Category: Whirlpool

The Indesit name is to vanish from Peterborough after the company’s acquisition by Whirlpool was completed replacing Indesit and formerly Hotpoint.

Italian politicians have lined up to praise a new deal aimed at avoiding layoffs and raising investments by Whirlpool, however one union warned of other disputes still outstanding. 

Whirlpool said it expects to cut roughly 480 full-time positions at four administrative facilities in Italy as part of the integration of Indesit that Whirlpool acquired last year.

In what seems to have become something of a trend, Whirlpool have bought into the commercial laundry sector through an acquisition of the American Dryer company.

Union workers blocked a major highway between Rome and Naples near Caserta Wednesday to protest proposed job cuts from a Whirlpool manufacturing plant and job losses in Brazil have been mooted.

The Italian government has joined unions in denouncing reported plans by appliance giant Whirlpool to cut 1,350 jobs a year after it took over Italian rival Indesit.

Whirlpool was found not liable by a US jury in the first lawsuit to go to trial that accused Whirlpool of selling washing machines containing a design flaw that made them prone to developing mold.

European Union antitrust regulators have cleared the €758 million (£601 million) bid by appliance maker Whirlpool for 60% stake of Italian manufacturer Indesit.

Whirlpool has received a nod from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to go ahead with its previously announced acquisition of 51% stake in Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. 

Some of us will recall the Whirlpool Pret a Porter that appeared a few years back that offered to refresh and de-wrinkle clothes with no effort that subsequently disappeared without a trace. It’s back, sort of.