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Fagor Electrodoméstico was a large domestic and commercial appliance manufacturer based in the Basque Country, Spain and run by the Mondragon Corporation.Fagor was Spain's largest consumer appliance company and the fifth largest electrical appliance company in Europe, manufacturing a wide range of domestic appliances, including washing machines, refrigerators and ovens.
The brand was first introduced in 1959 in France, by the Lever Brothers company, as a low-suds washing powder specially designed for automatic washing machines. [2] During 1960s it was also introduced in other European countries such as Spain, Portugal and Greece. Since 1970s it also contains enzymes in its formula, being a biological detergent.
“Just like sheets and pillows, comforters harbor allergens such as dust mites as well as perspiration, dead skin cells, body oils, and residue from pets,” says Gwen Whiting, co-founder of The ...
Model Steam Laundry, Colfax, Washington, c. 1900 The "Woman's Friend" washing machine, c. 1890 U.S. The Industrial Revolution completely transformed laundry technology. Christina Hardyment , in her history from the Great Exhibition of 1851, argues that it was the development of domestic machinery that led to women's liberation .
The modern washing machine market has seen several innovations and features, examples including: Washing machines including water jets (also known as water sprays, jet sprays [39] and water showers) and steam nozzles [40] that claim to sanitize clothes, help reduce washing times, and remove soil from the clothes. [41]
The territory is integrated by two countries, Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara (in dispute with Morocco), the territories of Spain which are geographically in Africa and in addition to the areas of Saharawi presence in Algeria. The countries have 1.9 million inhabitants, the Spanish territories 2.3 million and in total both have 4.3 million.
A laundry symbol, also called a care symbol, is a pictogram indicating the manufacturer's suggestions as to methods of washing, drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing. Such symbols are written on labels, known as care labels or care tags, attached to clothing to indicate how a particular item should best be cleaned. While there are ...
Ñ-shaped animation showing flags of some countries and territories where Spanish is spoken. Spanish is the official language (either by law or de facto) in 20 sovereign states (including Equatorial Guinea, where it is official but not a native language), one dependent territory, and one partially recognized state, totaling around 442 million people.