China’s home-appliances giant Haier on Thursday opened a new 170-million-baht (4.9 million US Dollar) factory in Thailand to produce air conditioners for the domestic and export markets, company sources said. The new factory, situated in Prachin Buri, 70 kilometres north-east of Bangkok, has a ca…
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
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Royal Mail Unveils Spare Parts Delivery Service
Royal Mail is launching an overnight parts distribution service, following a year-long pilot with white goods manufacturer Indesit Company. The service is based on a specialist network which delivers parts to field service engineers at their homes, business or vehicle by 8am, with real-time track…
Haier Become The World’s Largest Refrigeration Manufacturer
Chinese home appliance manufacturer Haier gained the top spot in the global white home appliance market with a market share of 6.3% in 2008, followed by LG, Whirlpool, and Electrolux, according to latest report released by market research firm Euromonitor. Sales of Haier refrigeration worldwide i…
Washing Machine Hack
Only in America… Would someone hack into an ancient toploader, install a network connection and associate electronics, a dodgy looking PSU to power that lot and then a switch to detect the state of the machine and then a big illuminated sign as well as reporting the wash was done on “Twitter”!
Welcome To 2009
Happy New Year from the staff at UK Whitegoods, let’s hope that 2009 is a good year for us all. As ever at this time of the year I would like to thank all the people that help us make this site possible, the moderators especially, by helping people for free in the forums. As usual, through 2008, …
Panic Grips The High Street, But What About Everything Else?
Unless you happen to have been living in a cave for the past few months you will be well aware of the current trading conditions, it’s grim, very grim. Analysts and pundits are, basically, predicting the end of the world as we know it with major retailers going bust all over the place and some su…
MFI, The Future
Stories are emerging of a rumoured relaunch of the MFI furniture chain using the Hygena and Schrieber brand names, both of which were owned by MFI. However this may not be as simple as it sounds since other retailers in the sector rush in to fill the void left by the demise of MFI.
Electrolux Confirms Spenymoor Is To Close
The last remaining Electrolux workers at Spenymoor have learned their jobs are to go. Electrolux has announced it is closing its finished-goods warehouse and distribution centre in Spennymoor next summer with the loss of 23 jobs.
Gorenje To Cut Labour Hours & Salaries On Lower Demand
Slovenia’s top household appliances maker Gorenje plans to cut labour hours in production to 36 hours a week per employee from 40 starting January 1, due to lower demand caused by the global financial crisis, according to a Reuters report.
Hopes Fade For Hoover
Wale Online has reported that any hope of saving Hoover production workers’ jobs are fading fast. Meetings with management have so far failed to give any glimmer of hope, says John Jones, Unite union convenor at the Merthyr Tydfil plant. Working five days but getting paid for four is one idea the…