Category: Appliance

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it believes Gu Chujun, the controversial board chairman of Kelon, has violated several articles of the securities law, including inflating profits and capital embezzlement. Yesterday it announced the results of its probe into Kelon, a once-re…

Grieving family and friends of three-year-old Georgina Bywater who died after becoming trapped in a tumble drier were yesterday laying her to rest. Georgina was due to buried at the Addison Road cemetery in Brierley Hill at midday following an emotional memorial service in Amblecote, Stourbridge.

Steam is hot. Companies are using steam to drive sales of dishwashers, ovens, carpet cleaners and washing machines as competition heats up in the appliance industry. Asian-based electronics companies, including three with U.S. headquarters in North Jersey – Sharp, Samsung and LG Electronics – are…

There is an increasing number of electrical devices in the home that emit electromagnetic fields (EMF), to which users are constantly exposed. To tackle this subject, CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation was mandated by the European Commission and the European Free Tra…

One in ten tradesmen in the Capital falsely claims to be part of a trade organisation, sparking warnings that residents may unwittingly be employing unreliable workmen. A survey of traders by Edinburgh Trading Standards showed ten per cent of building, roofing and plumbing businesses falsely adve…

NORFROST, the Caithness freezer firm owned and run by one of Scotland’s wealthiest couples, has called in the administrators and laid off half its workforce.

Eros Group, sole distributors of Hitachi and one of the leading players in consumer electronics, mobile phones, home appliances, and allied products in the Middle East region, announced the launch of the world’s first Nano Titanium Refrigerator from Hitachi.

Profit from the sale of Noel Leeming and Bond & Bond put Pacific Retail Group back into the black for the year to March 2005. But the result masked earnings otherwise dominated by the continuation of heavy losses at British electrical goods chain PowerHouse.

Thermador, the quintessential American luxury appliance brand, is commemorating its 50th anniversary as the creator and pioneer of the first built-in wall oven at the 2005 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas. To celebrate this significant milestone, Thermador will unveil its “Wall of Fa…

“In the recent years, the global foreign direct investment (FDI) takes a new development trend. A new round of global industry adjustment, which characterized by the outsourcing of service industry, high-tech, high-end manufacturing with high value-added and the transfer of research and developme…