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Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
We cover almost anything interesting to do with appliances or that affects the industry, including new product releases, scandals, recalls, mergers, takeovers and all the other juicy appliance news from around the world.
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Washing machine rules to miss adoption deadline
SACRAMENTO — A regulation freeze called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will cause the state to miss a deadline to set guidelines for a law mandating water-efficient washing machines that could save billions of gallons of water a year.
Electrolux expects to be in black in two years
Electrolux Kelvinator Ltd (EKL), the Indian arm of the $2 billion Sweden-based AB Electrolux white goods giant, expects to clock profits from 2005. The company also expects to phase out the name Kelvinator in two years.
Ecstasy smuggled in fridge doors
CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australian and British police have arrested 12 members of a drug smuggling ring after ecstasy tablets were found concealed in the doors of refrigerators shipped to Australia from Britain, officials say.
Electrical Warranties Firms Faces Trading Probe
The £900 million-a-year market in extended warranties on household electrical goods was one of the first to be investigated by a new division within the Office of Fair Trading.
FPF to sell asset-backed debt securities
Wellington: Fisher & Paykel Finance (FPF), the consumer-finance unit of F&P Appliances, plans to cut costs by selling debt securities collateralised by its loans
Electrolux Holds 5.0% of Own Shares
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) — Electrolux repurchased 400,000 own shares of series-B, at an average price of SEK 152.59. After this transaction, the Company holds 16,323,872 own B-shares, corresponding to 5.0% of the share capital and 3.9% of the voting rights.
Oven rack inventor reaps rewards
STEVENSVILLE – On New Year’s Eve 1999, Bob Bartley made a resolution: In 2000, he would achieve a breakthrough with one of his inventions and see it to fruition.
Hoover Flights Saga Class Action
In a policy report by SCC Scotish Consumer Council, written by Cowan Ervine outlining why there is a need for a ” Class Action ” route in Scotland. “
Roomba Floorvac Sales Increase as Much as 600 Percent
BURLINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 17, 2003–Heading into the busiest stretch of the holiday shopping season, iRobot Corp. today announced that consumers are buying Roomba(R) Robotic Floorvacs in record numbers, making Roomba not only the world’s best-selling mobile robot, but also a favori…