Tokyo (JCNN) – Sanyo Electric (TSE: 6764) announced on January 7 that it has developed a technology to control Net appliances which can be connected to cellphones and the Internet. Called DarWIN, the new technology can control white goods, such as refrigerators and washing machines, audio visual …
Category: Appliance
General non-specific news from the appliance industry including new products, spares, business news and more.
CES Las Vegas
CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is one of the calendar events in every techno-geek’s diary as we get to see the technology that is coming our way in the near future. Some of these never make it onto the marketplace of course, but many do even if they are short-lived at times.
Anger of fridge boss out in cold
A FRIDGE disposal boss whose contract was cancelled says the decision could cost 90 jobs.
Wash machines end dry run
New Delhi, Jan. 5: The good times are back for the washing machine industry. After a gap of two years, the industry has recorded a double-digit growth at 10.7 per cent in 2003.
Britannia loses Greater Manchester fridge contract
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority announced today the immediate termination of its fridge disposal contract with Britannia Import Export.
Fridge mountain firm fired
A COMPANY employed to tackle Greater Manchester’s fridge mountain crisis has been sacked by waste bosses.
Fridge mountain hit by second fire
SEVENTY-five firefighters fought a huge blaze at a fridge mountain in Manchester overnight.
‘Dozens and dozens’ of fridges found dumped in the Clyde
A MOUNTAIN of old fridges which contain dangerous gases has been found in the Clyde, creating environmental fears.
Well-Being Products Beginning to Ripen in All Industrial Sectors
A private economic think tank advised companies to link the current well-being trend to product development and sales, selecting the term as a management keyword for 2004.
Mission to make washing machines sexy
Marco Milani is having his picture taken, and he is very keen that the shiny new washing machine behind him should not get into the photograph. Not that he’s worried about being upstaged by a domestic appliance, but he’s convinced that his competitors will study the design with a magnifying glass…
