Category: Maytag

After decades of sitting in a dark office waiting for the phone to ring, the Maytag repairman may finally be heading out on service calls “” even for appliances made by GE or other companies

NEWTON, Iowa – Maytag Corp. has formed a new business to provide in-home appliance repair for major brand appliances. The company currently services only its own brands.

DES MOINES, Iowa “” First two parts plants, then a refrigerator plant have marched on to Mexico. Moving appliance production to countries with cheap labor has heightened concerns that Maytag may export even more jobs, fears fueled further by the company’s purchase of 62 acres in an industri…

ATLANTA (Reuters) – Maytag Corp., the nation’s third-largest home appliance maker, Tuesday reported a 63 percent drop in second-quarter profit on weakness in its floor-care sales.