Five Million Pages!

As you will no doubt see UK Whitegoods has passed five million page views this afternoon which is staggering in the short space of time which the website has been online.

Electrolux supervisory board to recommend closing AEG plant

Electrolux AB’s supervisory board will likely make a recommendation today that the main plant of German unit AEG Hausgeraete GmbH should be closed, Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing company sources. Electrolux has been examining the idea of closing the Nuremberg factory since June because o…

DAR Rotherham Wins Second IN DAG TEQ Awards

Rotherham-based company, Domestic Appliance Repairs, has been commended in the kitchen appliances category of the Total Excellence and Quality Awards 2005. This is the second year in a row that the company has won this prestigious award, having won second prize last year.

Infomill Teams up with CORGI to Help Engineers Identify Parts

Infomill has launched a new version of its partsarena solution in partnership with CORGIdirect. The new product is to be called CORGI partsarena. The unique electronic solution enables CORGI registered installers to access the equivalent to thousands of pages of technical information on gas appli…

Maytag falls after warning; Whirlpool down, too

Shares of Maytag Corp. fell nearly 3 percent on Tuesday after the No. 3 U.S. appliance maker said third-quarter and full-year profit would come in significantly below expectations. Maytag, which has agreed to be acquired by larger rival Whirlpool Corp. for about $1.7 billion, blamed higher fuel a…

CANDY BUYS RUSSIAN WASHING MACHINE

(AGI) – Milan, Sept. 15 – “For these kind of acquisitions and the other ones we’re planning in the Eastern countries our profits will be enough. However, should we need to seize a relevant opportunity with a huge economic commtiment, we’re ready to revise our position and consider to go public.”

KPMG sells manufacturing company from Administration

Administrators from KPMG Corporate Recovery are pleased to announce that they have completed the sale of Norfrost Limited to John G Russell (Transport) Limited. The sale, which secures the jobs of all 94 staff, will see the business continue to operate from their current site at Castletown, near …

Hisense Group To Buy 26.43% Stake In Kelon

Home appliance maker Hisense Group has agreed to buy a 26.43% stake in Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings (000921.SZ) for up to CNY900 million, the state-run China Securities Journal reports unnamed sources as saying. Hisense signed a deal with a “related party” Friday to buy the stake in refrig…