LG Electronics have signed a cross-licensing deal with GE Consumer & Industrial covering freezers and cooking devices in a bid to compete with primarily Whirlpool and Electrolux in the US home appliances market. On top of the ongoing dispute with Whirlpool over US patents this will not come a…
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New ISE Washing Machines Launched
In case you missed it, ISE Appliances have launched the new ISE10 range which initially includes a washing machine and a condenser tumble dryer. The ISE 10 range comes with a class leading 10 year warranty and is built for over 20 years of normal use! But, early next month there is yet another ne…
Trade Appliances In Administration & Employees Left Unpaid
Huthwaite based kitchen appliance firm Trade Appliances has been placed into administration it has been confirmed. The company confirmed the move to customers in a statement released on their sales hotline. The statement said: “Trade Appliances Ltd has been placed into administration. The joint a…
Whirlpool -v- LG Spat Progresses
Whirlpool said on Friday that the International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. as well as its U.S. and Mexican affiliates, following a patent infringement complaint filed by Whirlpool against LG on Jan. 23. Whirlpool said it is asking the ITC…
New strike threat is looming for Royal Mail
Royal Mail faces a fresh wave of industrial action, only months after the end of one of the biggest strikes to hit the postal service in years. The Times has learnt that unions have rejected the postal group’s plan to overhaul its pensions scheme and are poised to ballot nearly 150,000 members ov…
Haier Forced To Raise Domestic Prices
Forbes has reported that China is facing price pressures in an industrial segment where it has long acted as a stabilizer, helping to keep white goods affordable worldwide. Meanwhile we do not necessarily agree with this assessment, more that China has simply been used as a cheap and, often poor …
Electrolux To Kill Westinghouse Washers In Australia
current.com.au has reported that Electrolux will cease washing machine production under the the Westinghouse brand and replace it with new Electrolux-branded machines, according to laundry product marketing manager Grant Stevens. Mr Stevens said, “We’re replacing that [Westinghouse] with Electrol…
Aga boss is turning up the heat
Iconic cooker company looks to social networking websites and greener models to cope with a ‘demanding year’, writes Jonathan Sibun If you own an Aga, consider yourself a target. There are 300,000 of you out there – Jilly Cooper and David Cameron included – and Aga chief executive William McGrath…
Whirlpool Gets Cozi
According to Whirlpool, many families feel the stress of juggling work, school, extra-curricular activities and daily household affairs. To help coordinate everything from grocery shopping and errands to soccer practice and recitals, Whirlpool brand has teamed up with family organizational softwa…
Centrica buys stake in fuel cell company
Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has agreed to buy 10pc of fuel cell company Ceres Power for £20m, sending Ceres’s shares soaring 30pc.