Reddig Consolidated Industries (White was rolling in his grave by then)

WCI comes up a lot here, always in a derogatory tone. There's a reason for that, most known for what they did to specific product lines. But it goes beyond that.

Link below is the most comprehensive history of White Consolidated Industries I've found. The Wiki is useless.

Since 1986, WCI has been ECI, Eurotrash Consolidated Industries division of Electrosux. In the US they badge their products with the names they have acquired like Frigidaire, or with US brands which still exist but contract with Electrosux like GE and Whirlpool. The nameplate will blame WCI, Electrosux isn't honest enough to use their own name. Maybe they think it will still be worth something someday?

My 1998 ElectroFrigiWhiteGenPool front loader still works. Not at all sure it would if I were an average 3.7 person household instead of 1.0. Bearings, spiders, you know the story. And 15 years is what we expected as a MINIMUM from appliances less than a generation ago. Closer to 15 MONTHS today. Can't blame that all on Reddig, maybe he was just ahead of his time.

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Post# 699899 8/30/2013 at 03:05 (3,882 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))
Checkrate/Likes WCI comes up a lot here, always in a derogatory tone. There's a reason for that, most known for what they did to specific product lines. But it goes beyond that. Link below is the most comprehensive history of White Consolidated Industries I've found. The Wiki is useless. Since 1986, WCI has been ECI, Eurotrash Consolidated Industries division of Electrosux. In the US they badge their products with the names they have acquired like Frigidaire, or with US brands which still exist but contract with Electrosux like GE and Whirlpool. The nameplate will blame WCI, Electrosux isn't honest enough to use their own name. Maybe they think it will still be worth something someday? My 1998 ElectroFrigiWhiteGenPool front loader still works. Not at all sure it would if I were an average 3.7 person household instead of 1.0. Bearings, spiders, you know the story. And 15 years is what we expected as a MINIMUM from appliances less than a generation ago. Closer to 15 MONTHS today. Can't blame that all on Reddig, maybe he was just ahead of his time. CLICK HERE TO GO TO arbilab's LINK

Post# 699924 , Reply# 1 8/30/2013 at 08:45 (3,881 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)
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Post# 699925 , Reply# 2 8/30/2013 at 08:47 (3,881 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)
Checkrate/Likes *interestingly enough....* I have a Frigidaire fridge manufactured in 1998 that displays WCI as the manufacturer while my Frigidaire clothes dryer manufactured in 2010 bears Electrlux as the manufacturer. I just assumed that between 1998 and 2010 Electrolux bought them out, I had no idea they were all the same company in that time.

Post# 699964 , Reply# 3 8/30/2013 at 12:29 (3,881 days old) by joelippard (Hickory)
Checkrate/Likes I read the article and the company as a whole after Reddig took over sounds like a "Great Vulture" in this country, ruining everything it comes in contact with!

Post# 699999 , Reply# 4 8/30/2013 at 15:30 (3,881 days old) by rberryiii3 (Palm Springs, California)
Checkrate/Likes *Great article* What a great article....I finally know what D & M is Thanks for posting Rob