For Americans who just can’t acquire too much stuff, Maytag has introduced a beverage-vending machine for the home. The SkyBox can dispense 64 cans or 32 bottles, including long necks, and is equipped with child-safety locks to keep kids out of the grown-up drinks. The front panel illuminates lik…
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Smaller is better at times
Miele (pronounced Meal-uh), the company that began making butter churns more than 100 years ago is churning high-quality and environmentally friendly home appliances.
MERLONI ELETTRODOMESTICI WILL BE CALLED INDESIT COMPANY
Milan, Italy, Sept. 6 – Indesit Company will be the new name of Merloni Elettrodomestici. The ordinary shareholders’ meeting, which took place today in Fabriano, approved the new name, which will be in use starting January 2005.
PRG tips higher UK loss
Pacific Retail Group says the six-month loss for money-gobbling UK subsidiary PowerHouse could be $17 million worse than forecast. The 128-store appliance retailing chain was now expected to lose $36 million to $39 million in the six months to September 30, PRG disclosed yesterday.
Testing New High-Tech Washing Machines
A new generation of washing machines promises to do bigger loads — even quilts and comforters — and save on energy and water. Many of the new machines have an interesting feature — less aggravation by using a different type of agitation.
The State Of Our Industry
Our industry is about to enter the toughest 5 year period of the last 20. We are about to have legislation stuff down our throats until it makes some of us sick.
BT Free Flights Hits Hoover Trouble
It’s official BT Free Flight Offer hits trouble. The offer started back in May, by misjudgement or bad luck the same time as the BBC documentary went out. Simularities being drawn from both offers.” Hoover Flight Fiasco, how’s that for timing, part of the Trouble at The Top series produced by Ang…
Merloni Elettrodomestici, Growth To August 8.7 PCT Up On 2003
This August’s figure compared to last year shows for Merloni Elettrodemestici, a growth of 8.7 pct. Thus said, in the course of a convention on “Ethics and Economy”, the company chairman, Merloni, also stated that average growth in income for July and August 2004 has been 5.6 pct over the same tw…
Waste stockpile fears rubbished
Experts have moved to ease fears that Scotland could be facing a repeat of the problems which left the country with a fridge mountain. New laws on electronic waste will make producers responsible for dealing with equipment when it reaches the end of its useful life.
Merloni Electrical Appliances Sells Out Factoring Company
Fabriano (An), Sept. 2 – Merloni Elettrodomestici (electrical appliances), will sell out Faber Factor, a factoring company half-owned by Merloni Elettrodomestici and the remaining half by Fineldo, which is the family’s holding company.