Fagor a worldwide leader in manufacturing components for household appliances, semiconductors, castings for the automobile industry, numerical control systems, cookware and accessories introduces new refrigerator line.
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Wincanton runs WEEE take-back trial for retailers
Logistics and recycling company Wincanton is working on a new trial to collect and process waste electrical equipment from retailers including Comet. The company already runs a number of services for Comet, including its fridge take-back scheme, which sees equipment recycled through Wincanton’s M…
General Electric, Whirlpool recall 52,800 ovens
Whirlpool Corp. and General Electric Co., the two biggest U.S. large-appliance makers, are recalling 52,800 ovens and ranges because of faulty wiring. The voluntary recall includes General Electric, Hotpoint, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Kenmore and Americana brand electric ranges and ovens. Consumers …
The microwave steaming ahead in healthy eating
A NEW type of microwave oven will use steam power to blast away fat from the food that it cooks. The device, made by the electronics giant Sharp, is only slightly larger than a conventional microwave oven, but several times more expensive, at about £650. It represents the latest stage in a …
EU clears takeover of Kotsovolos by Dixons
BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union regulators Thursday approved the takeover of Greek consumer electronics retailer Kotsovolos by the British chain Dixons PLC. The European Commission cleared the deal under a simplified procedure after finding no competition concerns.
Whirlpool insurance on retirees would fund health plan
Whirlpool Corp. plans to offset the cost of retiree health insurance by collecting on life insurance policies it takes out on its former workers, a report Monday said. In letters sent to its retirees throughout North America, Whirlpool tells them they will be automatically enrolled in the plan un…
Power-saving plan receives backing
All electrical appliances would display information about power standby efficiency under a plan endorsed by state and federal energy ministers in Adelaide.
Robots . . today the housework, tomorrow the world?
8.30AM. The alarm clock at the end of the bed starts beeping, whirring and flashing a silvery white light in my face……
CORGI Pushes Installation & Exchange Costs Up
I received a letter this morning from CORGI detailing the “next step” as they call it in what they are terming their “Complete Safety Initiative” which, in my opinion, are nothing short of a money-making exercise and totally unnecessary. Of course at this stage the details are not clear but the o…
Amana enters contract talks with Machinists Union
DES MOINES, Iowa Negotiations have begun toward a new contract covering 15-hundred-30 union workers at Maytag Corporation’s Amana refrigerator plant. The workers at the plant in Middle Amana, about 15 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids are represented by Local 1526 of the International Association o…