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• Victor Iowa plant to end operations.

  - 2007-04-30

  Byline: Nina Ying Sun Custom injection molder Victor Plastics Inc. will shut down its plant in Kanola, Iowa, by July, when its contract with Whirlpool Corp. expires. The Kalona factory makes refrigerator parts for a Whirlpool plant in Amana. Bu ...

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• Industries continue to apply ERM plans successfully.(Spotlight: RIMS 2006 Trends & Developments)(enterprise risk management)

  - 2006-05-08

  Byline: DAVE LENCKUS Even though risk managers and consultants concur that enterprise risk management is evolving and likely will continue to for awhile, success stories are emerging from organizations that have embraced the process. And those Byline: DAVE LENCKUS...

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• Whirlpool provides updated amenities and power.(NEW PRODUCTS)

  - 2006-05-01

  The Lifetime Whirlpool from American Standard offers modern amenities and power but is 25 percent quieter than other whirlpools, according to the company. The whirlpool features the company's exclusive Comfort Jets, which are easy to clean and engine The Lifetime Whirlpool from American Standard offers modern...

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• International DisplayWorks Announces Design Win for a $1 Million Monochrome Program from Whirlpool; IDW Named as First Source Supplier for New Whirlpool Line of Washing Machines

  - 2005-12-05

  ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- International DisplayWorks, Inc. IDW (Nasdaq:IDWK), announced today that it has received an initial tooling order and named as first source supplier for Whirlpool for monochrome displays for a new washing machine. Anticipated revenue from the program is expected to exceed $1 million. The Company anticipates shipping these...

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• Stand by your brand: after-sales services tops strategy list at Whirlpool.(Cover Story)

  - 2005-09-01

  When Tom Welke thinks back to the days before a new warranty-claims processing system streamlined the interactions between Whirlpool and its thousands of service partners, one issue--waste in the service chain--is top of mind. Welke is VP of North When Tom Welke thinks...

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• Whirlpool.(Supplier performance awards)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-07-14

  Appliance giant Whirlpool recently unveiled its annual roster of leading U.S. suppliers at its Supplier Performance Awards Banquet. Out of the company's approximately 700 U.S. suppliers, Whirlpool recognized 21 companies for outstanding performance Appliance giant Whirlpool recently unveiled its annual roster of leading...

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• Whirlpool to invest in NW Ohio plants

  - 2004-06-01

  Whirlpool Corporation has announced plans to invest approximately $180 million to strengthen the company's manufacturing base in North America. The 2004 investments are expected to result in a series of innovative new product introductions and improved cost competitiveness for the company's North American business. Locally, facilities in Clyde and Findlay...

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• COOPER-HEWITT NAMES WHIRLPOOL NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD WINNER.(Brief Article)

  - 2002-10-28

  NEW YORK-Whirlpool's use of design to gain a competitive edge has made good business sense to the company and also won it the recognition of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, which bestowed the company with a National Design Aw NEW YORK-Whirlpool's use of design to...

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• Appliances get a voice; Designer Sundberg-Ferar is bridging the gap between products and services. The company wants to lead appliance makers into the future world of smarter appliances.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-05-15

  People poke fun at job titles. Not so at Sundberg-Ferar Inc., where employees get to choose their titles as a way to express not necessarily what they are doing at the company, but what they want to do. Industrial designer Josh Chang last year sele...

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• Whirlpool Dives into Bath Business.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-05-01

  Whirlpool Corp., a company that earned its reputation helping people wash dishes and clothes, wants everyone to take a bath. The company will even tell you about it at a web site devoted to the subject, www.takeabath.com. Whirlpool Corp., a company that...

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