Category: Appliance

Tradeplace, a consortium of leading European household appliance and consumer electronics manufacturers, together with Hubspan, Inc., a leading provider of on-demand integration solutions, announced record 2006 results achieved by Tradeplace members. The participating companies include the five l…

While vacuum marketers continue to push allergen relief along with the usual cleaning, results from a new Consumer Reports test show that those promises mean less than they suggest. Months of rigorous testing on vacuums at all price levels also showed that some new names and designs didn’t cut it…

Age Concern in Suffolk have launched an initiative to give away free fridge/freezer thermometers to help people avoid food poisoning. The scheme was launched to enable people to keep their food at the right temperature after research showed that the risk of infection almost doubles in summer.

KitchenAid, the premium small appliance brand owned by Whirlpool, has announced a partnership with Leaker Direct for the distribution of KitchenAid brand small kitchen appliances and built-in appliances to kitchen specialists.

Alba has sold its leisure division to private equity group Rutland Partners for £51.5m to concentrate on consumer electronic products. The Pulse Home Products division sells hair-dryers, toasters, vacuum cleaners and other domestic appliances under the Nicky Clarke, Bush, Breville, Dirt Devil, P…

Unilever is launching a radical cost-cutting and disposal programme that will see the group shed 20,000 jobs, 11% of its workforce, and sell off previously untouchable jewels in its portfolio of brands. Chief executive Patrick Cescau said 50 to 60 of the Anglo-Dutch group’s 300 manufacturing site…

TNT, the Dutch postal operator, will decide within the next 12 months on launching an end-to-end postal network to rival Royal Mail in the UK. Chief executive Peter Bakker said his group believed the UK postal market would not get sustainable competition until private sector rivals ran their own …

The first part of the two week campaign of staggered strike action throughout Royal Mail is under way. Each division within the firm has been allocated a different day to strike, in a move designed to cause continuous disruption throughout the period. Union members are protesting about pay and jo…

TNT, the most aggressive private sector postal services provider, said the wave of industrial action hitting Royal Mail underlined the need for it to develop a full-blown rival service. The Dutch-owned company, which uses Royal Mail to provide “final mile” postal delivery, said its customers were…

It turned out to be a very hot wash when the washing machine caught fire. Firefighters were called to the incident at the ground-floor flat in Thirlestane, St Albans, at about 10pm last Thursday.