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On June 6, 2016, Qingdao Haier (now Haier Smart Home Company) acquired GE Appliances for $5.6 billion. Under the terms of the sale, Haier has the right to use the GE brand name until 2056. GE Appliances launched a refreshed tagline ("good things, for life") in 2017, [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] a nod to its history with General Electric, which used the ...
Haier was founded as Qingdao Refrigerator Co. in 1984. With China opening up to world markets, foreign corporations began searching for partnerships in China. One of these, Germany's refrigerator company Liebherr, entered into a joint-venture contract with Qingdao Refrigerator Co., offering technology and equipment to its Chinese counterpart.
Hotpoint is a brand of domestic appliances.Ownership of the brand is split between American company Whirlpool, which has the rights in Europe, [1] Chinese company Haier, which has the rights in the Americas and Turkish company Arcelik which has rights in Russia and the CIS.
The company had a manufacturing base in Australia for almost 20 years and nearly 70 years in New Zealand, but stated it can no longer compete with low cost labour countries and had to close them. [7] [8] In 2012, Haier purchased over 90% of Fisher & Paykel Appliance shares. No changes in manufacturing or board of directors were made. [9]
In 2005, Haier sought to expand its share of foreign markets by acquiring rival white-goods OEMs and by expanding overseas production capacity. With backing from two large U.S. private equity funds, Haier made a bid to acquire U.S. appliance maker Maytag for $1.28 billion. The bid failed and Maytag was bought by Whirlpool for $1.7 billion. [23]
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Zhang Ruimin was born on January 5, 1949, to a working class family in Qingdao, Shandong; his parents were employed in a local garment factory. [5] As a youth, Zhang joined the Red Guards, visited Mao's birthplace, and attended rallies in Beijing since all schools had been closed, and when the movement was finally disbanded, he was able to avoid being sent down to the countryside.
The best-known member of the anti-cholesterol statin family of drugs, Lipitor is the biggest-selling prescription drug in history. Countless patients at high risk for heart disease have extended ...