The UK has missed the 13 August deadline for effecting legislation to implement the Waste Electronic and Electrical Directive (WEEE), leaving it liable to a substantial fine from the EU.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
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F&P Appliances Shares Slump as Profit Forecast Cut
Shares in Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand’s biggest home appliance maker, fell 6.4 percent after it said rising raw material costs and slowing sales in Australia and New Zealand may crimp profit this year.
Vacuums Come Out of the Closet
An editor for a national magazine that helps define and dictate the next big trends in interior design has it in her own well-accoutered home. Top interior designers on both coasts have placed it alongside gorgeous Hermes throws, custom furnishings and exotic floorcoverings. Beverly Ellsley, a le…
Boy dies in fridge during heatwave
A FIVE-year-old boy was electrocuted in a refrigerator at the family home in Qena, Upper Egypt, after climbing inside to escape from the heatwave raging in the region, police reported.
Maytag employs “try it before you buy it”
A consumer looking for a clothes washer does a load of laundry to see if an appliance lives up to its advertising claims. And a shopper considering a new oven tries one out by baking a batch of cookies. At Maytag Corp. appliance stores opening across the country, consumers are trying the company’…
EU Urges Member States to Implement Directives on Electronic Waste
Malta, together with all other EU member states except for Greece, has failed to meet the target date of implementation for transposing into its national legislation two EU Directives that tackle environmental problems caused by the growing amount of electric and electronic waste.
Customers pay for luxury appliances
Washers that talk to dryers, refrigerators that can be programmed to tell you what foods you’re out of, stoves that do everything but prepare the meal. It seems there’s no end to what our appliances can do – and what we’re willing to pay for them.
Investing in the product and the people in Peterborough
MERLONI Elettrodomestici UK has just completed the integration of a massive project to centralise its European call centre operations here in Peterborough. This week, business editor SARAH GUNTHARDT looks at the major investments that have been made at the city employer, which now has a workforce…
Whirlpool Home Appliances Introduces Line of Water Products
Suite of New Products Offers Solutions for Homeowners’ Needs BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Consumers continue to thirst for great quality water, a need which will now be quenched thanks to the new lines of Whirlpool water softeners, water filtration products and water coolers.
Electrolux more than grandma’s vacuum cleaner
TOWN OF ULSTER – Peter Fabiano, who got his start with Electrolux as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman said he’s been the butt of jokes.