Category: Whirlpool

Electrolux and U.S. rival Whirlpool have cut costs and increased their exposure to faster-growing emerging markets to offset slowing growth in Europe and North America.

In case you haven’t been following this one, we have as it is of interest in the industry, the class action raised by Whirlpool customers on the US over bad smells or odours from their front loading Whirlpool washing machine has been sent back for review by the US Supreme Court in a strange twist…

Reuters reports that a trade panel in the USA has given approval to anti-dumping duties on hundreds of millions of dollars of residential washing machines from Mexico and South Korea in a case brought by domestic appliance manufacturer Whirlpool.

Bloomberg reports that Whirlpool and LG have agreed to settle patent-infringement cases over refrigerator icemakers for an undisclosed sum.

The United States Commerce Department has granted a request from Whirlpool  to place tariffs on washing machine models imported from South Korea and Mexico.

Reuters reports that Whirlpool is to increase its stake in Alno in a move to cut the debt of Germany’s second-largest kitchen manufacturer and to reverse the decrease in Alno’s revenues.

The US Commerce Department have set preliminary duties of up to 71% on domestic washing machines from South Korea in the latest trade action brought by US manufacturer Whirlpool.

Reports indicate that almost 1000 complaints from all around the USA of Whirlpool, Kenmore and Kitchen Aid dishwashers catching fire which appears to be down to a faulty component in the dishwashers.

While long time rival Electrolux may be faring a little better by reporting an increase in profits, Whirlpool has reported a huge forty six percent drop in profits for the first quarter’s trading. 

Whirlpool have announced a deal with Chinese retailer Suning to secure distribution in China of their home appliance products, the press release with details of the deal follows.