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To reflect this, the company renamed itself White Consolidated Industries (WCI) in 1964. WCI purchased Westinghouse's major appliance business in 1975, which resulted in creation of the White-Westinghouse brand name. [3] In 1979, WCI bought the Frigidaire appliance line from General Motors. [3] WCI was acquired by Electrolux in 1986. [4] [5]
White-Westinghouse is an American home appliance brand used under license by trademark owner Westinghouse Licensing Corporation. [1] It was created in 1975 when White Consolidated Industries bought the Westinghouse Electric Corporation's major appliance business.
Seven years later, AB Electrolux purchased White Consolidated Industries, which manufactured Frigidaire, White-Westinghouse, Gibson Appliance, and Kelvinator products, and combined its Tappan holdings with these new products to create the WCI Major Appliances Group.
Consolidated Film Industries was a film laboratory and film processing company and was one of the leading film laboratories in the Los Angeles area for many decades. CFI processed negatives and made prints for motion pictures and television.
After brief ownership by White Consolidated Industries, Frigidaire was bought by Swedish multinational home appliance manufacturer Electrolux AB in 1986 — and it has remained in its ownership ...
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Kelvinator joined White Consolidated Industries, a company that later acquired the rights to Frigidaire (originally owned by General Motors), Gibson, and White-Westinghouse product lines. Electrolux of Sweden acquired White Consolidated Industries in 1986, and combined WCI brands with Electrolux-owned Tappan to become WCI Major Appliances Group.
Frigidaire was sold to the White Consolidated Industries in 1979, which in 1986 was purchased by Electrolux, its current parent. The company claims firsts including: Electric self-contained refrigerator (September, 1918 in Detroit) [11] Home food freezer [citation needed] Room air conditioner [citation needed] 30" electric range [citation needed]