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Post# 208307   5/5/2007 at 02:16 (6,193 days old) by bobbins (Victoria, BC, Canada)        

Here is an interesting web site about Whirlpool...they still need to update it to include Maytag take over.

1911: Lou Upton and his uncle, Emory Upton, found Upton Machine Company in St. Joseph, Michigan, to begin producing electric wringer washers.
1916: Upton begins making washers for Sears, Roebuck and Co., which markets them under the Allen trade name.
1929: Manufacturing capacity is increased through a merger with the Nineteen Hundred Washer Company of Binghamton, New York, forming Nineteen Hundred Corporation.
1947: Company introduces the first automatic, spinner-type washer under Sears' Kenmore brand.
1948: Sale of Whirlpool brand washers begins.
1950: Company adds automatic dryers to its product line and changes its name to Whirlpool Corporation.
1955: Whirlpool gains line of refrigerators via merger with Seeger Refrigerator Company and changes its name to Whirlpool-Seeger Corporation; company acquires air conditioner and cooking range lines of Radio Corporation of America (RCA), which are marketed under the RCA-Whirlpool name until the mid-1960s.
1957: Company changes its name back to Whirlpool Corporation.
1958: In its first move outside the United States, Whirlpool buys a stake in Brasmotor S.A., a major Brazilian appliance maker.
1969: Whirlpool takes a 33 percent stake in John Inglis Co. Ltd., entering the Canadian home appliance market.
1986: Company acquires the KitchenAid division of Hobart Corporation.
1989: Whirlpool secures the rights to the Roper brand name; it joins with the Dutch company N.V. Philips to establish Whirlpool Europe B.V., a joint venture through which Whirlpool will market a full line of major home appliances in Europe.
1991: Whirlpool buys out its European partner, taking full control of Whirlpool Europe.
1997: Company launches a global restructuring involving the elimination of 4,700 jobs, the closure of plants and other facilities, and a charge of $350 million.
2000: Another major restructuring is launched that includes more than 7,000 job cuts and $373 million in charges over the following two years.

Bob

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Post# 208308 , Reply# 1   5/5/2007 at 04:11 (6,192 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
Whirlpool History

 From the company itself: Of course Maytag is so new that it is yet to be added to the History pages.--Laundry Shark

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Post# 208309 , Reply# 2   5/5/2007 at 04:24 (6,192 days old) by laundryshark (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)        
About Maytag

 Brief history mentioned here: Would Frederick Louis Maytag really be proud of the present day "whirltag," "Maypool,," and other Whirlpool and Kenmore mix-ups and variants?--Laundry Shark

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Post# 208331 , Reply# 3   5/5/2007 at 08:57 (6,192 days old) by lesto (Atlanta)        

Who made RCA's air conditioners before the merger with Whirlpool in 1955? We had a very old RCA window unit in one of my highschool classrooms. Looked to be late 40's or very early 50's. Had the RCA logo on it, stuck way inside the window like the 47 Universal someone in the club has, and had two separate fan motors. One for the outside compressor fan and one inside on the front to blow the chilled air in the room. Big and bulky but produced very little cool air. Old piston puttery sounding compressor.


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