Whirlpool have said today that it is to restructure its dryer production facilities for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions also known as EMEA and cut 500 jobs in the process.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
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Trump Affects Appliances
If you were cynical you could accuse us of dreaming up an article off the back of the controversial incoming new US president, Donald Trump but that’s not the case, this is actually stuff we care about.
Register My Appliance Day
Wow, if we got paid for every whatever special “day” it was we’d be golden as it always to be some special day on Twitter or wherever but today, January 19th AMDEA has declared that it’s “Register My Appliance Day”.
Samsung Sued Over Recall
Seems Samsung just can’t keep themselves out of the news at the moment and they’re newsworthy for all the wrong reasons with the latest being that as expected, they’re being sued over the faulty washing machines.
New Sharp Products
Sharp isn’t a name that most people would think on when you mention appliances but the brand does seem intent on getting in on the appliance action, such as it is with a ninja fridge no less.
Whirlpool Win Dumping Case
Whirlpool’s chief executive says a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission is a big win for workers at its washing machine factory in northern Ohio.
The Samsung No Fix
Samsung are taking a beating, again, over their safety recall of washing machines in the US with reports surfacing now that the fix, well, it’s not really a fix after all…
Samsung Corruption Case
Samsung just aren’t having any luck of late, washing machines going on fire in Australia, rattling themselves apart in the US, phones exploding and now their under investigation for corruption, big time.
CES 2017
Every year hordes of tech journalists pack their bags and head of to the fun fair that is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to see the latest gadgets and this now includes any number of kitchen appliances.
No Samsung Parts
We picked up on a letter from a reader to the Guardian newspaper this morning about a problem with availability of a spare part used on what is described as a £1700 washing machine so, at that price it has to be one of the connected ones.