Whirlpool have announced a deal with Chinese retailer Suning to secure distribution in China of their home appliance products, the press release with details of the deal follows.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
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Woman Defrauds Glen Dimplex
The Merseyside Echo reports today that a gran is facing having to pay back millions of pounds embezzled from home appliance manufacturer Glen Dimplex.
Daewoo Electronics Up For Sale Again
Reuters reports today that shareholders of Daewoo plan to relaunch the stalled sale of the South Korean home appliance maker in April.
Vestel Reports A TRY 1.7M Loss
Vestel White Goods reported a net loss of 1.7mn (£604K) in 4Q11 (4Q10: TRY 4.8mn loss, 3Q11: TRY 3.9mn profit), thus worse than the expectation of a TRY 9.7mn net profit and the consensus estimate of a TRY 7mn net profit.
A Smarter Smart Washing Machine?
NXP Solutions have demonstrated a concept smarter smart washing machine that utilises RFID technology for washing, dosing and fault diagnosis on washing machines.
Samsung Launch Oven Controlled By An App
Samsung have launched an oven that can be controlled by a mobile phone (or tablet we guess) app for some reason that we can’t quite work out or can anyone we’ve asked but, they’ve done it anyway.
Beko’s Parent Company Sales Dive
Turkish appliances manufacturer Arcelik, who are known as Beko in the UK, is expecting sales growth of around 20 percent this year, down from 22 percent last year, it said when announcing its annual results.
New City & Guilds Refrigeration Qualification Announced
For months the Whitegoods Trade Association (WTA), Liebherr and Amica have been working on a City & Guilds qualificaton specifically for domestic refrigeration service engineers which has been unveiled today at the Whitegoods Conference in Coventry.
ITC To Investigate Washing Machine Dumping
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) have voted to investigate allegations of dumping washing machines onto the US market from Mexico and Korea, including washing machiens from both LG and Samsung, claiming that the practices are harming applaince sales in the US. Statements from each ar…
Whitegoods Trade Association Logo And Meeting
The Whitegoods Trade Association has updated its logo to a more modern stance ahead of the Whitegoods Conference set to take place later this month in Coventry.