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Originally IFB Industries was known as Indian Fine Blanks Ltd and started operations in India in 1974 in collaboration with Heinrich Schmid AG of Switzerland. [6] In 1989, it entered an agreement with Bosch-Siemens Hausgerate to produce fully-automatic washing machines and other domestic appliances. [7]
In India, dhobis, a caste group specialized in washing clothes, are slowly adapting to modern technology, but even with access to washing machines, many still handwash garments as well. [154] Since most modern homes are equipped with a washing machine, many Indians have dispensed with the services of the dhobiwallahs .
It is a contract manufacturer of televisions, washing machines, smartphones, LED bulbs, battens, downlighters and CCTV security systems for companies such as Samsung, Xiaomi, Panasonic and Philips. [4] [5] [6] It has 17 manufacturing units in India. [7] The company is listed on BSE and NSE since its initial public offering in 2017. [8] [9]
Onida has a network of 33 branch offices, 208 Customer Relation Centers and 41 depots spread across India. [6] As on 31 March 2005, Onida had a market capitalization of ₹ 301.46 crore. Mirc Electronics won an "Award for Excellence in Electronics" in 1999, from the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India. [7]
In 1937, Bendix Home Appliances was the first company to market a domestic automatic washing machine. [21] The 1937 Bendix Home Laundry [22] was a front-loading automatic washer with a glass porthole door, a rotating drum and an electrically driven mechanical timer. The machine was able to autofill, wash, rinse and spin-dry.
In 2007, a refrigerator/freezer factory was opened and the cornerstone laid for a washing machine factory in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and for a washing machine factory in Nanjing, China. In 2009, washing machine production started up in Nanjing and BSH Home Appliances Private Limited was founded in Mumbai, India.
Major appliances, often called white goods, include items like refrigerators and washing machines, while small appliances encompass items such as toasters and coffee makers. [6] Product design shifted in the 1960s, embracing new materials and colors. Consumer electronics, often referred to as brown goods, include items like TVs and computers. [7]
A combo washer dryer (also known more simply as a washer-dryer in the UK) is a combination in a single cabinet of a washing machine and a clothes dryer. It should not be confused with a "stackable" combination of a separate washing machine and a separate clothes dryer. The main advantage of washer dryer combination units is their compactness.