305 jobs are set to go with the closure of the Indesit washing machine factory in Denbighshire that has historically produced Hotpoint washing machines we’ve learned this afternoon. In a statement, the company has blamed the “continuing decline” in the market for the plan to close the factory at …
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Currys To Expand Mega-Stores
The BBC reports that DSG International, owner of Currys and PC World, has said it hopes to roll out up to 50 revamped superstores in the UK as part of a turnaround plan. The stores will be based on its Currys Megastore in Birmingham, which was reformatted as a combined Currys and PC World store i…
Whirlpool Fails To Block LG In US
Whirlpool, the world’s largest maker of appliances, lost a ruling in a bid to block LG Electronics from importing some of its refrigerators into the United States. A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington said on Thursday Whirlpool hadn’t proven that LG infringed its pat…
Sub Zero Lay Off 350 Workers
Wisconsin refrigerator maker Sub-Zero Freezer/Wolf Appliance says it will lay off up to 350 local employees after 1st May. Chuck Verri, Sub-Zero Freezer/Wolf Appliance’s vice president of human resources, told the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wis., that the layoffs are being prompted by th…
Comet Staff Enter Consultation & Service Centres Close
In a press release this evening Comet has announced it has entered into a consultation process with some of its office-based workforce. The period of consultation will now begin with around 280 staff in office-based roles across the UK, with a view to making redundancies.
Global Probe Into Compressor Price Fixing
An appliance company based in Honolulu (K-N-D Appliances and proprietors Kelly and Dennis Higashi) has filed a putative class action against several refrigerator component manufacturers and sellers, including Whirlpool, Tecumseh Products, and Panasonic, alleging the companies engaged in a conspir…
Panasonic To Enter Europe With Major Appliances
Panasonic is making a major push to sell its home appliances in Europe, it said on Tuesday, betting that energy-efficient washing machines and refrigerators can pry open consumers’ wallets. Panasonic is already well-established as a white goods manufacturer in Asia, is hoping environmentally-cons…
LG Recall US Fridges To Correct Wrong Energy Rating
LG Electronics has offered to make in-home modifications on French door refrigerator models that were improperly certified as Energy Star compliant in the United States. Under terms of an agreement with the United States Department of Energy (DOE), LG will also compensate owners, modify unsold in…
Gorenje To Seek Government Bail Out!
Gorenje the appliance maker that’s Slovenia’s second-biggest exporter, said it needs government aid soon to weather the economic slump after demand fell as much as 90 percent in parts of eastern Europe. “Gorenje is paying more than 50 million euros ($64 million) of tax to state coffers every mont…
Fisher & Paykel To Seek Government Bail Out To Avoid Bankruptcy
Industry rumours suggest that Fisher & Paykel Appliances may be on the verge of asking the New Zealand government to bail them out after it reported record losses and suffered a massive drop in value last week on the New Zealand stock market. However New Zealand Shareholders’ Association chai…