Rueters have reported today that Fisher & Paykel (F&P) may be rip for a takeover bid. Hmm, wonder who’d be interested in that, eh Mr Whirlpool? It doesn’t take too much industry knowledge, nudges or winks to realise that Whirlpool would probably be first in the queue as they already have …
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Samsung Fridges Slammed On BBC’s Watchdog
On last night’s Watchdog Samsung were slammed for problems with their American styled side by side fridge freezer, the RS21. The show basically stating that customers can experience a noise and lack of cooling in the fridge due to an over frozen fridge evaporator. On top of this the model was sho…
Indesit Set To Launch Cool Wash Washing Machines?
ERT Weekly has reported that Indesit, working with Proctor & Gamble, are set to launch front loading washing machines that can wash with cool water below 30C which is effectively a cold wash. This is not a new idea, it has been done in Asia and other parts of the world where access to running…
BSH Begins Manufacturing New Line Of Dishwashers In The US
Members of the board of BSH Home Appliance Corporation and its German parent company joined many of their 1,160 employees at the New Bern plant on Tuesday to launch a new line of dishwashers manufactured in America for Americans. The German company is the world’s third-largest appliance manufactu…
Samsung Plans Launches To Boost Revenue
In India Samsung, on the back of new product launches across various categories and rising disposable income, is targeting growth of 30 per cent in turnover in 2008 from $1.3 billion in 2007. Samsung plans to double its exports to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) count…
Electrolux Will Have Quarterly Loss
Bloomberg has reported that Electrolux, Europe’s largest appliance manufacturer, said it had a first-quarter loss as a slowing U.S. economy hurt demand. “As a consequence of the initially weak trend of the markets in North America and Europe as well as a number of nonrecurring items, we expect th…
Samsung to hire 2,000 engineers by 2010
Korean appliance manufacturer Samsung plans to double its total number of research and development engineers in India to 4,000 by 2010, to strengthen product development and introduce customised technology for the domestic market. The company is aiming higher market share across categories driven…
GE To Close Fridge Plant
The GE refrigerator plant in Bloomington will close by the end of 2009. The plant employs about 900 people, and GE has said about 60 percent will retire with benefits. GE announced in January that it intended to close the plant, which builds side-by-side refrigerators. It allowed time for the uni…
Wincanton announces plans for second WEEE plant
Leading electrical products recycler, Wincanton, is to double its current WEEE recycling capabilities by investing over £5m in its second treatment facility, to open in the Midlands later this year. The new plant, developed and manufactured by German engineers, MeWa, will be capable of trea…
Arcelik Introduces A Fridge With Seven Drawers
The only Turkish company rising in the world patent league, Arcelik (Beko), is now breaking into new ground with new products. With a new system called Divide & Cool (DAC) – Divisible Cooling Technology, Arcelik has managed to operate with one compressor per fridge split into seven sections a…