July 15 (Bloomberg) — The Trilobite doesn’t do corners. Forget about the stairs. And don’t go barefoot in the vicinity of Electrolux AB’s robotic vacuum cleaner. Yet the Swedish company, run by Chief Executive Officer Hans Straaberg, says more than 10,000 people have spent 1,500 euros ($1,700) e…
Category: Appliance
General non-specific news from the appliance industry including new products, spares, business news and more.
Fridge disposal scheme launched
A collaborative scheme offering a free take-back service for fridges and freezers has been announced for Southern England. The partnership between Comet, Defra, local authorities, Wincanton, the Renew Trust and Remploy will operate on a pilot basis or three months, and will continue according to …
Error codes list
New error codes listing added. Also see the related article about the launch of the UK Whitegoods Fault Code Guide whcih is now available to buy in our online store.
Some minor site changes and info.
You may or may not have noticed some minor changes to the Site, the most obvious being the change of the encyclopedia to “Database” as this is a more familiar term.
Comet demerger unveiled
Retail group Kingfisher has unveiled plans to demerge its electrical retail arm Kesa, which includes the Comet chain. This was the original story, the event actually happens today 7/7/03.
Merloni to invest £15m in UK factory
Italian electrical appliance giant Merloni is expected to unveil a multi-million pound expansion of its UK tumble-drier factory.
Age discrimination to be outlawed
Thought you were gonna retire at 65 did you, read on… Government proposals that could see millions of people working until they are 70 have been unveiled.
Encyclopedia Live Now
I have enabled the encyclopedia module which is intended to hopefully become a definitive directory of repair agents as best we can make it using the software available to us here.
Talking washing machine hits India
April 2003 Electrolux will launch a talking washing machine, known as the Washy Talky, in India later this month.
Chris Hayter (DASA)
As Many of you will know already Chris recently suffered a stroke and is reported to be doing well and is on the road to recovery.
