Bloomberg have reported that Arcelik, Turkey’s biggest maker of household appliances who are known in the UK under the Beko brand name, slumped to the lowest in almost three years in Istanbul trading after profit plunged 51 percent last year and Merrill Lynch have downgraded the company’s stock. …
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Domestic Appliance News
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Tesco At It Again, Bosch Washing Machine £99
Supermarket giant Tesco is once again touting a washing machine for £99 an it would appear that, in a bid to be more dramatic than the last offer it appears that this one will give customers £520 off a integrated Bosch washing machine. This offer appears only to be available through T…
Affresh Washing Machine Cleaner & Glisten Dishwasher Cleaner
After trying to track down a product that would clean the insides of a washing machine for some time we found an effective one that is more powerful than a regular maintenance wash as often, by the time that people find out they have to do this in modern machines, they have already got a smelly w…
East Anglia cleans up in national Cleaner of Excellence Awards
Margaret Bridgman from Cromer, East Anglia, has been selected as the winner of the UK Cleaner of Excellence Award ““ winning over £1,000 worth of Miele appliances in a competition launched as part of Miele’s 80th anniversary celebrations since manufacturing its first vacuum cleaner.
Midea To buy Stake In Little Swan
The Shanghai Securities News has reported that Midea Electric Appliances Co has agreed to buy the 24 percent stake in Chinese washing machine maker Wuxi Little Swan for an estimated 1.68 billion yuan ($235 million), said on Wednesday. Midea and state-owned Wuxi Guolian Development (Group) Co Ltd …
LG & GE Sign Patent Deal On Appliances
LG Electronics have signed a cross-licensing deal with GE Consumer & Industrial covering freezers and cooking devices in a bid to compete with primarily Whirlpool and Electrolux in the US home appliances market. On top of the ongoing dispute with Whirlpool over US patents this will not come a…
New ISE Washing Machines Launched
In case you missed it, ISE Appliances have launched the new ISE10 range which initially includes a washing machine and a condenser tumble dryer. The ISE 10 range comes with a class leading 10 year warranty and is built for over 20 years of normal use! But, early next month there is yet another ne…
Trade Appliances In Administration & Employees Left Unpaid
Huthwaite based kitchen appliance firm Trade Appliances has been placed into administration it has been confirmed. The company confirmed the move to customers in a statement released on their sales hotline. The statement said: “Trade Appliances Ltd has been placed into administration. The joint a…
Whirlpool -v- LG Spat Progresses
Whirlpool said on Friday that the International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. as well as its U.S. and Mexican affiliates, following a patent infringement complaint filed by Whirlpool against LG on Jan. 23. Whirlpool said it is asking the ITC…
New strike threat is looming for Royal Mail
Royal Mail faces a fresh wave of industrial action, only months after the end of one of the biggest strikes to hit the postal service in years. The Times has learnt that unions have rejected the postal group’s plan to overhaul its pensions scheme and are poised to ballot nearly 150,000 members ov…