Category: Maytag

One model of Maytag washer ranked first among top-loaders – while another was last among front-loaders – in performance ratings in the February issue of Consumer Reports magazine. The Newton-based appliance maker, which uses dependability as a central theme in its advertising, also got mixed scor…

What used to be Knox County’s largest employer is finally paying up, but under protest. The county received a $94,000 check from Maytag Corporation on Wednesday to help settle a proposed lawsuit for unpaid property taxes.

Many Americans dream of getting rich. Aaron Kemp had more modest ambitions. “I wanted to work at a decent job and earn a decent wage, with decent benefits, so I can raise my kids, give them a decent education and maybe take them out to Pizza Hut on a Friday night. I don’t need a Mercedes, just a …

There is enough concrete for 25 miles of sidewalks. Lighting it requires 1,280 fixtures. Step inside and you know what it looks like to put a roof over the equivalent of about four square blocks. This is Johnson County’s newest and largest warehouse and the largest Maytag Inc. warehouse in the na…

Two major Chinese household electric appliance companies, MD Group and Rongshida Group, have jointly announced that MD is now the controlling shareholder Rongshida after acquiring 50.5 percent of the company’s stock rights.

Maytag Corp., the appliance maker known for its lonely repairman ads, will charge retailers a little more next year to carry its appliances, but when and how the higher costs will wash with retailers remains to be seen

A St. Clair County judge signed a settlement this week in a class-action suit against the Maytag Corp. over problems with its Neptune front-loading washing machines sold from April 1997 to last July.

Maytag say they will freeze pay of salaried workers and are asking for salaried workers to quit their jobs in exchange for a separation package.

Maytag is hitting salaried workers with a double dose of cost-cutting, freezing their pay and asking for volunteers willing to quit to reduce the work force. The actions come only days after the Newton-based company granted a new round of stock options to top executives. The pay freeze applies to…

Exract from Consumer Reports Maytag’s Neptune front-loading washer has proven trouble-prone over the years, with a repair rate significantly worse than that of any other front-loader brand we’ve evaluated, according to our annual reliability survey.