Fisher & Paykel Appliances says it cannot rule out redundancies, despite accepting government help to save jobs at its Auckland refrigerator assembly plant. Fisher & Paykel says it has negotiated with workers to move to a 35-hour working week, to prevent 60 redundancies. It also said the …
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Whirlpool Close Shanghai Plant
Whirlpool is closing its Shanghai washing machine plant and eliminating 600 jobs as part of its consolidation efforts in the Chinese market. In a statement, Whirlpool said the closure was due to market changes and washing machine production will now be moved to the Hisense-Whirlpool joint venture…
Kleenmaid Enters Into Administration
The Kleenmaid kitchen and laundry appliance business founded by a washing machine repair man almost 25 years ago has entered into administration owing $67 million AUS. Administrators said yesterday up to 150 staff had been made redundant, with Kleenmaid’s 20 stores across Australia, which include…
Whirlpool – Raising Prices Is The Only Way To Get Back To Profit
Whirlpool Romania estimates that a 10-15 percent increase in prices could be the only way some players on the market could make a profit this year. “Now, considering the volume is declining on the household appliance market, the solution is for us, as industry, to be able to raise the price, so a…
Samsung Launch Waterless Washing Machine
Samsung has announced the release of a new 8-kilogram washing machine for Australia that washes without water it is claimed. The new model features AirWash, which removes odours from clothes without the need for water or detergent. As far as we are aware it will not clean clothes as would be achi…
Washing Machine Fast Wash
Understanding Quick Wash If you think fast or quick wash gets stuff clean, think again! Many, many people get sold on the idea of a fast wash for their new washing machine and think, for some reason, that there’s a magic shortcut and that some machines can even wash clothes com…
More Redundancies At Comet
Comet has announced a further 39 redundancies at its Hull business centre further to the job cuts announced last month that we reported previously. The firm began a consultation with staff at the beginning of March, saying that 98 of the 206 employees at the offices in Hull could face losing thei…
Plymouth Businessman Buys Empire Direct
Chris Dawson has pulled off another coup by buying £29million worth of electrical goods from a failed retailer Empire Direct. Reportedly Plymouth’s richest man, with a reported fortune of more than £150 million, fought of competition from across Europe to complete the deal to buy Empi…
New Appliance Standards To Save £150 Million
New minimum standards designed to ensure that only energy efficient household products are sold in the European market will help the UK save £150 million a year, the government has said. Sustainability minister Lord Hunt of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said…
Fisher & Paykel Workers To Be Laid Off
More than 300 workers will finish up at Brisbane’s Fisher and Paykel refrigerator factory on Thursday, as the company prepares to shift operations to Thailand. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) says the workers aren’t highly paid and the decision is disappointing especially given …