Whirlpool Corporation today announced changes for its North American cooking product manufacturing facilities. The changes are part of an ongoing comprehensive worldwide effort to optimize the company’s regional manufacturing facilities, supply base, product platforms and technology resources to …
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The Wackiest Ever Fridge Design
I see a lot of new appliances being launched and, all too often, they are the usual dull boxes with a new quick wash feature, some door bar, icemaker or other such slight enhancement. Over the twenty odd years I’ve been in this trade I’ve also seen some strange things, mostly from the Far East th…
WEEE Passes Into Law
In case you missed it and, it’s very possible that you did, the beleaugered WEEE Regulations passed into law a couple of days ago. The regulations are an attempt at ensuring manufacturers pick up the tab for the disposal of their products at the end of their life, thus minimising the environmenta…
Whirlpool Corporation Sells Former Maytag Properties
Whirlpool Corporation said today that it has sold a number of former Maytag Corporation facilities in Newton, Iowa; Florence, S.C.; Galesburg and Herrin, Ill.; Searcy, Ark.; and Ranson, W.Va. Whirlpool acquired Maytag in April 2006.
Welcome To 2007!
Happy New Year from UK Whitegoods! I started writing this piece and simply thought, “where do I start and where do I end?”. This may seem like a trick question but it’s not, I promise you. 2006 was a whirlwind of a year for us, even more so that 2005 was in many ways and I have so many people t…
Samsung To Launch RFID Fridge
A refrigerator equipped with RFID technology that informs the owner when food needs to be replenished is being developed by Samsung Electronics. The fridge aims to identify when products such as eggs or milk are running low and notify the owner accordingly via their mobile phone, the Korea Times …
Fridges And Freezers In Garages Or Low Temperatures
Refrigeration In Low Ambient The short answer is you can’t install refrigeration to unheated areas, for more in-depth and why read on The first thing that you have to realise before deciding to buy a new refrigerator, freezer or fridge freezer is that they are not all equal, there are…
Happy Christmas
All the staff at UK Whitegoods would like to offer all the readers of the site a happy Christmas and we hope that you all have a good time. And, even if you’re not a regular reader we would still wish you a merry Christmas, or indeed whatever festival you choose to celebrate.
Fridge magnets ‘can be a killer’
Fridge magnets and decorative jewellery could be a killer if you have a weak heart, experts warn. A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart devices with deadly consequences.
British AGA Foodservice Group to build new plant in US
AGA Foodservice Group, a British appliance company, announced plans to build a $6 million (€4.5 million) production facility in Cedar Rapids. AGA, which makes high-end residential ranges and refrigerators and commercial appliances for restaurants and bakeries, expects to begin production in …