IS India likely to get the most favoured nation status as far as popularity of our exports goods is concerned? Though the `made in India’ brand is still at a very nascent stage, there is a positive movement towards the brand’s acceptance, industry insiders reveal.
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JV buyout plan
The Electrolux Group plans to buy out its joint venture factory in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, this year as part of the Swedish company’s program to turn the plant into its global production base.
Kesa upbeat despite sales malaise
The company’s French chains battle retail slowdowns, while UK Comet stores tackle a downturn in warranty sales and the loss of trade to supermarkets.
Godrej Appliances to go global
AHMEDABAD: Indian consumer durables maker Godrej Appliances Limited is all set to take on MNC durables makers on foreign lands. The company is taking the Godrej brand of refrigerators and washing machines global this fiscal year with a foray into Sri Lanka planned for the third quarter of 2003-04
LG world’s first to mass produce ‘Green’ Fridge
LG Electronics has embarked on full scale mass production of its popular side-by-side refrigerators adopting state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly compressors. The step marks a first-of-its-kind production move from a white goods maker in the world.
Machine-to-machine talk not stuff of fiction
It’s now possible for your refrigerator to talk to your toaster and your vacuum cleaner. The question is what they might say.
Dyson ‘should pay import duties’
Import tariffs should be imposed on companies that shift jobs from Britain to slash labour costs and boost profits, according to the new head of the giant Transport and General Workers Union.
Duraswitch and TFS Team Up for European Appliance Tour
MESA, Ariz. and TEMPE, Ariz., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — During the month of September, Duraswitch (Nasdaq: DSWT – News), a licensor of electronic switch technologies and Three-Five Systems (NYSE: TFS – News), a global electronic manufacturing services company with a unique expertise in di…
Chemicals spilled at Concord nursing home
CONCORD — Five people were taken to NorthEast Medical Center after an accident involving a high-tech washing machine being installed in a nursing home
PowerPlan collapse leads to fury over broken warranties
Furious customers who bought electrical goods from the former ScottishPower retail chain besieged the liquidators of failed warranty firm PowerPlan last week after all repairs were suspended.