Whirlpool Corporation said today that it has sold a number of former Maytag Corporation facilities in Newton, Iowa; Florence, S.C.; Galesburg and Herrin, Ill.; Searcy, Ark.; and Ranson, W.Va. Whirlpool acquired Maytag in April 2006.
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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Welcome To 2007!
Happy New Year from UK Whitegoods! I started writing this piece and simply thought, “where do I start and where do I end?”. This may seem like a trick question but it’s not, I promise you. 2006 was a whirlwind of a year for us, even more so that 2005 was in many ways and I have so many people t…
Samsung To Launch RFID Fridge
A refrigerator equipped with RFID technology that informs the owner when food needs to be replenished is being developed by Samsung Electronics. The fridge aims to identify when products such as eggs or milk are running low and notify the owner accordingly via their mobile phone, the Korea Times …
Happy Christmas
All the staff at UK Whitegoods would like to offer all the readers of the site a happy Christmas and we hope that you all have a good time. And, even if you’re not a regular reader we would still wish you a merry Christmas, or indeed whatever festival you choose to celebrate.
Fridge magnets ‘can be a killer’
Fridge magnets and decorative jewellery could be a killer if you have a weak heart, experts warn. A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart devices with deadly consequences.
British AGA Foodservice Group to build new plant in US
AGA Foodservice Group, a British appliance company, announced plans to build a $6 million (€4.5 million) production facility in Cedar Rapids. AGA, which makes high-end residential ranges and refrigerators and commercial appliances for restaurants and bakeries, expects to begin production in …
Bosch Earns Highest Appliance Ranking in J.D. Power Survey
Bosch beat names like GE, LG, Maytag and Whirlpool in the United States to be ranked highest in customer satisfaction in the clothes dryer segment by J.D. Power and Associates in their 2006 Major Home Appliance Study. Bosch earned the highest ranking among dishwasher and clothes dryer manufacture…
Electrolux to invest Ft 8 bln in Hungarian unit in 2007
Swedish white goods maker Electrolux plans to invest Ft 8 billion at its unit in Hungary next year, the same amount as it is investing this year, deputy CEO Lars Goran Johansson said on Thursday at an event in J??szber©ny, near Budapest, to mark the company’s fifteenth year in Hungary.
Turkey New Base for Spanish Kitchen Giant
Fagor, the Spanish industrial kitchen giant, is preparing plans to construct its second 10-million-euro plant in Gebze, near Istanbul, in early January. This is part of a strategy to expand their market across Russia, Central Asia, Arabic countries and Africa.
Whirlpool to sell Hoover to Techtronic
Whirlpool Corp. said on Thursday it would sell its Hoover vacuum cleaner business to Hong Kong’s Techtronic Industries Co. for $107 million to focus on its core appliance business. Techtronic, maker of Ryobi and Milwaukee tools, sees Hoover as a good fit with its own vacuum lineup, including Dirt…