Well you know how it goes, one manufacturer launches a product, another looks and thinks, “oh that’s a good idea”, copies it and all too often a legal battle ensues over patents. Well, it appears that Hotpoint liked Samsung’s idea about having two heating zones in one oven and have introduced the…
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Hotpoint Plant Closure
It has been confirmed that 305 jobs at the Hotpoint washing machine factory in Bodelwyddan. At it’s peak Hotpoint/Indesit employed more than 2000 workers at Llandudno Junction. Manufacturing at the site will be switched to Poland. Staff were called to a meeting earlier today and told their jobs w…
Indesit To Close Kimmel Park Factory
305 jobs are set to go with the closure of the Indesit washing machine factory in Denbighshire that has historically produced Hotpoint washing machines we’ve learned this afternoon. In a statement, the company has blamed the “continuing decline” in the market for the plan to close the factory at …
Horrors lurking in your duvet!
Many of us are spending our nights under filthy duvets packed with dust mites, skin scales and fungus, a study suggests. Scientists analysed ten duvets and found they contain up to 20,000 dust mites. One that had not been washed for 11 years and more than an ounce and a half of debris including s…
Pension shock for Hotpoint workers
WORKERS at one of North Wales’ biggest factories were told they must double their contributions if they want to protect their pensions.
Hotpoint unveils integrated push to back Ariel deal
Procter & Gamble’s leading laundry brand Ariel has teamed up with Hotpoint in a major new integrated campaign to promote the combination’s ability to keep whites looking bright.
Investing in the product and the people in Peterborough
MERLONI Elettrodomestici UK has just completed the integration of a massive project to centralise its European call centre operations here in Peterborough. This week, business editor SARAH GUNTHARDT looks at the major investments that have been made at the city employer, which now has a workforce…
Hotpoint Advertise For Franchised Engineers!
In Thursday’s Sheffield Star Hotpoint (a part of Merloni along with Indesit and Ariston) have advertised for franchised engineers.
