Whirlpool Completes Sell Off Of Maytag Properties

[brettsomers]

after all of the BS that was developed in there,

what models do you mean? ive Bobloaded even the deep-tub models and the clothes still turned over.

 

[tomturbomatic]

what models do you mean?

The automatics with the high fin Gyrators.

 

[bobbins]

This is so sad....in the 80's all the traditional appliance makers who put their mark in the history of development in the appliance industry have vanished. Consumers are now fooled by their brand names still being used on other products..thinking they are more suppior then the other brand..in fact NOT (IE..Admiral, Westinghouse, Frigidaire, Magic Chef, etc...) The only manufacture I had total respect for quality and customer satisfaction was Maytag (Maycor) (up until 1999)...now Whirlpool...how ironic in the 80's it was common industry joke amongst appliance repairmen that Whirlpool owns Maytag...or eventually be bought by them (hence history...The famous Kitchen Aid Dishwasher take over!!)

We see this Elephant and the Mouse thing happening all over the world with banks, tele-marketers, airlines...for example in Canada...look at our airline.... At one time we had Canadian Pacific, Wardair, Pacific Western Airlines and Air Canada... then Pacific western Airlines bought CP Air and Wardair and rename themselves to Canadian Airlines. For brief time in history Canada had 2 national Air Carriers - Air Canada and Canadian Airlines...then Greed take over...Air Canada forced Canadian Airline to go bankrupt...they bough Canadian Airline ...So we are stuck with one national Air Carrier....although we still have some small air carriers like WestJet who are trying to compete..hopefully they will.

Bob

 

[frigilux]

As much as I don't want to see every freakin' brand of washer morph into a rebadged Whirlpool, at least the Maytag name will be on a high-quality product, unlike what happened to Frigidaire when WCI bought it.

 

[oxydolfan1]

I think that Frigidaire, when taken over by Electrolux a number of years ago, was under a directive by Electrolux management to begin upgrading plastic parts, gears, etc. to higher-quality metal parts....which I assume they did.

The machines seem much better than they did under White.

I would definitely consider buying one now.

Conversely, I'm very reluctant to buy Maytag or Admiral at what is pretty much the same price point.

 

[peteski50]

Frigidaire!

I had always felt if Electrolux was around when the purchase was made from GM things would have turned out much differently. By the time Electrolux came along it was to late to go back to the GM stuff. I have to say they did make improvements but nothing will ever compare to the GM Frigidaire.
Peter

 

[drhardee]

Exploder,

That Maytag plant you're speaking of was sold last week. It was in Florence, SC.

From The State (SC) newspaper Jan. 7, 2007:

FLORENCE — A Los Angeles investment firm has bought the former Maytag plant on I-95 for an undisclosed price. Hackman Capital Partners bought a 95-acre tract that includes the plant, which it hopes to lease or sell to a single manufacturer. About 250 people made washers and dryers at the plant in 2004 when Maytag began layoffs. It closed the plant about a year ago.