Indesit: 2006 Builds on 2005 Turnaround

Indesit Company said third quarter 2006 sales were 871 million euros, up 5 percent on third-quarter 2005 sales. Indesit also reported net profits: 23 million euros, up 127 percent on 2005.

LG Expands Built-In Appliance Range

LG Electronics has expanded its built-in appliance business in the Middle East, concentrating on a high-end products range that seamlessly combine individual home appliance products such as oven, refrigerator, IH hob and dishwasher, into a well-designed package.

Oven And Cooker Timers – Oven Dead

   Timer Can Cause A Dead Oven Let’s see if we can explain why your oven is dead and will not power on or appears to have no power to it and show you how to fix it yourself if that’s possible. First off you have to determine the symptoms correctly, stating that the oven just “doesn’t wo…

Sanyo May Sell Fridge Plant To Haier

Today it has been reported that Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. is in talks with Haier Group to sell its flagship refrigerator plant in Thailand and procure the products from the appliance maker in China on an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) basis. Details such as the expected sale price of the pl…

Web Electrical Retailer Goes Bust

On Monday 16 October 2006 the Dunstable based retailer “The Electric Shop” who operated primarily from it’s website, www.electricshop.com, was placed into administration. David Crawshaw and Myles Halley, both licensed insolvency practitioners and partners of KPMG LLP, were appointed as administra…

First Whitegoods from Sharp

SHARP is moving into white goods in Europe. The company, better known over here for its consumer electronics products in particular LCD TVs, is trialling a £1,800 four-door fridge-freezer with a national retailer in the run up to Christmas.

LG Introduces ”Bling” Fridges

All too often you see one person’s taste in whatever decor you choose to name being wildly different from what you would consider “normal”. Well LG have re-decorated a little and come up with the “ART” series of fridge freezers, some will love them and some will hate them.

Appliance Environmental Issues

   Appliance Energy Labelling Over the years we’ve spoken to many an environmentalist who were, for the most part, normal consumers with a strong interest and desire to minimise their footprint of environmental damage caused. Of course this includes the obvious things, like being s…