Crates of shampoo headed for Wal-Mart’s shelves will silently announce their arrival to a computer when they roll through a cavernous Dallas warehouse. Quicker than you can say “hydrating curls,” the computer will check whether they are the same crates of Pantene that rumbled out of Procter &…
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Brothers in fire rescue
Two teenage brothers had to be rescued from a bedroom yesterday morning after a fridge fault sparked a fire at their home.
EastEnders’ Bianca’s accent on spin as men come clean
FORMER EastEnder Patsy Palmer was in Wales yesterday to help teach men how to wash clothes. Patsy, famed for her famous “Ricckee” shriek as Bianca in the Cockney soap, has been hired by washing machine manufacturers Whirlpool.
Fisher & Paykel Plans to Sell Refrigerators in U.S. by August
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand’s biggest home appliance maker, plans by August to start selling refrigerators in the U.S., where its sales have grown an average 34 percent the past two years.
Hungarian supplier Bakony Muvek to expand into white goods market
Hungary’s Bakony Muvek Rt, thus far primarily a supplier of car parts, plans to expand and become a supplier of white goods makers such as Electrolux, CEO Gabor Zentai announced Wednesday. The firm will spend HUF 2.5 billion on setting up new production sites in Veszprem and Hajdunanas, and plans…
Ben & Jerry’s Introduces Thermoacoustic Refrigeration
Wouldn’t it be cool if the music of the Grateful Dead could keep Cherry Garcia ice cream cold? This Earth Day, Ben & Jerry’s announces the development of a working thermoacoustic refrigeration prototype – an environmentally friendly, alternative refrigeration technology that chills out to sou…
Did the state pay too much to woo Whirlpool to Wroclaw?
In order to attract Whirlpool to invest in Poland, the government offered the company state aid amounting to almost half of the white-goods producer’s anticipated expenditure of EUR 132 million.
Fiamma expects to return to profitability this year
FIAMMA Holdings Bhd expects to return to profitability on the back of a targeted 15-18 per cent sales growth for financial year ending September 2004, from RM210.9 million sales registered last year. Fiamma Sdn Bhd general manager (sales and marketing) Terence Lai said over 60 per cent of its tot…
Electrolux to build refrigerator factory in Mexico
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Electrolux plans to build a refrigerator factory in Ciudad Juarez, employing some 3,000 people.
Haier India aims for 15-percent market share
China’s Haier, the world’s fifth-biggest white goods maker, hopes to own up to 15 percent of India’s booming consumer-goods market and boost its fortunes in the face cutthroat competition at home.