I have a question about the Hotpoint brand. I see a lot of posts on here from people overseas refering to the Hotpoint brand. The machines look like nothing I have ever seen. Living in the states, the only Hotpoint brand I know of was made by GE. CAn someone tell me the relationship (if any) to General Electric. It seems very unusal in that I have seen Hotpoint ranges that were made in the 40's in the US yet many of the products I see here are nothing like those. Thanks
Hotpoint Brand Questions
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Hotpoint in Great Britain, as I recall, was made initially by Associated Electrical Industries (AEI), a company which General Electric of the US partly owned at the time. A good many of their small appliances such as electric fans were based on US designs. The tariffs back then didn't allow for imports the way we have today, so they had to be locally made.
Later designs diverged and at some point GE divested its AEI holdings. GE did get back into Hotpoint UK (by then owned by GEC, the General Electric Company of Britain, which was OLDER than GE of the US!)in the late 1990s through the formation of something called General Domestic Appliances. GDA was later dissolved and Hotpoint UK sold to some Italian firm. It closed the British factories and now all Hotpoints are imported.
Hotpoint in Great Britain, as I recall, was made initially by Associated Electrical Industries (AEI), a company which General Electric of the US partly owned at the time. A good many of their small appliances such as electric fans were based on US designs. The tariffs back then didn't allow for imports the way we have today, so they had to be locally made.
Later designs diverged and at some point GE divested its AEI holdings. GE did get back into Hotpoint UK (by then owned by GEC, the General Electric Company of Britain, which was OLDER than GE of the US!)in the late 1990s through the formation of something called General Domestic Appliances. GDA was later dissolved and Hotpoint UK sold to some Italian firm. It closed the British factories and now all Hotpoints are imported.
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It simply was globalization done, before "globalization". Hoover was a big player in European appliances, yet many of us on this side of the pond are more familiar with their vacuums, portable washing machines and dryers. The stock takeovers of the 1980-1990's probably blurred the the parent companies of "white good" manufacturer's even more, just as they did in the U.S. alr
It simply was globalization done, before "globalization". Hoover was a big player in European appliances, yet many of us on this side of the pond are more familiar with their vacuums, portable washing machines and dryers. The stock takeovers of the 1980-1990's probably blurred the the parent companies of "white good" manufacturer's even more, just as they did in the U.S. alr
Yes, from the other side of the pond, I was unaware of Hotpoint products in the US until I joined this site. I have worked on US made Whirlpool washers and dryers and was aware of the Kenmore and Maytag brands but I suppose my knowledge of American appliances probably ended there. I wonder if the UK made toploaders shared parts with the US machines:
aegokocarat
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the firm who hotpoint were sold to was Indesit company (formerly Indesit electrodomstici), they left one UK factory open, and that produces tumble dryers for world export (in the US hotpoint/aristons sell as splendide RV washers and dryers)
Tom
the firm who hotpoint were sold to was Indesit company (formerly Indesit electrodomstici), they left one UK factory open, and that produces tumble dryers for world export (in the US hotpoint/aristons sell as splendide RV washers and dryers)
Tom
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Glad to hear there is one factory still open. Is it in Peterborough?
Glad to hear there is one factory still open. Is it in Peterborough?
glenfieldmathk1
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Hotpoint Factory in the UK
One factory remains open here its in Gloucestershire in the former Creda factory in Yate.
Its a large factory, and Indesit recently invested Heavily in the factory, so can't see it closing any time soon.
The Peterborough factory closed years ago, however a small part of it is the Hotpoint test lab.
You are correct, the US hotpoint is different to the UK/eu one, however now Indesit owns rights to the Hotpoint brand, it could be that Hotpoint owned by GE in the US could end, and you will get Hotpoints from Italy or Poland imported there, with the latest designs we have here.
One factory remains open here its in Gloucestershire in the former Creda factory in Yate.
Its a large factory, and Indesit recently invested Heavily in the factory, so can't see it closing any time soon.
The Peterborough factory closed years ago, however a small part of it is the Hotpoint test lab.
You are correct, the US hotpoint is different to the UK/eu one, however now Indesit owns rights to the Hotpoint brand, it could be that Hotpoint owned by GE in the US could end, and you will get Hotpoints from Italy or Poland imported there, with the latest designs we have here.
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