Watchdog, the BBC’s consumer affairs magazine program, has highlighted a possible problem with the aforementioned Indesit dishwasher manufactured by The Indesit Company which was formerly known as Merloni Elettrodomestici which manufacturers Hotpoint, indesit and Ariston brands primarily. The pro…
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Innovation Can Aid Maytag
As Maytag Corp. cuts costs to boost profits, analysts also say the appliance maker needs to develop innovative products that stand out to capitalize on a consumer shift to washers and refrigerators with extra features. Maytag, whose earnings have been pinched by high steel costs and a slump at it…
Ministers to set out UK emissions policy
The government will set out its emissions policy on Monday following European Commission opposition to plans to raise the UK’s ceiling on carbon emissions under the European Union’s greenhouse gas trading scheme which it believes to be too generous to industry.
Fisher & Paykel among appliance makers to boost US prices
Big New Zealand whiteware exporter Fisher & Paykel Appliances has raised its prices in the United States by 6 per cent as it joins a range of major appliance manufacturers covering increased costs for materials like steel and certain plastics. The New York Times reports that appliance makers …
China turns commercial battlefield for multinationals
China has emerged as the biggest hunting ground for the world’s largest transnational corporations as it embraces globalisation after becoming a World Trade Organisation (WTO) member three years ago. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, among the 2004 Fortune Global 500, about 450 have made…
F & P industrial park in limbo
The fate of a much heralded industrial park next to Fisher & Paykel Appliances’ Dunedin plant appears to be hanging in the balance. Dunedin City Council has put aside $1.5 million to establish an industrial mini-cluster for F & P’s big manufacturing suppliers, including an unnamed Christc…
Bollywood bug bites durable majors
It may be a “˜been there, done that’ strategy for the FMCG sector, but consumer durable companies seem to be suddenly waking up to the magic of Bollywood celebrities. While market leader LG Electronics has zeroed in on budding actor Zayed Khan (of Main Hoon Na fame), Whirlpool India is beli…
Electrolux announces entry into built-in Kitchen appliances
As part of its aggressive growth strategy to become the Complete Home Appliances Specialist brand, Electrolux India, the world’s No. 1 home appliance company today announced its foray into the new product category with the launch of its “˜Oxigen’ hoods and “˜Nutrition’ hobs in North I…
Kiwis supply F&P competitor
A long-established New Zealand firm is making life harder for Fisher & Paykel Appliances by supplying a Chinese competitor. Scott Technology is two months into a $4 million contract supplying Haier with automated production lines for manufacturing its low-price home appliances.
Electrolux: Europe’s largest
ELECTROLUX Lehel Kft, the Hungarian subsidiary of the biggest Swedish investor in Hungary, electronics giant AB Electrolux, is to announce in March of this year, that its vacuum cleaner manufacturing plant in J??szber©ny (75km east of Budapest) and its refrigerator plant in Nyregyh??za …