White-Westinghouse

White-Westinghouse
	White Consolidated Industries
Website	white-westinghouse-intl.com

White-Westinghouse is an American

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 made White-Westinghouse branded appliances as recently as 2006.^[citation needed]

History

Westinghouse entered the major appliance industry by acquiring the "Copeman Electric Stove Company" in 1917. It later moved production from Flint, Michigan to Mansfield, Ohio. Copeman had begun manufacturing its first electric ranges in 1914. Electric ranges were first demonstrated by Thomas Ahearn in 1892, gained in popularity as electrification became widespread throughout the United States.^[4]

The company claims to have made several important innovations:

1930s refrigerators with sealed refrigeration units
1930s room
air conditioners
1930s portable dishwashers
1939 automatic washing machine that was not bolted to the floor.
1950s auto-defrost refrigerators.

The company manufactured both large and small appliances for many years. Appliances bearing the White-Westinghouse name were made by

Westinghouse

brand management subsidiary.

In the mid-1990s, household products and electronics bearing the White-Westinghouse name were sold by

Daewoo Electronics Corp. This partnership dissolved in the early 2000s and many of the products were discontinued or switched to Kmart's "Home Essentials" brand. Televisions continued to be produced by Daewoo, but were re-labeled as Curtis-Mathes, another brand licensed to Kmart for a brief period of time.^{[citation needed}

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References

^ "Consumer Electronics Makers Seek Customs Duty Hike on Finished Goods Imports, Incentives on 'R&D'". Goodreturns.
^ Electrolux history 1980-1989, from the Electrolux website. Retrieved 2011-01-23
^ "A new president with new strategies", from the Electrolux website Retrieved 2011-01-23
^ "Consumer appliance brand White-Westinghouse ramps up portfolio". The Hindu BusinessLine.

External links

Official website

[1] "Consumer Electronics Makers Seek Customs Duty Hike on Finished Goods Imports, Incentives on 'R&D'". Goodreturns.

[2] Electrolux history 1980-1989, from the Electrolux website. Retrieved 2011-01-23

[3] "A new president with new strategies", from the Electrolux website Retrieved 2011-01-23

[4] "Consumer appliance brand White-Westinghouse ramps up portfolio". The Hindu BusinessLine.

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