Category: Whirlpool

We hate to say we told them so on the topic of the dryer modification program but… we told them so…

We guess this was inevitable really, people affected by a fire in London due to a faulty tumble dryer are criticising Whirlpool’s handling of the matter.

This evening it has been widely reported that Whirlpool have changed their standing advice about the use of tumble dryers affected by a safety notice to now advising owners not to use them until they are modified.

Whirlpool have said today that it is to restructure its dryer production facilities for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions also known as EMEA and cut 500 jobs in the process.

Whirlpool’s chief executive says a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission is a big win for workers at its washing machine factory in northern Ohio.

Not to be left out from the IoT party Whirlpool joins the fray (again) with new machines being introduced this year that you can command using Alexa enabled devices like Amazon’s Echo etc.

Consumer group Which? has slammed Whirlpool over the delays in carrying out modifications to what are billed as potentially dangerous tumble dryers.

The Daily Mirror reports that Whirlpool UK has taken a massive financial hit due to the current and well known about safety modification to tumble dryers that can catch fire, now we know more.

It seems that changes are going on in Whirlpool with them announcing to day that they are to set up a global research centre for refrigeration and dishwasher products in Poland.

Whirlpool have launched an induction oven that picked up on from an article in Australia where it sells for over $2000AUS but why it caught our attention was that it’s an induction oven and, we were confused.