Category: Appliance

SACRAMENTO — A regulation freeze called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will cause the state to miss a deadline to set guidelines for a law mandating water-efficient washing machines that could save billions of gallons of water a year.

CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian and British police have arrested 12 members of a drug smuggling ring after ecstasy tablets were found concealed in the doors of refrigerators shipped to Australia from Britain, officials say.

BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 17, 2003–Heading into the busiest stretch of the holiday shopping season, iRobot Corp. today announced that consumers are buying Roomba(R) Robotic Floorvacs in record numbers, making Roomba not only the world’s best-selling mobile robot, but also a favori…

(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Although the cause of Crohn’s disease remains unknown, some researchers say the invention of refrigerators may have contributed to the outbreak of the disease. Researchers from France discuss their theory, which they call the “cold-chain hypothesis,” in this week’s issue of …

Few Chinese manufacturing companies are known outside their home markets, because most would rather supply goods to established Western brands than compete under their own brand names in Europe and North America.

Many calls and emails have been flying around this week in the face of the Electrue/NESN saga which seems to be rumbling on for the moment. But the people on the ground appear to be getting very nervous over the whole situation.

Toshiba Corp plans to invest about one billion baht next year to double its production capacity of refrigerators and washing machines in Thailand.

An electrical retail store is powering its way out of a troubled spell. PowerHouse, which had gone into administration, was bought by New Zealand-based Pacific Retail Group (PRG).

Refrigerators soon will be able to read the RFID tags of their contents. These “smart ice boxes” then will alert their owners to fetch another carton of milk, toss an out-of-date product or cut back on unhealthy dietary items.

Microwave oven “” A new one can be had for about $50 but repairs could make sense if your machine is a special size for a niche in your kitchen.