GE Appliances/Haier Moving FL Washer Manufacturing to Appliance Park, US

[johnb300m]

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wir...g-machine-production-china-kentucky-123235653

Well here we go!
Big bad Chinese GE Haier is moving more manufacturing to Appliance Park.

This will be the front loader lines as well as the Combo washer/dryer line.

I must say. Haier has surprised me. They’ve basically let Appliance Park run itself mostly, while also helping them invest locally. Far more than old Big GE did in decades. No more death threats to the operation from Wall St. imagine that.

They’ve even in-sourced more dishwasher parts to the Midwest when they refreshed the dishwasher line a few years ago.

 

[henene4]

Haier has been doing that pretty much globally.
Where they bought manufacturing capability, they took what was good, and kept using that, extending that by what ever they had to offer.

For example, they took the H-axis TL design from Candy/Hoover for their own as the did not have a design itself - and changed some parts.
They didn't really have US DW and FL designs - so they took those and used them.



I don't think they would have in-sourced much if the manufacturing capability wasn't there already.
But I don't think outsourcing made much sense to them anyway.

Given their overall quality goals appear to be decent enough - maybe not TOL, but certainly better than 10 years ago - I really can't fault them much.

 

[agiflow]

I really can't say anything against them now because I bought a "GE" portable dishwasher that wasn't produced in appliance Park.

Had I known I probably would have just waited to get a whirlpool.Have to say though it works quite well now 3 years in.

Unfortunately the loading isn't ideal with the tine spacing and design, but have found acceptable workarounds.$300-$400 cheaper than the whirlpool and with a stainless steel interior.