A top executive at Matsushita Electric Industrial said on Tuesday he wanted to enter the European home appliances market, convinced the maker of Panasonic goods can compete in the region with the likes of BSH Bosch Siemens and Electrolux
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A 10-year struggle to clean up in appliance market
James Dyson has been doing a lot of pondering recently about the differences between washing machines and vacuum cleaners. For a decade, he has nurtured an ambition to become as big a force in appliances to clean people’s clothes as those to clear the debris from their carpets.
Turkish white goods manufacturer Arcelik enters Czech market
Turkish white goods manufacturer Arcelik enters Czech market, sees 10% market share in 2008.Leading Turkish household appliances manufacturer Arcelik opened its sales representation in the Czech Republic and wants to increase its share on the Czech white-goods market to 10% by the end of 2008 thr…
Granholm defends work to prevent Electrolux exit
Gov. Jennifer Granholm drew some criticism and plenty of applause Sunday when she met with about 1,600 former Electrolux workers for lunch and small talk at Klackle Orchard’s pavilion in Greenville.
Ten Million Views
You may have noticed that last night UK Whitegoods passed 10 million page views, a little over a week after our third birthday! Yet again the popularity of the site has exceeded all expectations. It seemed a long time ago that I wrote about the site passing five million page views which, at the t…
UK Whitegoods Members Win World Sidecar And Eurocar Races
Our congragulations to Roger Lovelock and Rick Lawrence for winning both the Castle Coombe World Cup and Pembrey Eurocup races. Well done guys, top result!
Candy Group Opens Russian Washing Machine Plant
Italy-based appliance maker Candy Group started production at its new washing machine plant in Russia. In 2005, Candy purchased the Vesta plant in the Kirov Region for 15 million euros (approx. U.S. $19 million) to produce Vyatka washing machines.
UK Whitegoods Network
Over the past two years UK Whitegoods has been approached on several occasions to offer network support for various products either already on sale in the UK or that are about to be imported into the country. So far we have always helped to form a network for anyone wishing to use the services of…
Fisher & Paykel Appliances acquires Italian cookware
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Limited (“FPA”) and De’ Longhi S.p.A. (De’ Longhi) announce today that FPA has agreed to acquire Elba S.p.A (“Elba”), the European cookware business of De’ Longhi S.p.A. The purchase price for the acquisition of Elba is €78 million (approximately N…
UK Whitegoods Enters Its Fourth Year
As some may have noticed UK Whitegoods today reached the ripe age of three years old today. It’s amazing to look back and see what we’ve done, what we’ve accomplished and how the site, its employees and members have grown through it all. The support as ever from everyone has been just brilliant!