Category: Whirlpool

A plan to move production of refrigerator ice makers from Whirlpool’s Fort Smith manufacturing site to China is on hold, according to a current and former union president at the plant.

Whirlpool Corporation today announced that the Circuit Court of Berrien County, Mich., has issued a temporary restraining order that requires steel supplier ISPAT Inland Inc. to continue providing steel to Whirlpool under the terms of the current supply agreement between the two companies. A cour…

Officials with Whirlpool Corp. on Tuesday released more details about changes to its North American operations, but details about the potential loss of production and jobs at its Fort Smith operation are still unknown.

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced that it plans to invest approximately $180 million to strengthen the company’s manufacturing base in North America and extend its leadership position in the U.S. appliance industry. The 2004 investments are expected to result in a series of innova…

The 600 workers at Whirlpool Corp.’s appliance factory east of Quebec City worked their last shift on Thursday, two years after the company announced its closure.

BENTON HARBOR — After sitting vacant for about 15 years, the former Kay Building on Main Street in downtown Benton Harbor is again teeming with activity.

David R. Whitwam will retire after 17 years as Whirlpool Corp.’s chairman and chief executive at the end of June, the maker of washing machines and other major appliances disclosed Tuesday.

Whirlpool Corporation today announced the annual roster of the company’s leading U.S. suppliers and will acknowledge them tonight at its Supplier Performance Awards Banquet at Lake Michigan College’s Mendel Center in Benton Harbor.

Whirpool’s decision to increase its investment in Poland has resulted in attracting the interest of tens of its Italian subcontractors to the Polish market.

On his first day as general director of Whirlpool Slovakias new washing machine plant 10 years ago, Errico Biondi stepped out of his office in the mid-afternoon to find that everyone had gone.