Dust bunnies of America: Your days are numbered! There’s a new dynamic domestic duo in town, and they have soap, water and pristine cleaning rags. And they aren’t afraid to use them. Actually, dust bunnies are the least of the worries facing Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie as these imports from …
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F&P and Medialab team up for 3D electronic manuals
Fisher & Paykel Appliances has teamed up with Wellington IT research consortium Medialab to look at the possibility of creating electronic manuals containing three dimensional images of its products for its service engineers.
Electrolux to ink direct selling deal with Kinetic arm
Home appliances firm Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd is set to enter into a nationwide tie-up with Kinetic Engineering Ltd’s direct selling arm, Kinetic Marketing & Services. To begin with, the alliance will be used to sell EKL’s microwave ovens. Under the arrangement, KMS will earn profit margins …
Hundreds of Maytag Workers Rally Around Each Other
Sixteen hundred workers in Galesburg will soon lose their jobs at Maytag. It’s part of the company’s plan to shut down their Galesburg plant and move production to another country.
Defective dishwasher blamed in fatal fire
Investigators have found the cause of a fire that killed 78-year-old Mary Lee in her Pleasant Hill home this summer: a Whirlpool dishwasher that was the subject of a 1996 recall for faulty wiring.
A vending machine for home
For Americans who just can’t acquire too much stuff, Maytag has introduced a beverage-vending machine for the home. The SkyBox can dispense 64 cans or 32 bottles, including long necks, and is equipped with child-safety locks to keep kids out of the grown-up drinks. The front panel illuminates lik…
Smaller is better at times
Miele (pronounced Meal-uh), the company that began making butter churns more than 100 years ago is churning high-quality and environmentally friendly home appliances.
MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI WILL BE CALLED INDESIT COMPANY
Milan, Italy, Sept. 6 – Indesit Company will be the new name of Merloni Elettrodomestici. The ordinary shareholders’ meeting, which took place today in Fabriano, approved the new name, which will be in use starting January 2005.
PRG tips higher UK loss
Pacific Retail Group says the six-month loss for money-gobbling UK subsidiary PowerHouse could be $17 million worse than forecast. The 128-store appliance retailing chain was now expected to lose $36 million to $39 million in the six months to September 30, PRG disclosed yesterday.
Testing New High-Tech Washing Machines
A new generation of washing machines promises to do bigger loads — even quilts and comforters — and save on energy and water. Many of the new machines have an interesting feature — less aggravation by using a different type of agitation.