Category: Maytag

GALESBURG, Ill. The Knox County board has approved a motion that allows the state’s attorney to seek a settlement from Maytag to recoup property tax breaks. State’s Attorney Paul Mangieri had requested that the board approve a lawsuit that seeks one-point-one (m) million dollars. But the board ye…

A prosecutor in the economically battered western Illinois town where Maytag Corp. plans to close a major factory is hoping to sue the company to recoup property tax breaks. Knox County State’s Attorney Paul Mangieri is seeking municipalities’ permission to sue Maytag, alleging the nation’s third…

According to an Associated Press wire article in the Washington Times Saturday, appliance maker Maytag (NYSE: MYG) has hit upon a new strategy for reassuring customers and driving sales. Or rather, a new variation on a very old strategy: “Try before you buy.”

The Knox County state’s attorney says he plans to file a lawsuit against the Maytag Corporation. Paul Mangieri says Maytag owes more than one million dollars in real estate property taxes for its plant in Galesburg, which is about 50 miles northwest of Peoria. Maytag officials did not return call…

A consumer looking for a clothes washer does a load of laundry to see if an appliance lives up to its advertising claims. And a shopper considering a new oven tries one out by baking a batch of cookies. At Maytag Corp. appliance stores opening across the country, consumers are trying the company’…

DES MOINES, Iowa Maytag Corporation has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Electrolux Home Products over the design of plastic washing machine baskets.

Maytag Corporation stock reached a new 52-week low today (Wednesday) as analysts expressed concern that the nation’s third largest appliance manufacturer may have trouble competing.

Maytag stock takes a dive, just as Union & Maytag executives due to start talks on the 23 June 2004.

A 50-employee Maytag Corp. warehouse here will remain open until mid-February, delaying the last phase of the refrigerator maker’s pullout from Galesburg by about six weeks, the company announced.

Maytag Corp.’s plants shut down Thursday evening as union workers who make the company’s high-end washers and dryers walked off the job.