, jewellery and other giftware.
Roden Brothers was founded June 1, 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Thomas and Frank Roden.
 In the 1910s the firm became known as Roden Bros.
 Ltd. and were later taken over by Henry Birks and Sons in 1953.
 Roden Bros Ltd.'s silver was supplied by the province of British Columbia and with it they produced a wide range of silver holloware and flatware in traditional English styles.
 The company offered a variety of flatware patterns that included Stratford, Queens, and Louis XV.
 Goldsmiths Stock Company were their exclusive selling agents from 1900 to 1922.
 Roden Bros Ltd.'s mark included the word Sterling, followed by 925, an R and a lion passant.In addition to silver hollowware and flatware, Roden Bros.
 Ltd. produced cut crystal and medals.
 In 1974 Roden Bros.
 Ltd. published the book, "Rich Cut Glass" with Clock House Publications in Peterborough, Ontario, which was a reprint of the 1917 edition published by Roden Bros., Toronto.
Kraus is a manufacturer of tufted broadloom carpet and distributor of other flooring products.
 The company was founded in 1959 by Michael Kraus.
 Headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Kraus has manufacturing facilities in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in Dalton, Georgia, USA and in Southport, Queensland, Australia as well as distribution sites across Canada and the United States.
 Kraus is a private company with over 900 employees, and is ranked among North America's ten largest flooring companies.
Sullair is a major manufacturer of portable and stationary rotary screw air compressors designed for commercial and industrial use.
 Founded in 1965 in the town of Michigan City, Indiana U.S.A., Sullair has manufacturing facilities in Michigan City that distribute and service air compressor packages and systems worldwide.
 Sullair also has manufacturing facilities in Suzhou, Jiangsu and Shenzhen, Guangdong China that service the Asian and Australasian markets.
 Sullair also has offices in Dandenong South, Australia near Melbourne, and in Sunderland, United Kingdom that services markets in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Russia.
Henry Birks (30 November 1840 – 16 April 1928) was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores.
The Sir John William Dawson Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada(RSC), established in 1985 and named after the society's first president: John William Dawson.
 The medal was endowed by McGill Graduates Society (founded by Sir William in 1857), the Henry Birks Foundation and RSC, with contributions from Fellows, and staff and friends from McGill University, to commemorate Dawson's term as Principal and to honour “the man who built McGill”.
The Kroger Company, or simply Kroger, is an American retailing company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 It is the United States's largest supermarket chain by revenue ($115.34 billion for fiscal year 2016), the second-largest general retailer (behind Walmart) and the twenty-third largest company in the United States.
 Kroger is also the third-largest retailer in the world and the second largest private employer in the United States.
 s of 2015 , Kroger operates, either directly or through its subsidiaries, 2,778 supermarkets and multi-department stores.
 Kroger's headquarters are in downtown Cincinnati.
 It maintains markets in 34 states, with store formats that include supermarkets, superstores, department stores, 786 convenience stores, and 326 jewelry stores.
 Kroger-branded grocery stores are located in the Midwestern and Southern United States.
 Kroger operates 37 food processing or manufacturing facilities, 1,360 supermarket fuel centers and 2,122 pharmacies.
Birks Group (formerly Birks & Mayors) is a designer, manufacturer and retailer of jewellery, timepieces, silverware and gifts, with stores and manufacturing facilities located in Canada and the United States.
 As of June 30, 2015, it operates stores under three different retail banners: 27 "Maison Birks" stores across Canada (formerly "Birks"), 17 "Mayors" stores in Florida and Georgia, and 2 "Brinkhaus" stores in Vancouver and Calgary.
 The company also operates one Rolex-branded store in Orlando.
 The company is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, with American corporate offices located in Tamarac, Florida.