Maytag 24th February, announced that Samsung would be manufacturing a new range of front loaders. Whilst Layoffs loom, at both Newton & North Canton, home of Hoover cleaners for over 100 years. Its a sad day for Maytag employees?
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High Tech Moves to the Kitchen
Sure big screen TV’s and digital cameras dominate the world of consumer electronics. But today, high tech is landing in the kitchen.
Family in a spin over ‘£1m Hoover blaze’
A family who claimed a faulty washing machine caused a £1 million fire at their home were today landed with a £150,000 legal bill after dropping their case for compensation.
Enough of cricket; marketers now plead their case with women
Last week, both Electrolux Kelvinator and Whirlpool of India announced the launch of two new Awards to recognise the accomplishments of Indian women. While the Electrolux-Financial Express Awards for Women in Business aim to recognise contributions of women in the area of business, Whirlpool GR8!…
Improved perception of FPA
The market perception of Fisher & Paykel Appliances would improve following the sale of its 19.3% stake in sister company F&P Healthcare, Forsyth Barr investment adviser Ken Lister said yesterday.
Whirlpool puts Sk3.5 billion into Slovakia
HOME-appliance manufacturer Whirlpool Slovakia has invested Sk3.5 billion (€86.5 million) in its 12 years of operation in Poprad in the Pre??ov region, upping its total output of automated washing machines to 1.5 million units, the TASR news wire wrote.
It’s a Woman’s world
Pune, February 20: AS befitted the occasion, the rustle of silk dominated the crisp brushing of suits at the first-ever Financial Express Electrolux Awards for Women in Business held on Thursday evening at the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai. Instituted to recognise the contribution of women, the event sa…
High tech is hot in kitchen and bathroom
Manufacturers are betting there is no end to the American appetite for high-tech, high-priced appliances to put in our ever-expanding kitchens and bathrooms.
Whirlpool workers OK five-year contract
Whirlpool workers approved a new labor contract Thursday that will give them a raise of $1.05 an hour over the next five years, plus $2,300 in payments during that time. Dave Jones, president of Local 808 of the International Union of Electrical Workers, said after the vote that although he was “…
Retro fridge cool, but it will defrost
Fresh Produce co-founder, nephew develop ’50s fridge for 21st Century You might say these guys were destined to start a refrigerator business. One helped found a clothing company named Fresh Produce. The other, well, his name is Orion Creamer. Their brainchild: a ’50s style refrigerator dubbed Bi…