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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Corporate Fact Sheet
Whirlpool Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $18 billion, 73,000 employees and nearly 70 manufacturing and technology centers around the globe.
Whirlpool Corporation also is a significant supplier to Sears Holdings Corp., which owns and controls the Kenmore brand name.
These capabilities define Whirlpool's differentiated value creation strategy and give the company the advantages it is using to effectively manage the challenges of the global marketplace today and in the years ahead.
www.whirlpoolcorp.com /about/corpfactsheet   (659 words)

  
  Whirlpool India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Whirlpool Corporation is a global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $19 billion (for year 2005), 80,000 employees and nearly 60 manufacturing and technology centers around the globe.
Whirlpool’s international outlook was initiated in 1958 when it entered Brazil, but it was the ‘80’s that marked the beginning of Whirlpool’s aggressive strategy to be a world-wide competitor.
Whirlpool’s products are stylish, modern and contemporary with elegant looks and reflect the sense of pride homemakers take in choosing them for their homes.
whirlpoolindia.com /media.aspx?id=17   (766 words)

  
 Whirlpool Campus Undergraduate Information
Whirlpool internships are not the cliché: doing work no one else wants to do, filing, copying, etc. Our internship assignments are carefully designed to both provide you, the intern, with a rich learning experience, while also meeting the needs of our business.
Whirlpool treats an internship as an extensive final round interview, and often makes the decision to extend an offer for an intern to return to the company for an additional internship, or as a full-time hire.
Whirlpool interns receive a very competitive salary in addition to perks such as employee discounts on products, gym memberships and in some cases sign on bonuses which can be used for housing.
www.whirlpoolcareers.com /Campus/internships.htm   (624 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Recall - Coffee Maker
Whirlpool Corporation, in cooperation with W.C. Wood Company Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is voluntarily recalling approximately 67,000 Whirlpool brand single-door frost-free freezers (20 cubic feet or less) and refrigerators (17 cubic feet) in order to perform a repair to eliminate the potential for electrical shock.
Whirlpool Corporation, in cooperation with W.C. Wood Company Inc. and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is voluntarily recalling approximately 67,000 Whirlpool brand single-door, frost-free freezers (20 cubic feet or less) and refrigerators (17 cubic feet) manufactured between September 2002 and February 2004.
Whirlpool is working as quickly as possible and expects to begin repairing units, both in consumers’ homes and in trade partners stores and warehouses, beginning in September 2005.
repair.whirlpool.com /FreezerFAQ.htm   (1252 words)

  
 Built Green Colorado - Industry Leaders - Whirlpool
Whirlpool has challenged itself to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 3% from 1998 levels, a goal that will be achieved not only by the production of ENERGY STAR appliances, but also by modifying manufacturing processes.
Whirlpool Corporation is able to offer these efficient products across all price ranges, providing something for every style of decor and budget while maintaining the exceptional performance our consumers expect.
Whirlpool Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances and offers more energy star rated appliances than any other manufacturer.
www.builtgreen.org /industry/whirlpool.htm   (794 words)

  
 Gilbane Report Content Technology Works | Case Study | Whirlpool
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of over $13 billion, 68,000 employees, and 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe.
Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of over $13 billion, 68,000 employees, and 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe.
Whirlpool is a six-time winner of the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy, demonstrating the company’s commitment to environmental protection.
gilbane.com /case_studies/Whirlpool_case_study.html   (7813 words)

  
 About Habitat & Whirlpool - Overview
Beginning in 1999, Whirlpool Corporation partnered with Habitat for Humanity®; by donating a refrigerator and a range to every Habitat home built in North America during that year.
Whirlpool is a leader in the effort to build 100,000 houses from 2001 through 2005.
Whirlpool is a cornerstone of this historic effort to end poverty housing worldwide.
www.whirlpool-habitat.com /about/default.asp   (199 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In North America, Whirlpool Corporation is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan and manufacturers appliances in the states of Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Whirlpool received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2004, the third year of the report.
Whirlpool Corporation is a principal supporter of Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to building low-cost, affordable housing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation   (619 words)

  
 corporate governance > DTE Energy board committee charters > audit committee charter
All Whirlpool employees are expected to comply with the antitrust/competition laws of the countries in which we do business.
Whirlpool has established accounting and other control standards and procedures to ensure that all Company assets are protected and properly used and that financial records are accurate and reliable.
Whirlpool will not tolerate any reprisal or retaliation against any person who, in good faith, reports a known or suspected violation of these standards or the law.
public.thecorporatelibrary.net /ethics/eth_14427.htm   (2255 words)

  
 Whirlpool Online Privacy Statement
Whirlpool Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances.
Whirlpool reserves the right to contact you in the event of a service notification for your registered appliance, or to issue other notices concerning the safety of your appliance regardless of your stated privacy preferences.
Whirlpool is committed to maintaining the security of the data you provide us and will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or alteration.
privacy.whirlpoolcorp.com /default2.asp   (948 words)

  
 Amana
Whirlpool Corporation reserves the right to contact you in the event of a service notification for your registered appliance, or to issue other notices concerning the safety of your appliance regardless of your stated privacy preferences.
Whirlpool Corporation uses aggregate information only as anonymous grouped data to better understand how visitors use our site, such as the pages most frequently viewed, the paths visitors use while navigating the site to optimize the experience, and to count the number of visitors.
Whirlpool Corporation is committed to maintaining the security of the data you provide us and will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse or alteration.
www.registration.whirlpoolcorp.com /privacy/amana   (1032 words)

  
 Legal Notice
Whirlpool Corporation welcomes your submissions; however, any information submitted, other than your personal information (for example, your name and e-mail address), to Whirlpool Corporation through this site is the exclusive property of Whirlpool Corporation and is considered NOT to be confidential.
Whirlpool Corporation has a policy of continuous improvement of products and reserves the right to make improvements or changes to products without notice.
Whirlpool Corporation does not endorse these sites and is not responsible for their content.
www.whirlpoolcorp.com /general/terms/legal.asp   (382 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Case No. VEA-0018
Whirlpool further maintains that in addition to the reporting requirements already imposed, OHA should require DRI to report on a monthly basis the portion of its engineering resources the firm has devoted to energy compliance as compared to other product initiatives.
Whirlpool claims that the failure to consider the possibility and prevent DRI from banking inventory prior to July 1, 2001 was an “oversight” by OHA.
Whirlpool maintains that DRI should also be required to report the portion of its engineering resources devoted to energy compliance as compared to other product initiatives.
www.oha.doe.gov /cases/ee/vea0018.htm   (2017 words)

  
 Case Study: Whirlpool Corporation: Marion Division-Marion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The employees of the Marion Division of Whirlpool Corporation have embarked on an aggressive pollution prevention program to decrease the amount of solid waste being generated by the Division, as well as improve the quality of air and water releases.
The Whirlpool Corporation, Marion plant, is a metal finishing appliance manufacturing facility employing 2,200 people in a three-shift operation.
Whirlpool Corporation purchased the Marion plant in 1955.
es.epa.gov /techinfo/case/comm/whirlpoo.html   (2564 words)

  
 Fry, Inc. - Case Study - Whirlpool
Whirlpool Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of over $12 billion, 68,000 employees, and nearly 50 manufacturing and technology research centers around the globe.
But as its online channels grew, Whirlpool needed to consolidate the sites onto a more flexible, stable, common platform that could support the unique needs of each brand and allow Whirlpool to better leverage their existing enterprise systems.
Whirlpool is creating dialogues with customers, supporting their retailers, and facilitating multi-channel transactions.
www.frymulti.com /clients/whirlpool.asp   (706 words)

  
 WHIRLPOOL - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WHIRLPOOL is a cryptographic hash function designed by Vincent Rijmen and Paulo S. Barreto.
WHIRLPOOL is a hash designed after the Square block cipher.
WHIRLPOOL is a Miyaguchi-Preneel construction based on a substantially modified Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WHIRLPOOL   (527 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation News
The Maytag Repairman is keeping his job, such as it is. Whirlpool Corp. said Monday the iconic, long-running advertising character who's always lonely, ostensibly because of the reliability of Maytag's...
Whirlpool Corporation today announced its Global Consumer Design team was recently recognized by two esteemed organizations for its product design.
Whirlpool Corp. on Thursday agreed to sell its recently acquired Hoover floor-care operation for $107 million to Hong Kong-based Techtronics Industries Co.
www.topix.net /com/whr   (609 words)

  
 About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $18 billion, more than 73,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world.
Whirlpool's global platform provides our operations with resources and capabilities no other manufacturer can match.
Whirlpool's global procurement, product development and information technology organizations help our operations reduce costs, improve efficiencies and introduce a continuous stream of relevant innovation to consumers.
www.whirlpoolcorp.com /about   (145 words)

  
 Whirlpool (1949)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Whirlpool is my fourth taste of classic director Otto Preminger, and the most disappointing.
Whirlpool is often pigeon-holed with film noir, but actually it's more of a character-lead melodrama.
Whirlpool picks up again towards the end, but there's too much wrong with it for me to give it the same praise as Preminger's best films.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0042039   (612 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Page 1 of 3 - Logistics Case Studies - Penske Logistics.com
With Whirlpool dividing logistics management duties with two incumbent third-party logistics providers, the company lacked both efficient and consistent logistics processes and procedures.
Whirlpool needed a single logistics partner which could not only identify and remedy inefficiencies up front, but would offer continuous modeling and refining as the distribution network continued to evolve.
In November 1998, Whirlpool brought in Penske Logistics to evaluate and manage its U.S. outbound, finished appliance distribution network.
www.penskelogistics.com /casestudies/whirlpool.html   (376 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Case Study
Whirlpool Corporation, a world leader in the home appliances industry, manufactures products in 17 countries and markets products in more than 170 countries.
During the migration from Lotus cc:Mail to Lotus Notes R5 e-mail, Whirlpool mail administrators found that the quota functionality was different in a Lotus Notes R5 clustered e-mail environment.
Thus, Whirlpool began to look for a tool that would bridge the retention gap and better manage quotas.
www.messagingsolutions.com /Sherpa/whirlpool_corporation.htm   (471 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation - FileMaker
Whirlpool Corporation manufactures a full line of home appliances, under such brand names as Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Brastemp, Bauknecht, and Consul.
However, before those products find their way to the consumer, a staff of industrial design experts and usability specialists supervises every step of the design process to ensure they are both ergonomic and attractive.
Whirlpool designers use a system of 15 FileMaker Pro 7 databases, containing approximately 7500 records, and now process incoming lab requests via the web.
www.filemaker.com /solutions/customers/stories/2063.html   (874 words)

  
 WhirlPool | Ohio Department of Development
Whirlpool Corporation's commitment to impact the lives of "Every Home...
Everywhere with Pride, Passion, and Performance" is unmistakable with the recent launch of the Whirlpool
Calypso™ washer.  Undoubtedly the most exciting innovation since the invention of the automatic washer itself, Calypso™ is not just a breakthrough in fabric care, it sets a precedent in energy efficiency.
www.odod.state.oh.us /cdd/oee/whirlpool.htm   (64 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Jobs: Vault Jobs & Employment Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
As one of the industry's top manufacturers and marketers of home appliances, Whirlpool is literally a household name worldwide.
Read the extended Gold Snapshot for Whirlpool Corporation, with 3x the info of the basic snapshot.
Whirlpool Corporation employee surveys are collected by Vault editors, Vault Gold Surveys provide detailed information on jobs and employment at specific employers.
www.vault.com /jobs-company/Whirlpool-Corporation.html   (417 words)

  
 Employment with Whirlpool
The Marion Division of Whirlpool Corporation is the largest and most successful clothes dryer manufacturing plant in the world.
If you meet criteria and are considered for full-time hire by Whirlpool, you will be required to submit a hair analysis drug screen.
Whirlpool pay and benefits, as stated on this website, applicable only if temporary employee is hired full time by Whirlpool.
www.jobfairohio.com /whirlpool/index.htm   (161 words)

  
 BASF awarded Whirlpool Corporation's top honor for U.S. suppliers
BASF supplies general-purpose and high-impact grades of polystyrene for Whirlpool refrigerator/freezer liners and components manufactured in the United States and Mexico, as well as Europe, Asia and South America.
BASF also supplies Whirlpool with polyurethanes -- such as urethane rigid foam, the key insulation material and most cost-effective system for meeting required energy ratings -- and industrial coatings worldwide.
BASF Corporation is the North American affiliate of BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
www.basf.com /corporate/news2003/newsinfo_whirlpool_072103.html   (564 words)

  
 Messier Object 51
The famous Whirlpool galaxy M51 was one of Charles Messier's original discoveries: He discovered it on October 13, 1773, when observing a comet, and described it as a "very faint nebula, without stars" which is difficult to see.
Its companion, NGC 5195, was discovered on March 21, 1781 by his friend Pierre Méchain, so that it is mentioned in Messier's 1781 catalog: `It is double, each has a bright center, which are separated 4'35".
Newer HST investigations (published 2001) focus on investigation of the inner spiral arms and dust clouds, which are the birth sites of massive and luminous stars.
www.seds.org /messier/m/m051.html   (625 words)

  
 Whirlpool Corporation Recall of Dishwashers
Consumers should call Whirlpool to determine if their dishwasher is included in this recall.
If it is included, Whirlpool Corporation will schedule a free in-home repair.
If you own a Whirlpool® brand and Kenmore®; brand under-the-counter plastic tall tub dishwasher and have had service on your wash motor between August 2004 and January 2005, please call Whirlpool Corporation to determine if your unit is included in this recall and to schedule a free, in-home inspection.
www.cpsc.gov /cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05123.html   (357 words)

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