Category: Electrolux

Just after Whirlpool announce a rise in profits although to be fair they were mainly saved by the acquisition of Maytag, Electrolux, which is Europe’s largest appliance maker has gained in Stockholm trading after fourth-quarter profit declined less than analysts had estimated. The Swedish maker o…

Electrolux Design Lab 2008 invites industrial design students around the world to create tomorrow’s home appliances for the Internet generation, deadline May 4. Electrolux, a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use, launches the 6th edition of its annual design compet…

Electrolux has said it would close an oven factory in Britain that employs some 500 staff, incurring costs of 390 million Swedish crowns (29.6 million pounds). Electrolux said it would take a charge for the cost in the fourth quarter of this year. Electrolux also announced plans to move some of t…

It has bee confirmed this mornign by various sources that the Electrolux cooker factory in Spennymoor, County Durham, confirmed that at least 200 jobs would go. As we reported in October Electrolux said it would conduct a two-month investigation into the future viability of the loss-making s…

Electrolux, the Swedish home appliance maker, is calling on the EU to offer consumers cash and fiscal incentives to dispose of their “gas-guzzling” fridge-freezers, washing machines and dishwashers and switch to more energy-efficient models as part of its ambitious plans to combat climate change….

Electrolux has expanded on the recent trend by LG and others by announcing its Color Passion range of kitchen and laundry appliances in a number of “vibrant” colours.

current.com.au has reported that Electrolux has denied a link between the closure of its Regency Park dishwasher manufacturing plant in May and the quality problems with its current dishwashers. In a statement, managing director of major appliances for Australia and New Zealand, Trevor Carroll, s…

Every year Electrolux runs a design competition for new appliance ideas and usually the results are, will we say, a little whacky. This year Hungarian designer Levente Szab³ has won the 2007 Electrolux Design Lab competition with a concept for what is called “E-wash,” a washing machine that …

THE closure of Electrolux’s North-East factory could put at least 1,500 indirect jobs under threat, unions warned last night. The figure comes on top of the 500 Electrolux staff who face redundancy if the electrical goods company shuts its site in Spennymoor, County Durham.

Electrolux has revealed a special edition vacuum cleaner created by Swedish designer Pia Wallen. Commenting on the influence of its Scandinavian heritage, the manufacturer invited the artist to impose her own interpretation on its Ultra Silencer vacuum machine.