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Indesit
Indesit Company (; ) is an Italian company based in Fabriano, Ancona. It is one of the leading European manufacturers and distributors of major domestic appliances (washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, cookers, hoods, ovens and hobs). Founded in 1975 and listed on the Borsa Italiana between 1987 and its 2014 purchase by Whirlpool Corporation, the group posted sales of €2.9 billion in 2012. It has eight industrial areas in Italy, Poland, the UK, Russia and Turkey, and 16,000 employees. Since 2022 the majority of the company is owned by the Turkish company, Arçelik. History The company was founded in 1975 as Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA by Vittorio Merloni as a spin-off from Industrie Merloni. In the 1980s, with other Italian companies having been taken over by foreign appliance manufacturers, Merloni became the premier domestic producer in the industry. From 1981 the company went through a period of crisis, which ended in 1984, when Vittorio Merloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotpoint
Hotpoint is a brand of domestic appliances. Ownership of the brand is split between Beko Europe (owned by Koç Holdings) which has the rights in Europe, and Chinese company Haier, which has brand rights in the Americas. History Pacific Electric Heating Company 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 the Hotpoint iron, with its hottest point at the front and not the center. Hotpoint Hotpoint was founded in 1911 by Earl Richardson. Hotpoint Electric Heating Company 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 elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational corporation, multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. In 2023, the Fortune 500 company had an annual revenue of approximately $19 billion in sales, around 59,000 employees, and more than 55 manufacturing and technology research centers globally. The company markets its namesake flagship brand Whirlpool alongside other brands including Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir, Amana Corporation, Amana, Gladiator GarageWorks, John Inglis and Company, Inglis, Estate, Brastemp, Bauknecht (company), Bauknecht, Ignis, Indesit, Consul, and, in Europe, Hotpoint (in the Americas, the Hotpoint brand is controlled by Haier). In its domestic U.S. market, Whirlpool has eleven manufacturing facilities which employs about 15,000 workers. History Founding and first customers On November 11, 1911, Louis Upton (1886–1952), who worked as an insurance salesman, and his uncle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Merloni
Vittorio Merloni (30 April 1933 – 18 June 2016) was an Italian entrepreneur and industrialist. He was the honorary chairman of Indesit (chaired by his son Andrea Merloni) and Fineldo (chaired by his daughter Antonella), the family holding company that controls Indesit and other group interests. Early life Vittorio Merloni was the son of Aristide Merloni. He had a degree in economics and commerce from the University of Perugia. Career His entrepreneurial career began in the 1960s in the family business. In 1975 he founded Merloni Elettrodomestici (renamed Indesit in 2005) and he became the chairman, holding the position continuously until 29 April 2010, when he left the presidency to his son Andrea and was appointed honorary chairman. The company, listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1987, is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers and distributors of large home appliances (washing machines, dryers, washer-dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, cookers, hoods, ovens an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristide Merloni
Aristide Merloni (24 October 1897, Fabriano – 19 December 1970, Fabriano), was an Italian businessman, and founder of the Merloni industries. He started his entrepreneurial adventure with the production of scales. In the following decades, he developed a large range of products, from gas cylinders to water heaters, from bathtubs to household appliances and kitchen furniture. From his name, Aristide, the company drew inspiration to create its historical, most famous trademark, Ariston. Upon his death, the various activities were divided into three companies, one for each one of his sons. Two of these companies are still in business: Ariston Thermo Group and Indesit Company. Biography Coming from a family of workers, he attended the "Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale Montani" in Fermo, from which he graduated in 1916, when he was drafted for the First World War. When he returned to Albacina (AN), he participated with Lamberto Corsi, Tersilio Fida, Romualdo Castelli, don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariston Thermo
Ariston Holding NV is an Italian corporation that produces heating systems and related products, marketed mainly under the Ariston, Chaffoteaux, Elco, Racold, Régent, Atag, NTI, HTP, Cuenod, Ecoflam and Thermowatt brands. History 1930-2009: Industrie Merloni In 1930, Aristide Merloni founded Industrie Merloni in the Marches and began producing scales. The production of electric water heaters started in 1960 with the launch of the brand Ariston. During the 1980s the company started manufacturing boilers. During the 1990s the company opened its first branches in Eastern Europe and Asia. It also acquired Racold, India's largest water heaters' manufacturer, and opened its first wholly owned plant in China. In 2001, Industrie Merloni acquired the heating and burner companies Chaffoteaux, Elco, Cuenod and Rendamax. In 2004–2005, Industrie Merloni inaugurated new plants in Hanoi and Saint Petersburg, St Petersburg, and completed the acquisition of the Italian heating systems co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Merloni
Francesco Merloni (17 September 1925 – 1 October 2024) was an Italian industrialist, engineer and politician who was a member of the Christian Democrats. He served as the minister of public works from 1992 to 1994. He chaired Merloni Termosanitari until 2011. Early life and education Merloni hailed from a family who founded the Merloni group and created the brand, Ariston, among the others. He was born in Fabriano on 17 September 1925. He held a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Pisa in 1953. Career After graduation Merloni began his career in the family company, Merloni, in 1954 and worked there until 1972. From 1972 to 1998 he was elected to the Italian senate. He was a Christian Democrat senator until 1992. He also served as a member of the Parliament. In the elections of 1976, 1979, 1983 and 1987 he was elected deputy with the Christian Democrats. He was the public works minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Giuliano Amato from 28 June 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabriano
Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umbria). Its location on the main highway and rail line from Umbria to the Adriatic make it a mid-sized regional center in the Apennines. Fabriano is the headquarters of the giant appliance maker Indesit (partly owned by Whirlpool). Fabriano, with Roma, Parma, Torino and Carrara, is an Italian creative city (UNESCO). The town is in the category ''Folk Arts'' and is widely-known for its production of handmade paper. History Fabriano appears to have been founded in the early Middle Ages by the inhabitants of a small Roman town south at Attiggio (Latin ''Attidium''), of which some slight remains and inscriptions are extant. In 1276, Fabriano became one of the earliest places in Europe to produce paper. Since the 13th century and even t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabriano, Ancona
Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umbria). Its location on the main highway and rail line from Umbria to the Adriatic make it a mid-sized regional center in the Apennines. Fabriano is the headquarters of the giant appliance maker Indesit (partly owned by Whirlpool). Fabriano, with Roma, Parma, Torino and Carrara, is an Italian creative city (UNESCO). The town is in the category ''Folk Arts'' and is widely-known for its production of handmade paper. History Fabriano appears to have been founded in the early Middle Ages by the inhabitants of a small Roman town south at Attiggio (Latin ''Attidium''), of which some slight remains and inscriptions are extant. In 1276, Fabriano became one of the earliest places in Europe to produce paper. Since the 13th century and even today, the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arçelik
Arçelik A.Ş. () is a Turkish multinational household appliances manufacturer. The company engages in the production, marketing and after-sale services of durable goods and their components. Its products include white goods (such as refrigerators, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers) and small home appliances (such as vacuum cleaners, coffee makers and blenders). Arçelik A.Ş. is active in more than 100 countries, including China and the United States through its 13 international subsidiaries and over 4,500 branches in Turkey. The company operates 15 production plants in Turkey, Romania, Russia, China, South Africa and Thailand including refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, cooking appliances and components plants. It offers products under its own brand names, including Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Dawlance, Altus, Blomberg, Arctic S.A., Arctic, Defy Appliances, Defy, Leisure, Arstil, Elektra Bregenz and Flavel. The company is controlled by Koç Holding, Turkey's larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grenfell Tower Fire
On 14 June 2017, a List of fires in high-rise buildings, high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block of Public housing in the United Kingdom, flats in North Kensington, West London, England, at 00:54 British Summer Time, BST and burned for 60 hours. Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping. It was the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since the Blitz of World War II. The fire was started by an electrical fault in a refrigerator on the fourth floor. As Grenfell was an existing building originally built in concrete to varying tolerances, gaps around window openings following window installation were irregular and these were filled with combustible foam insulation to maintain air-tightness by contractors. This foam insulation around window jambs acted as a conduit into the rainscreen cavity, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
