Never, ever underestimate a manufacturer and their ability to change, particularly the Chinese.
Beko weren't the best of quality and then they bought Blomberg.....
Maytag was renowned for good quality, and then look what happened to them....
You can add Hoover, Hotpoint (though apparently improving) and Zanussi to that list of previous better quality machines that are now owned by others and where the quality has been removed to a degree or two.