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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. White Consolidated Industries was in turn acquired by Electrolux in 1986. [2] [3]
Electrolux products are sold under a variety of brand names (including its own), and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners intended for home consumer use. [6] Electrolux has a primary listing on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the OMX Stockholm 30 index.
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.
Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W), now integrated into CBS Broadcasting, Inc. White-Westinghouse, acquired by Electrolux in 1986; Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996; British Westinghouse, later subsumed into the General Electric Company; Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founding name of WABCO
Pages in category "Electrolux brands" ... (appliance manufacturer) T. Tappan (brand) W. White Sewing Machine Company; White-Westinghouse; Z. Zanussi This ...
In 1979, European-based AB Electrolux (which had purchased Eureka five years prior) purchased the Tappan Stove Company. 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 ...
Known as the oldest surviving robot in the world, Elektro was built at the Mansfield Westinghouse Appliance Division plant for the New York World’s Fair in 1939.
After more than 50 years, and after playing a strong No. 2 to rival General Electric for most of that time, Westinghouse decided to exit the appliance business in the mid-1970s. White-Westinghouse was formed when White Consolidated Industries acquired the Westinghouse appliance unit in 1975.