LG has recently acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a company based in Enschede, Netherlands which operates in the smart home arena.
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Supermassive Appliance Groups
At the time of writing we had recently reported on the Whirlpool and Beko team up and then hot on the heels of that rumours that Bosch might buy Whirlpool which, whilst politically interesting in the industry gave rise to looking again into who’s who and who owns what. A lot of buyers, for vari…
Voice Controlled Doors?
Another of those “what the actual…” moments has rolled around in the appliance industry, as Miele (bless them) introduces refrigeration products with voice-controlled doors. Just when you thought humans couldn’t get more lazy!
Smeg Launches Mini Ovens
Smeg is launching a ten-in-one countertop mini oven that operates as an oven, steam oven, air fryer and more and it looks like a neat thing, but as you might expect with Smeg, it’s not cheap!
Possible Yate Closure
As was asked by a few people when the Whirlpool/Beko deal was announced, “What will happen to the Yate tumble dryer factory?”, we may now know. It looks as if it’s likely to be closed down.
Dyson To Shed UK Jobs
Dyson is reportedly shedding up to 1000 UK jobs but says that it is part of a global workforce review and not tied to the UK election, Brexit etc.
Bosch Look To Aquire Whirlpool
Rumours are swirling that Bosch are looking to acquire Whirlpool in a multi-billion dollar deal which would create another mega appliance group.
Smeg Oven & Cooker Fault Codes
This set of fault codes for some ranges of Smeg built-in induction hobs and and induction cooker models. Sadly we do not have a note of the oven model numbers that these error codes relate to. These error codes may not relate to ALL Smeg induction hobs or cookers but there is a …
The Big AI Lie
Unless you’ve been living in a very remote place, with no news, no internet and almost no human contact of any kind, you’ll have heard of AI, artificial intelligence as, in 2023/24, it’s been absolutely everywhere. But breath… it’s okay, we’re not about to tell you how the world is go…
Heat Pump Dryers Part II
A number of years ago we published an article asking if heat pump dryers were worth the extra costs, it was almost eight years ago in fact and the bottom line is that we said that, for most people, most of the time, they probably weren’t. Eight years on has that changed? The short answer is not…