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Electrolux AB (Swedish: [ɛˈlɛ̂kːtrʊˌlɵks, ɛlɛktrʊˈlɵks]) is a Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer, headquartered in Stockholm. [4]
Electrolux Corp USA and Electrolux Canada Ltd were independent companies and stayed that way until the mid 1980s. From the late 1960s to the late 1990s Electrolux Corp. was a subsidiary of Consolidated Foods. In 1970, Electrolux Corp. opened up its Bristol, VA manufacturing center [6] which eventually replaced the much older Old Greenwich ...
In October 2022, Electrolux Group announced it had a buyer and $82.5 million deal in place. That initial deal fell through in April 2023 , according to a news release. In September, a second deal ...
Electrolux is a home appliance store from Sweden. The company sells to customers worldwide. It is the second largest appliance maker in the world behind Whirlpool.
On September 8, 2014, General Electric agreed to sell the company to Electrolux, a Swedish appliance manufacturer and the second-largest consumer appliance manufacturer after Whirlpool Corporation, for US$3.3 billion in cash. The deal carried a US$175 million termination fee clause if Electrolux was unable to complete the acquisition.
The appliance business was acquired by Electrolux in 2000. At this stage, Simpson essentially was outshopped to overseas manufacturing with the famous name “Simpson” applied to its washing machines. [4] As of 2016 Electrolux was still using the Simpson brand name in Australia and New Zealand for a range of washing machines and dryers. [5]
Frigidaire was founded as the Guardian Frigerator Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and developed the first self-contained refrigerator, invented by Nathaniel B. Wales and Alfred Mellowes in 1916.
Kelvinator was an American home appliance manufacturer and a line of domestic refrigerators that was the company's namesake. Although it is now defunct as a company, the name remains a brand owned by Electrolux AB.