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6 unusual facts about Whirlpool Corporation


Alexander Manu

His original research in motivation theories led to the application of play behaviour in innovation strategies, competitive analysis, trend mapping and new business models for companies as diverse as Motorola, LEGO, and Whirlpool.

Attensity

Corporations that use or have used Attensity software include Airbus, Charles Schwab, Citigroup, HP, JetBlue, Lloyds Banking Group, Safeway, Siemens, StubHub, TiVo, Travelocity, Unilever, Walgreens, Wells Fargo and Whirlpool.

Frederick and Louis Upton

Frederick Upton and Louis Upton were brothers who co-founded the Whirlpool Corporation.

Jerry Sloan

He played college basketball under Evansville coach Arad McCutchan even as he worked part-time making refrigerators for Whirlpool.

Silver Nano

In 2005 the South Korean Consumer Protection Board concluded Samsung's Silver Wash technology was exaggerated in advertisements, due to test results which showed 99.9% removal of germs by similar drum-type washers of LG Electronics, Daewoo Electronics, and Whirlpool.

Staber Industries

For the first two decades, the company's specialization was the remanufacturing of washing machine transmissions for such companies as Whirlpool, G.E., Maytag, and Speed Queen.


Apodaca

American companies such as Whirpool, General Electric, Polaris Industries, Callaway, Parker Hannifin, Visteon among many others have manufacturing operations in Apodaca.

Haier

This would bring it into direct competition with established American companies GE, Whirlpool, Frigidaire, and Maytag.

Shirur, Maharashtra

Many manufactures have set up facilities here, among them Apollo Tyres; Whirlpool India, making refrigerators; LG Electronics, making televisions and mobile handsets; Daewoo Electronics, making refrigerators; Wheels India; Bajaj Electricals; Frito-Lay of Pepsico Holdings, manufacturing Lays potato chips; Fiat automobiles; Kirloskar; Swarovski; and Ohsung, a Korean company manufacturing electronics parts.


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