Hotpoint
Brand of domestic appliances
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| December 31 2024 | The Yate manufacturing plant, which had been in operation for 104 years, was permanently closed, resulting in 142 redundancies and ending tumble dryer production in the UK. |
| October 2024 | Beko Europe announced the closure of the Yate manufacturing site, the last remaining Hotpoint manufacturing site in the UK. |
| February 2024 | Britain's antitrust regulator provisionally cleared the business deal between Arcelik and Whirlpool. |
| October 2023 | EU antitrust regulators approved the business combination between Arcelik and Whirlpool. |
| January 2023 | Arcelik and Whirlpool agreed to combine their European business, with Arcelik owning a 75% share in the new entity, which will own the rights to the Hotpoint brand in Europe. |
| 2022 | Turkish white goods manufacturer Arcelik agreed to purchase Whirlpool's Russian arm, which included the rights to use the Hotpoint brand, along with sales operations in Kazakhstan and selected Commonwealth of Independent States countries. |
| December 2019 | Whirlpool announces a safety recall for Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines manufactured between 2014 and 2018 due to faulty door interlocks that could cause fire. |
| July 2019 | Whirlpool issues a recall for up to 800,000 tumble dryers, offering to replace or repair the affected machines. |
| October 2018 | Whirlpool initially claimed no risk was found with the fridge freezer models, despite later investigations confirming a fault with the fridge-freezer's wiring as the fire's origin. |
| October 2018 | Whirlpool initially claims no risk to customers and suggests alternative fire causes, despite subsequent investigation confirming the fridge-freezer's faulty wiring as the actual fire origin. |
| June 2017 | A Hotpoint FF175BP fridge freezer is definitively identified as the source of the Grenfell Tower fire, which tragically resulted in 72 fatalities. |
| 2016 | General Electric sold its appliance division to Haier of China, completing the transfer of the Hotpoint brand ownership. |
| 2016 | Whirlpool begins sending engineers to perform safety modifications on recalled tumble dryers. |
| 2015 | The proposed Electrolux deal was expected to close this year, but was ultimately blocked by U.S. regulators. |
| 2015 | Indesit releases a safety alert for tumble dryers produced between 2004 and 2015 due to a potential fire risk from lint accumulation. |
| October 2014 | Whirlpool begins ownership of Hotpoint and Indesit brands. |
| September 2014 | Electrolux agreed to purchase General Electric's household appliances business, which included the Hotpoint brand in North America, for £2 billion ($3.3 billion). |
| 2011 | Indesit rolled out the Hotpoint brand name across Europe, replacing the names Ariston and Hotpoint Ariston. |
| 2010 | Hotpoint launched a Cooking Confidence marketing campaign featuring Holby City actress Lisa Faulkner, aiming to connect with consumers through celebrity endorsement. |
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