Further to an article published on UK Whitegoods on December the 22nd 2003 (available here)which raised questions and issues with Whirlpool Service it appears that little has changed to benefit the Whirlpool Service Partners within the UK. In fact, two of them appear to have “walked away” from …
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Domestic Appliance News
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New refrigerator models from LG
LG Electronics has announced the launch of 95 models of its 2004 side-by-side refrigerator series in the Gulf. The models achieve the world’s lowest noise and electricity consumption levels, said an official.
Study says fridge market may grow 15 pc next year
THE market for refrigerators, which has been struggling with an average growth of around 5 per cent since 1999, is likely to get a boost in 2004-2005 with projected sales of 4.1 – 4.2 million units, from the expected 3.65 million units in 2003-2004, according to a forecast made by Francis Kanoi M…
Electrolux Indian subsidiary issues new shares
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 18, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — (ELUX) As part of the ongoing changes within the Indian operation, Electrolux Kelvinator Limited, the Group’s subsidiary in India, is inviting its shareholders to subscribe to new shares totaling approximately INR 2.0 billion (approximately SEK 300m).
Whirlpool Selects Lighthammer MPI Composite Application ‘Powered by SAP NetWeave
Lighthammer, supplier of the world’s first and only Operational Excellence platform for manufacturing, and an SAP(R) xApps(TM) Partner, announced today that the Whirlpool appliance company has selected its Manufacturing Performance Improvement (MPI) composite application to deliver real-time insi…
All Boxclever shops to close
TROUBLED chain Boxclever is to shut all its stores by the end of March. The closures are already under way.
Relocation, relocation? Not the way forward for us, says Hotpoint boss
Britain’s manufacturing base, hit by a series of high profile defections in recent years, yesterday got a thumbs-up – from Italy.
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, April 21, 2004
We hereby provide notice of the agenda for the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on April 21, 2004. In connection with the proposal for election of Board Members, it should be noted that all members have been nominated for re-election with the exception of Rune Andersson and Jacob Walle…
Viet Nam provides Electrolux electronic materials and accessories
A meeting between the representatives of the Electrolux Group and 20 Vietnamese enterprises was held on Tuesday. Vietnamese participants include Vietronic, Kyoshin, Dien Quang, Casumina, Sanko and Fuvi
Center Of Creativity
One way to think of Whirlpool Corp. would be as an appliance company that’s innovative. But a better characterization might be that Whirlpool has become an innovation center that makes appliances.