Category: Appliance

Year ’05 has begun with a sharp skew for refrigerator makers. In the first two months of this year, Korean and Chinese brands were the only saving grace for the industry. Latest industry sales data reveals that only LG, Samsung, Haier and Daewoo brands clocked more unit sales in the January-Febru…

A Spanish designer has come up with what could be the perfect solution for the woman who feels frustrated that she has to do all the house chores. It is a washing machine called “Your Turn”, which will not let the same person use it twice in a row.

Lone workers are not a single issue Engineers are an independent breed – they have to be because their job can be a lonely, self-reliant one. As advancing computing and mobile communications push the engineer deeper into the nooks and crannies of the country, this dependency on their wits will be…

Servicepower joins consumer service network Service management software maker cum field service engineering company, ServicePower, has become the exclusive UK partner of Elesco, a pan-European installation, service and repair network for consumer electronics and domestic appliances.

Campaigners are continuing to demonstrate outside a Cheshire oil refinery in protest at high fuel costs with more action planned across the UK. About 50 lorries are also said to be heading to refineries in Pembroke and Milford Haven, in west Wales, while 30 motorists plan a go-slow in Hampshire

In a company statement, Personal care appliance maker The Gillette Company said that Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin lacks the authority under Massachusetts law to pursue his highly publicized inquiry of the company’s proposed merger with Procter & Gamble. The company said it …

UK retail group Littlewoods will cut up to 3,200 jobs as part of plans to shut 126 of its Index catalogue-based shops. Littlewoods is selling the remaining 33 shops in the Index estate to retail giant GUS, which will convert them into Argos stores, saving 800 jobs.

Twin tub washing machines and stand-alone spin dryers are making a comeback according to Carl Thompson, financial director of Thompsons Discount Electrical. “Thompsons has been importing its own brand twin tub washers and spin dryers with great success.

Equator Appliances, a manufacturer of laundry appliances, dishwashers, and refrigerators, announced that it has set up operations in China in collaboration with the giant Meiling Group, one of the top 10 state-owned industrial groups in China.

Shoppers have better cancellation rights New rules to make the sale of extra guarantee cover more transparent for shoppers have come into force. Retailers will now have to clearly display the price of extended warranties alongside electrical goods.