Now this was a Surprize - Antonio Merloni Made HOOVER

[ariston4life]

while browsing Google images i came across this - an Antonio Merloni Hoover, this surprised me as i never knew they made machines for hoover, any hoover experts know about these machines and how they came to be?
There's at last two of them - WA420 and WD1100 both the same machine except WD1100 has an extra dial as its a Washer Dryer

 

[elie55121]

I had an Antonio Merloni Hoover too, it lasted us 13 years and now replaced by their current parent Candy

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

For the non UK market

Antonio made some for non EU, UK & AUS Markets I think.

 

[elie55121]

here's another Hoover made by him, granny owns it

http://ny

 

[elie55121]

here's another Hoover made by him, granny owns it

http://ny

 

[elie55121]

sorry for posting duplicates, i can't delete the second as i am not an upgraded member :/

 

[hotpointfan]

That Hoover

The last one is clearly a AM made machine. It is identical to this Servis model we had in the UK about 14/15 years ago.

 

[ronhic]

Antonio made some for non EU, UK & AUS Markets I think.

Not for the Australian market AFAIK.

 

After production ended here in the late 90's, they imported the New Wave 1200F and an 800F. The 800F was a rebadged Beko.

 

All other machines have been Candy based.

http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjAwWDQ1MA==/z/9h0AAOSwBahVI27Z/$_75.JPG

 

[glenfieldmathk1]

Exactly Rohinic, Thats why I wrote Non EU, UK & AUS Markets. Meaning Not made for those markets. They all ready have Hoover made products. It was the smaller markets that took the branded antonio merloni. IE Lebanon

 

[fredriksam]

Even Whirlpool...

here is a video of a Whlpool machine that is made by Merloni Its a washer/dryer combo. I Think it only was aviable in Poland.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeItXcPURVE

 

[servischris]

Whirlpool

No, Whirlpol washer dryers from the Aqualine series and the ''6th sense'' models from the early 2000s were made by A.M. That model was available in the UK, they crop up every now and then.

 

[paulc]

Hoover

also sold rebadge Zanussi machines on mainland Europe in the 70's

http://https//www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=oHJvVeSWMunX7QaK9ICQDg&q=hoover+badged+zanussi+washing+machine&oq=hoover+badged+zanussi+washing+machine&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...4568.20809.0.23423.38.36.0.2.2.0.183.4379.0j36.36.0....0...1c.

 

[paulc]

And also this one.

http://https//www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&ei=oHJvVeSWMunX7QaK9ICQDg&q=hoover+badged+zanussi+washing+machine&oq=hoover+badged+zanussi+washing+machine&gs_l=mobile-gws-hp.12...4568.20809.0.23423.38.36.0.2.2.0.183.4379.0j36.36.0....0...1c.

 

[aegokocarat]

Didnt Zanussi also make fridges for Hoover prior to the Candy buy out?

 

[vacbear58]

Fridges

They certainly did, in fact Zanussi manufactured Hoover refrigeration products right from when they were launched in the mid 1960s. I don't know exactly when Hoover dropped refrigeration products, they were certainly included in the 1983 product line up.

The first Hoover dishwashers, AutoJet and SuperJet were also manufactured by Zanussi

Al

 

[iej]

They were lousy machines from a wash performance point of view because of the way the lifters/drum baffles worked. The clothes tended to just bounce up and down in the water instead of washing unless the machine was very heavily loaded.

 

[optima]

Antonio Merloni

My latest find. A 3 lifter Servis 900 spin Washer/Dryer.

 

[optima]

Servis

This Washer/Dryer has the most crazy wash tumbles. Makes for great viewing.

 

[aegokocarat]

Wow, that is one awesome washer dryer!
When does it date from, Optima?