Category: Washing Machine

A postcard sent by a boy to his grandfather addressed only to “The Washing Machine Man, Ixworth” arrived at the right address two days later.

A NEW design of washing machine created by a Suffolk-based businessman is set to hit the high streets.

Sanyo’s new “Aqua” domestic washer/dryer is unusual in many respects, most notably because it uses ozone to disinfect and deodorize clothes without the need for water. The ozone is injected into the drum, where it decomposes bacteria and the like before returning to the atmosphere.

The Chinese mainland exported 1.1 billion U.S. dollars worth of washing machines and dryers in 2005, up 74 percent year-on-year, according to Global Sources’ China Sourcing Report released on Friday.

Many of us would consider it a serious accomplishment just to get our computers hooked up to a home network. Are we prepared to bring our washers and dryers online as well? That’s the basic question behind tests being conducted by an industry group that includes Microsoft, Whirlpool, Hewlett-Pack…

LG unveils the steam-powered, environmentally sound washer that will kill off your iron!

If you’re a stickler for cleanliness, it sounds like a dream invention — a washing machine that destroys bugs in the weekly laundry. Its designers at Samsung claim the technology will remove or kill 99.9 percent of odor-causing bacteria, including e.coli.

A washing machine is the last thing you’re going to take traveling, right? Well what if you could have the convenience of a fully-operational washing machine without taking up all the space?

While the brains at Whirlpool, Samsung, GE, and the like have been toiling for years to improve upon the staid washer/dryer combo (“now with nanofilters!”), it took a UK college student to design a new laundry solution that actually succeeds in saving the owner significant time/labor.

Sanyo is quite environmentally-friendly these days, committed to businesses that use water circulation and recycling technology applications. During Sanyo’s product studies, they estimated that the overall demand for washing machines in Japan to be 4.57 million units. So, they put their heads tog…