As we reported a while back but at the time it was rumours, Whirlpool have indeed bowed out of the EMEA market, the entirety of Europe and the Middle East appearing to in effect selling the business to Arcelik.
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.
We cover almost anything interesting to do with appliances or that affects the industry, including new product releases, scandals, recalls, mergers, takeovers and all the other juicy appliance news from around the world.
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Whirlpool Leaving Europe?
Just a few weeks ago we heard about Whirlpool exiting Russia; not really a huge surprise given what’s going on just now but this, this is a shocker. Rumours abound that they are to leave the EU! Completely!
Whirlpool Leaves Russia
Whirlpool has decided that they are to leave the Russian market and is selling its assets there to Arcelik (Beko etc in the UK) with sources citing the war in Ukraine as the reason.
Mandated Microplastic Filters
In case you missed it, we didn’t but didn’t think it would fly, our government is proposing to make microplastic filters mandatory in all domestic and commercial washing machines.
Right To Repair Effectiveness
By now we’ve all heard about the Right To Repair and that new EU legislation has come into force that the UK has its own version of that came into force on July 8th this year. It seems Miele and others may not be complying or, if they are it is not in the spirit of the law.
Is Gas Dead (Yet)?
A while back we reported that we saw gas appliances going the way of the Dodo and that support for them was rapidly disappearing service-wise. Well, seems it’s not just the UK and there’s recently been a brilliant explanation on why this is so.
EU Shipments & Delays
With heavy heart due to Brexit and new rules on export/import, taxation and now the carriers suspending services we have been forced to halt deliveries to EU states as well as some UK areas.
Supply To Northern Ireland
Sadly, due to Brexit and the decisions made by the UK Government, we will no longer be able to ship spare parts to Northern Ireland. This we are very sorry about and certainly not happy about given the promises that were made.
Brexit/Covid Combo
If you read the site often you probably saw the warnings that we gave some time ago about the effects that Brexit would have on the industry, what we couldn’t have foreseen was the extent of those and the addition of a global pandemic.
White Knight Bought By Vestel
One of the few remaining British appliance brands is, well, no longer a British appliance brand as it’s been bought by the Turkish behemoth that is Vestel.