Samsung has signed an agreement with fashion designer Andre Kim for designs of the Zipel and Hauzen brand of home appliances, according to The Korea Times. The company will also use the designer’s name in a new lineup of products that will be on the market late in 2006. LG Electronics has stated …
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Whirlpool enters Turkish market with Vestel
The best-selling white goods trademark in Europe since 1996, Whirlpool is entering the Turkish market with Vestel. Whirlpool products are to be displayed in 47 Vestel stores around the country, and in three years’ time this figure is slated to reach 500.
Domestic & General Lift Thier Dividends
Domestic & General, the extended warranty supplier, announced solid results for last year and said it was hiking its cash return. The group delivered a 19.5% rise in pre-tax profit to £35.0m for the year to March from £29.3m a year earlier, while revenues rose 14.5% to £277….
Hoover Up For Sale
The company, which acquired the business as part of its $2.6 billion buyout of Maytag, said it has received “strong interest” from a number of potential buyers, and expects to divest the division before the end of the year. Also being parceled off are the following: Maytag’s Dixie-Narco vending m…
LG Looks Beyond Whirlpool, Electrolux
LG Electronics, Korea’s biggest manufacturer of home appliances, aims to soar past a pair of bigger rivals _ Whirlpool and Electrolux _ to become the top global player next year.
Siemens to build 300 mln yuan China refrigerator plant
Siemens AG said its board has approved an investment of 300 mln yuan to set up a plant to make side-by-side refrigerators in Chuzhou, in China’s Anhui province.
Administration for electrics firm
A South Yorkshire based electricals company has gone into administration after more than 80 years of trading. Doncaster-based Miller Brothers, which employs more than 300 staff in 20 stores across the UK, closed to customers on Thursday and Friday.
Gorenje Sells Crystal-Covered Refrigerators in London
Slovenian-based appliance maker Gorenje is selling two versions of its Premium Touch refrigerators at Harrods, a London department store chain, according to business newspaper Finance.
Indesit Plans Third Plant in Poland
Indesit Company, the appliance producer based in Fabriano, Italy, plans to build a third plant in Poland, according to reports in Puls Biznesu. The company already makes cooking appliances and refrigerators in Poland.
Oops, Hyde Park test for new LG machine doesn’t quite work
“Yesterday LG Electronics the South Korean manufacture unveiled their ‘Steam Direct’ washing machine at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park. Girls were on hand with piles of creased shirts to demonstrate how the machine can ‘bring dry-cleaning to your home’ and remove creases from your garments, …