Category: Indesit

Indesit Company, the appliance producer based in Fabriano, Italy, plans to build a third plant in Poland, according to reports in Puls Biznesu. The company already makes cooking appliances and refrigerators in Poland.

Union representatives will meet directors at Europe-based appliance maker Indesit over the company’s plans to shed up to 170 jobs.

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Indesit Company reported sales in the last quarter of 2005 reached 841 million euros (approx. U.S. $1.003 billion), up 3.5 percent on the fourth quarter of 2004. Growth in the fourth quarter enabled the company to make up ground lost in the first half of the year, bringing sales in 2005 to 3.064 …

Indesit Company has big plans for its new Aqualtis washing machine, launched in Marrakech, Morocco. The company says the washing machine uses innovative, new-generation technology – incorporating 10 years of continual R&D – into a single product.

Indesit reported third quarter 2005 sales of 829.1 million euros (approx. U.S. $1,008.4 million), compared to 835.8 million euros (approx. $1,016.4 million) in the same period in 2004. Net profits were 10.2 million euros (approx. $12.4 million), compared to 27.0 million euros (approx. $32.8 milli…

Italian appliance maker Indesit Company plans to shut down its French production site in Manom by the end of the year, union sources said, adding that 110 jobs are at risk.

Italian appliance maker Indesit Company SpA said chief operating officer Giovanni Carlino is quitting the company to pursue a new business opportunity.

The future of the Indesit Company Melano plant was at the heart of a meeting between company management and trade unions after the Italian appliance maker expressed concerns over the current economic downturn and spoke of the need to look to converting the plant to other lines of products.

In The Sunday Express this Sunday it was reported that a slump in high dtreet sales for household goods has led to thousands of workers being laid off. Poor sales of whitegoods is being blamed for this and unions warn that redundancies may be set to follow.