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So wait, what will happen to GE's new appliances? Will Heir now make Heir badged appliances with GE's design or will Monogram, Cafe, Hotpoint ect now contain Heir parts? I dont like this one bit.
 
From personal experiences of mergers, though none this large...I have to imagine GEA in Louisville will be untouched for at least a year.
They have a large, formidable staff of engineers, marketers, salesfolk, test/QA technicians and a slew of manufacturing personnel at their FIVE plants.
I imagine Haier will leverage those resources.
However, I think we all know that there will be "synergies" and "streamlining" realized over time....as what these deals are usually all about. :/
 
GE has a huge market share in North America. Haier would be stupid to do anything to change that, aside from making the products better.

But the acquisition hasn't been finalized nor approved by the DOJ yet, so the jury is still out.
 
I just realized

I typed sell instead of sale. LOL

anyway, if they halted the sale of the lux buyout, due to it causes less competition and higher prices, why would this by any different? One is allowed and the other isn't? Perhaps because Haier is smaller? I dunno
 
GE has been

trying to sell for several years now.
Are they rebuilding the burned down parts warehouse at Appliance Park?
If not, this may be a sign of things to come. From Haier, and or China?
Maybe not, because Haier is known for low end models.
They'd be smart to keep GE designs for the higher end market share.
Esepcially the cooking products, and dishwashers. They are well made and good performers.
Just as China now owns Volvo, they have not closed the Goteberg Sweden plants, nor cheapened the vehicles. They are even looking for a US plant location.
 
Yes Malcom!

I also like the XC90, but it's out of my budget. I drive less than 12,000 miles per year now. All I need is a Focus or something.
I do know that Volvo parts and service are expensive also.
 
You know, made in China doesn't always have to mean crap anymore. I think it's the same as Japan was 30-40 years ago, starting to transition to decent products. Lenovo is an example, they've mostly kept the Think branded lines intact and high quality. I'm hoping like hell they do the same with the IBM System X stuff they just bought.

I've also noticed some compelling tablets and phones from Chinese brands, they just don't fly because there's no payment plans, you have to pay up front vs the buy on installments from the cell phone company here. The phones that is, the tablets can be quite nice if you know what you're doing buying them.
 
I read

The new Buick Envision that's coming will be built in China too.  They may be ok cars, but they will have to be out for a few years to show me quality and reliability first.  The Buick Encore (and Chevy Trax) is made in Korea by GM Daewoo.   
 
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