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Whirlpool — Fact Sheet (November 2010)
16 slides from Whirlpool's fact sheet, November 2010
Slide 1: Whirlpool Corporation 100 Years at a Glance
Whirlpool Corporation 100 Years at a Glance
Slide 2: Timeline 1911-1919
1916 Upton Machine Company sells its first order of washers to Sears, Roebuck & Co.— 1911 beginning a long business relationship. Upton Machine Company is founded by Lou and Emory Upton in Benton Harbor, 1917 Michigan, to produce electric motor- Lou Upton writes a company letter to driven wringer wa
Slide 3: Timeline 1921-1936
Company faces the crisis of being unable to repay the loan. However, the unique 1925 working relationship between both Upton Machine Company becomes companies forges a mutually satisfying Sears’ sole supplier of electric- and 1921 agreement. Sears agrees to cancel the gasoline-powered washing machin
Slide 4: Timeline 1937-1948
labor markets shift, pulling women onto factory floors. War fosters greater 1945 Nicknamed the “Jeep,” Sears introduces the Nineteen Hundred Corporation’s first employee camaraderie, and employees Bolivian-born Miguel Etchenique automatic washer. work together to pick up the slack. immigrates to São
Slide 5: Timeline 1948-1952
1950 markets the Ignis® brand via early corporate sports sponsorships. 1952 Aligning with its new Whirlpool® brand Indústria de Refrigeração Consul is Whirlpool Corporation acquires the push, the Nineteen Hundred Corporation founded by Rudolf Stutzer and Wittich Clyde Porcelain Steel Company of Clyd
Slide 6: Timeline 1955-1958
1955 Whirlpool Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Whirlpool merges with Seeger Refrigeration Company and Radio Corporation of America’s (RCA) Estate range and air conditioning divisions. RCA-Whirlpool® is established as a brand name, and Whirlpool-Seeger Corporation as the company
Slide 7: Timeline 1960s
Whirlpool Corporation acquires the Norge Intensifying consumerism creates with no work to do. The character is one refrigeration plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas, pressure for better product quality of the most iconic advertising characters adding in excess of 1 million square feet and service, so the
Slide 8: Timeline 1969-1970s
Elisha “Bud” Gray writes the 1969 “Letter on Sustainability” to shareholders, 1970 Consul also launches it first air conditioner and established Embraco— articulating the company’s need to Whirlpool Corporation reaches Empresa Brasileira de Compressores engage in social issues, including $1.2 billio
Slide 9: Timeline 1976-1982
1977 1978 1982 Whirlpool Corporation surpasses Brastemp S.A. Household Appliances John Platts retires as chairman and CEO. $2 billion in annual revenue. changes its name to Brastemp S.A. Inc. Jack Sparks becomes chairman and CEO, 1976 Whirlpool Corporation reenters the and introduces five-year capit
Slide 10: Timeline 1983-1987
1985 performance and heritage. KitchenAid® was a business unit of Dart & Kraft— The La Vergne, Tennessee, manufacturing plant (producing room air conditioners Whirlpool Corporation purchases which had acquired KitchenAid’s original and dehumidifiers) remains a part of MasterCraft Industries, Inc., a
Slide 11: Timeline 1988-1992
program dedicated to exceeding customer expectations. Whirlpool Corporation gains 100 percent ownership in of Whirlpool 1988 Europe B.V. in 1991. The acquisition positions the company for expansion Facing “total warfare” from domestic into European, Asian and African and global competition, Dave Whi
Slide 12: Timeline 1993-1994
1994 Whirlpool Europe B.V. takes controlling interest of Whirlpool-Tatramat joint Whirlpool exits vacuum cleaner business. The Whirlpool Performance Center Whirlpool Asia and Taiwanese firm, Teco venture in 1994. Whirlpool Europe’s in Brandywine Creek opens doors in Electric & Machinery Co. Ltd., fo
Slide 13: Timeline 1995-1997
Shenzhen Whirlpool Raybo Air- Conditioner Industrial Co. Ltd., an 1997 Whirlpool Corporation is selected by Sears, Roebuck & Co. to produce air conditioner manufacturing joint Manufacturing in 13 countries Kenmore ranges. This is the company’s venture, is formed with Whirlpool with 61,370 employees,
Slide 14: Timeline 1999-2002
Whirlpool Corporation’s KitchenAid® brand partners with Susan G. Komen for the Cure to create the Cook for the Cure campaign. 1999 Whirlpool Corporation operating results 2002 reach record levels with total revenues in Whirlpool Corporation gains full excess of $10.5 billion. ownership of Vitromatic
Slide 15: Timeline 2004-2007
company donates more than 73,000 selected and managed to reach The 200 volunteers build 10 houses in appliances for Habitat homes. Fettig takes a targeted yet broad spectrum of one week. In 2007, 9 houses are built Whirlpool Corporation’s relationship with consumers. Whirlpool Corporation is near Ph
Slide 16: Timeline 2009-2011
single largest investment Whirlpool Whirlpool Europe Region changes Corporation has made anywhere in its name to EMEA—Whirlpool Europe, the world— which “reinforces our Middle East and Africa—to be more commitment to the competitiveness of reflective of the business. 2009 U.S. manufacturing.” Whirlp