Category: Whirlpool

Whirlpool will lay off 1,200 U.S. workers and expand production at a Mexican factory. The big Michigan appliance maker said Tuesday it would expand production of side-by-side refrigeration products at its Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, facility beginning in 2007.

AGA Foodservice Group PLC, the cooker and refrigeration operation, said it has has acquired Amana Commercial Microwaves from the Whirlpool Corp for 49.25 mln usd in cash. AGA said the net assets being acquired are 5 mln usd.

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Whirlpool Corp. said Tuesday its second-quarter earnings fell 5% but beat Wall Street expectations following the purchase of Maytag Corp.

Whirlpool Corporation is looking to speed up the day when most consumers will be able to monitor and control appliances from their computers and cell phones. The world’s largest appliance company on Tuesday begins testing “smart” washing machines and dryers at three homes in metropolitan Atlanta.

Whirlpool has announced a series of sweeping changes within its North American organization related to the integration of operations with the acquisition of rival appliance manufacturer Maytag.

Whirlpool Romania reported for 2005 a net profit of 2.4 million euros, half of the total reported for 2004, when the company registered a gross profit of 4.8 million euros, according to the data issued by the Ministry of Public Finance.

Whirlpool Corporation has announced that it is moving up the time frame for laying off 730 workers in Fort Smith. The move will trim the rolls by Sept. 1 instead of in October.

The best-selling white goods trademark in Europe since 1996, Whirlpool is entering the Turkish market with Vestel. Whirlpool products are to be displayed in 47 Vestel stores around the country, and in three years’ time this figure is slated to reach 500.

Whirlpool Corp. wants to wash itself clean of Hoover Co. in North Canton. The company announced it would divest Hoover, the Amana commercial microwave, Dixie-Narco vending system and Jade commercial products divisions the company acquired when it bought Maytag at the end of March.