Category: Electrolux

Nov 15, 2004 Australian unions and appliance maker Electrolux are at odds over enterprise agreement negotiations, with workers going on strike.

The St. Cloud Electrolux freezer factory is under interim management, and layoffs are likely this fall as a small portion of production permanently shifts to China. Interim manager Phil Hilling has replaced general manager Ron McCoy, who left a little more than a year after taking the job. Electr…

President and CEO Hans Straberg has announced organizational changes within Electrolux white-goods operations, the purpose of which are to take further advantage of the Group’s leading global position. These changes are effective immediately. A new global white-goods leadership team will be estab…

Electrolux is targeting students with a pan-European Internet portal designed to help them cope with university life.

Electrolux to Build Dishwasher Plant in Poland Oct 27, 2004 Swedish home appliance giant Electrolux AG announced plans to build a U.S. $25-million plant in Poland that will produce dishwashers primarily for export to other European countries.

Electrolux, the world’s largest maker of consumer electronics, has said third-quarter profits have been hit by higher raw material costs. The price of steel, for example, has more than doubled since 2003.

Electrolux Group, the world’s largest electrical appliance producer, plans to source components worth US$400 million, or about 20 percent of its procurement in Asia, from local manufacturers this year, a company official said yesterday. The amount would mark an eight-fold increase from last year….

TOP electrical appliance manufacturer Electrolux has introduced a new vacuum cleaner, the Ergospace series, which it claims will simplify cleaning to a large extent.

Word has reached UK Whitegoods today that Distriparts, the spares arm of the Electrolux Group that also manufacture the brands Zanussi, AEG, Parkinson Cowan, Tricity Bendix amongst others are set to institute the second price hike for spares this year.

Louis R. Hughes will leave the Electrolux Board of Directors and take on a new role as Chief of Staff for the Afghanistan Reconstruction Group.