We’re piecing this together a little here as we caught a report from The Mirror that speculates that residents of the Grenfell Tower that tragically went on fire may have a claim against Hotpoint if the fridge freezer is proven to be the cause.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
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Samsung Build US Factory
Samsung are splashing out about $380 million to establish a appliance manufacturing base in South Carolina of the United States to be churning out washing machines from early next year and creating 950 jobs over the next three.
Whirlpool MD Change
Longstanding Whirlpool head honcho Jeff Fettig is to stand down as CEO to be replaced by Marc Bitzer from the start of October.
Fridge Caused Grenfell Fire
The disaster that befell the Grenfell Tower in London was a shocking tragedy that most of us will probably, perhaps thankfully, never be able to comprehend but reports have emerged that the starting point of the fire was a Hotpoint fridge freezer.
AO Posts £12M Loss
Well we did say it was too good to be true and on occasion we do like to make with the whole “told ya” thing but in a totally unsurprising more, AO has posted a huge loss. Again.
Candy In Trouble?
We picked up on an article on the BBC News website about Hoover’s pension scheme being moved to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) but, it may be more interesting than that.
£10K Samsung Fridge
No, we’re really not kidding Samsung have come up with a bonkers fridge with an equally bonkers price tag!
Beko Dryers Recalled
This really is turning into a “thing” at the moment, recalls seem to be ten a penny with the latest to be added to the list being Beko and Blomberg dryers being recalled over a fire risk.
Seven Years Of Growth
Apparently continuing to sell more and more is a good thing, we’ve already pointed out many times that we don’t think so but GfK say that we’re in the seventh consecutive year of growing appliance sales.
Beko Fridge Freezer Fire
Reports of a fire caused faulty Beko fridge freezer which was subject to recall resulted in the death of a man in Manchester in August last year have come to light.