A major appliance , also known as a large domestic appliance or large electric appliance or simply a large appliance , large domestic , or large electric , is a non-portable or semi-portable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking , washing laundry , or food preservation . Such appliances are sometimes collectively known as white goods , as the products were traditionally white in colour, although a variety of colours are now available. An appliance is different from a plumbing fixture because it uses electricity or fuel .
36-826: Hotpoint is a brand of domestic appliances . Ownership of the brand is split between American company Whirlpool , which has the rights in Europe , Chinese company Haier , which has the rights in the Americas and Turkish company Arcelik which has rights in Russia and the CIS . The company name Hotpoint comes from the hot point of the innovative first electric iron . Invented by American, Earl Richardson ( 1871–1934 ) in 1905, he subsequently formed his Pacific Electric Heating Co. in Ontario , California, in 1906. The device became known as
72-564: A 23% share of the white goods market in the United Kingdom. The Holby City actress Lisa Faulkner starred in their 2010 Campaign for Cooking Confidence . In 2009, it worked with Kelly Hoppen to produce its interior design Hot Style campaign. The company has also worked in conjunction with the P&;G detergent brand Ariel . It currently recommends Ariel. Before 2004, Hotpoint recommended Unilever brands; Persil & Comfort. In
108-709: A Hotpoint FF175BP fridge freezer was found to have triggered the Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 72 people. A total of 64,000 units of the same model were manufactured between 2006 and 2009 by Indesit under the Hotpoint brand before moving over to Whirlpool. Customers who believed they own either the FF175BP or the FF175BG models have been advised to contact the company for further safety checks. According to
144-634: A joint venture with competitor General Electric , forming the Hotpoint Electric Appliance Co. Limited (HEAC) to market GE (USA) branded goods in the United Kingdom. In 1927, GE bought the factory and entire company. It became known as the Edison General Electric Co. in 1931. Most Hotpoint production moved to GE's mammoth Appliance Park manufacturing complex in Louisville, Kentucky in the beginning of
180-446: A low-energy mode after a certain time. Many countries identify energy-efficient appliances using energy input labeling . The impact of energy efficiency on peak demand depends on when the appliance is used. For example, an air conditioner uses more energy during the afternoon when it is hot. Therefore, an energy-efficient air conditioner will have a larger impact on peak demand than off-peak demand. An energy-efficient dishwasher, on
216-966: A plant in Llandudno Junction , in Conwy County Borough , North Wales , United Kingdom. The site made around 800,000 washing machines in 2007, with about 1,000 employees. It is now the North Wales base of the Senedd . Their refrigeration products, formerly manufactured at the Peterborough factory, now are made in Poland. It has a distribution centre at Raunds . Indesit UK's (former GDA) Creda plant in Blythe Bridge , Stoke-on-Trent closed in December 2007. Closure of
252-436: A recall for the appliances, stating that up to 800,000 machines would either be replaced or repaired. In December 2019, Whirlpool announced a safety recall for certain models of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines manufactured between 2014 and 2018, due to faulty door interlocks that could cause the machines to catch fire. In September 2014, Electrolux agreed to buy General Electric's household appliances business including
288-426: A single country or geographic area. The following is an incomplete list. Note: This list does not include brands such as Kenmore , IKEA and John Lewis , which may sell Electrolux produced appliances but are not owned by or affiliated with Electrolux, as Electrolux acts as an OEM for these brands. The company's international slogan is "Shape living for the better". In the past it was "Thinking of you". In
324-419: A statement announcing a safety alert for certain models of tumble dryers produced between 2004 and 2015 due to a design flaw which caused large particles of lint to escape the fluff filter into the dryer and build up around the heating element bank which posed a risk of fire. In 2016, Whirlpool began sending out engineers to perform safety modifications to the recalled dryers. In July 2019, Whirlpool finally issued
360-522: A subsidiary of GEC until 1989, when it was merged into a new division of GEC called General Domestic Appliances (GDA). 50% of GDA was purchased by General Electric (USA), with whom it owned the joint venture. In 1998, the Redring and Xpelair brands also joined GDA, and Hotpoint was categorized as part of GDA Applied Energy. GEC was restructured into Marconi plc . from which Indesit Company ( then called Merloni Elettrodomestici ) took over and then Indesit
396-538: A variety of brand names (including its own), and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners intended for home consumer use. Electrolux has a primary listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the OMX Stockholm 30 index. The company originates from a merger of two companies—Lux AB and Svenska Elektron AB, the former an established manufacturer and the latter
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#1732782930022432-482: A younger company founded by a former vacuum salesman who had also been an employee of the former firm. The origins of Electrolux are closely tied to the vacuum, but today it also makes major appliances. Electrolux made an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in 1928 (it was delisted in 2010) and another on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in 1930. As of 2010 its shares trade on
468-781: The El Tosto , and later, under GE, the Hotpoint brand name became one of the most popular brands of toasters in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Richardson founded his settlement, Adelanto , California, in 1915. In 1918, the company, known as the Hotpoint Electric Heating Co., merged with the Heating Device Section of General Electric , becoming the Edison Electric Appliance Co. In 1920, it established
504-592: The spin-off of its professional division, which the separated company incorporated as Electrolux Professional AB. In September 2023, it was announced Electrolux has sold its refrigerator manufacturing facility in Nyíregyháza to the Malmö -headquartered heat pump systems and technology company, Qvantum for €38 million. Electrolux sells under a wide variety of brand names worldwide. Most of them were acquired through mergers and acquisitions and only do business in
540-507: The 1950s. To this day, many Hotpoint appliances are made at Louisville, and as of 2013 was the largest appliance plant in the world. In 1929, HEAC joined the Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) group, itself bought by The General Electric Company in 1967. By the 1960s it was the market leader in household electrical appliances in the United Kingdom, followed by Sweden's Electrolux . Hotpoint continued as
576-513: The 1960s the company successfully marketed vacuums in the United Kingdom with the slogan "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux". In the United States, it was frequently assumed that using this slogan was a brand blunder . In fact, the informal American meaning of the word sucks was already well known at the time in the United Kingdom, and the company hoped the slogan, with its possible double entendre , would gain attention. In Indonesia,
612-462: The 1960s, that decade saw the beginnings of a new wave of M&A activity. The company bought ElektroHelios, Norwegian Elektra, Danish Atlas, Finnish Slev, and Flymo, et al., in the nine years from 1960 to 1969. It sold its American subsidiary to Consolidated Foods and exited the American market in 1968, only returning in 1974 when Electrolux acquired Eureka-Williams from National Union , one of
648-511: The British market in 1920. It is well known for its refrigerators and washing machines . The company, including sister brands Creda and Indesit, at one time produced the largest amount of kitchen appliances in the United Kingdom. The headquarters was in Woodston, Peterborough with about 1,500 people based there making fridges and freezers. The refrigeration plant closed in 2008. In June 2017,
684-656: The Commonwealth of Independent States. In January 2023, Arcelik and Whirpool agreed to combine their European business with Arcelik owning a 75% share. The new entity will own rights to the Hotpoint brand in Europe. In February 2024, Britain's antitrust regulator provisionally cleared the deal. This followed approved by EU antitrust regulators in October 2023. Hotpoint was formed in 1911 in California and entered
720-678: The Electrolux Group, and ceased using the Electrolux name in 2004. Conversely, Electrolux-made vacuums carried the Eureka brand name , which Electrolux continued to use while also selling Electrolux branded vacuums after 2000. Electrolux USA customer service maintains a database of Electrolux made vacuums and provides a link to Aerus's website for the convenience of owners of Electrolux branded Aerus vacuums. Keith McLoughlin took over as president and CEO on January 1, 2011, and became
756-593: The Hotpoint brand in North America for £2bn ($ 3.3bn). The deal was expected to close in 2015. Due to blockage by U.S. regulators, the Electrolux deal was terminated, and GE subsequently sold its appliance division to Haier of China , to close in 2016. In 2022, Turkish white goods manufacturer Arcelik agreed to buy Whirpool's Russian arm including use of the Hotpoint brand. The deal included Whirlpool's sales operations in Kazakhstan and selected countries in
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#1732782930022792-438: The Hotpoint iron, with its hottest point at the front and not the center. Hotpoint was founded in 1911 by Earl Richardson. In 1912, the company began making electric irons, and in 1919, electric cookers in the United States. Earl Richardson also invented the first iron that switched off automatically when a maximum temperature was reached. It is claimed to have developed one of the earliest electric toasters in 1908, known as
828-568: The Hotpoint website: “We have been made aware that the recent fire at Grenfell Tower in West London may have originated in a Hotpoint branded fridge freezer, manufactured between March 2006 and July 2009, model numbers FF175BP (Polar White) and FF175BG (Graphite)". In October 2018, Whirlpool notified customers that they did not find anything that posed a risk to the customers, and that the London Fire Brigade ’s investigation into
864-530: The Hotpoint-Ariston brand. In December 2008, Indesit acquired the final quota of shares from General Electric for US$ 57m. From the end of 2011, Indesit rolled out the Hotpoint brand name across Europe, replacing the names Ariston and Hotpoint Ariston. In October 2014, Whirlpool paid 56% of the purchased by for UK only marketing whilst Haier bought out 44% for US. Whirlpool's had a turbulent ownership of Hotpoint and Indesit as in 2015, Indesit released
900-783: The NASDAQ OMX Nordic Market and over-the-counter . Electrolux is an OMX Nordic 40 constituent stock. In 1919, a Svenska Elektron AB acquisition, Elektromekaniska AB, became Elektrolux (the spelling was changed to Electrolux in 1957). It initially sold Lux branded vacuum cleaners in several European countries. In 1923, the company acquired AB Arctic and subsequently added absorption refrigerators to its product line. Other appliances soon followed, including washing machines in 1951, dishwashers in 1959, and food service equipment in 1962. The company has often and regularly expanded through mergers and acquisitions . While Electrolux had bought several companies before
936-471: The US, the corresponding figures would be 17 billion kWh of electricity and 27,000,000,000 lb (1.2 × 10 kg) CO 2 . According to a 2009 study from McKinsey & Company the replacement of old appliances is one of the most efficient global measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Modern power management systems also reduce energy usage by idle appliances by turning them off or putting them into
972-506: The appliance. This limits where they can be placed in a home. Since major appliances in a home consume a significant amount of energy, they have become the objectives of programs to improve their energy efficiency in many countries. Increasing energy efficiency is often described as an important element of climate change mitigation alongside other improvements like retrofitting buildings to increase building performance . Energy efficiency improvements may require changes in construction of
1008-999: The appliances, or improved control systems. In the early days of electrification , many major consumer appliances were made by the same companies that made the generation and distribution equipment. While some of these brand names persist to the present day, even if only as licensed use of old popular brand names, today many major appliances are manufactured by companies or divisions of companies that specialize in particular appliances. Major appliances may be roughly divided as follows: Modern appliances, such as, freezers , ovens , stoves , dishwashers , clothes washers and dryers, use significantly less energy than older appliances. Current energy-efficient refrigerators, for example, use 40 percent less energy than conventional models did in 2001. Following this, if all households in Europe changed their more than ten-year-old appliances into new ones, 20 billion kWh of electricity would be saved annually, hence reducing CO 2 emissions by almost 18 billion kg. In
1044-545: The cause of the fire had found that some electrical cabling behind the fridge freezer, or an incorrectly discarded cigarette on the kitchen window may have started the fire. The former Hotpoint plant in Yate , which makes tumble dryers, is now the only plant in the United Kingdom still in operation. Most machines are now made in Italy and Poland as opposed to the United Kingdom. Hotpoint washing machines were formerly manufactured at
1080-573: The company's first non Swedish chief executive. In August 2011, Electrolux acquired from Sigdo Koppers the Chilean appliance manufacturer CTI obtaining several brands with the purchase including: Fensa, Gafa, Mademsa and Somela. On February 6, 2017, Electrolux announced that it had agreed to acquire Anova Applied Electronics, Inc. , the U.S.-based provider of the Anova Precision Cooker. On March 23, 2020, Electrolux completed
1116-469: The manufacturing facilities at Peterborough followed in the end of 2008. On 31 July 2009, Indesit closed its plant at Kinmel Park, Bodelwyddan Denbighshire , Wales , United Kingdom. The factory employed 305 workers. The company blamed "continuing decline" in the market. In the United States, Hotpoint branded products are made by GE Consumer & Industrial (appliance business to be acquired by Haier in 2016) at Louisville, Kentucky. In 2002, it had
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1152-436: The oldest names in the vacuum cleaner industry. Electrolux sold its vacuum cleaners using the Eureka brand name in North America until 2004. This style of growth continued through the 1990s, seeing Electrolux purchase scores of companies including, for a time, Husqvarna . Hans Werthén [ sv ] , President and later chairman of the board, led the strategic core of an increasingly decentralized Electrolux—and
1188-531: The other hand, uses more energy during the late evening when people do their dishes. This appliance may have little to no impact on peak demand. Electrolux Electrolux AB ( Swedish: [ɛˈlɛ̂kːtrʊˌlɵks, ɛlɛktrʊˈlɵks] ) is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm . It is consistently ranked the world's second largest appliance maker by units sold, after Whirlpool . Electrolux products are sold under
1224-724: The past it has also recommended Glist dishwasher tablets. Actress Mary Tyler Moore appeared in a series of 1950s television commercials for the company as a character called "Happy Hotpoint", prior to her fame in television comedy series during the next two decades. Major appliance Major appliances differ from small appliances because they are bigger and not portable. They are often considered fixtures and part of real estate and as such they are often supplied to tenants as part of otherwise unfurnished rental properties. Major appliances may have special electrical connections, connections to gas supplies, or special plumbing and ventilation arrangements that may be permanently connected to
1260-525: Was bought out by Hotpoint on 21 December 2001 for £121m. At this point, Hotpoint employed around 7,000 people at its four sites in the United Kingdom, three of which later closed. Indesit UK has been based at Hotpoint headquarters in Peterborough since 1 June 2003. In 2005, Merloni Elettrodomestici rebranded to become Indesit Company. At the beginning of 2007, Indesit launched the group's new brand architecture, Hotpoint, and combined with Ariston to form
1296-517: Was instrumental to its rapid growth. While attempts to cut costs, centralise administration, and wring out economies of scale from Electrolux's operations were made in the 1960s and 1970s with the focus so firmly on growth, further company-wide restructuring efforts only began in the late 1990s. In North America, the Electrolux name was long used by vacuum cleaner manufacturer Aerus LLC , originally established to sell Swedish Electrolux products. In 2000, Aerus transferred trademark rights back to
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