Category Archives: Manufacturing

Haier 2017 report

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Haier’s 2017 Annual Report released on April 3rd, Haier posted revenue of 159.254 billion RMB, a year-on-year rise of 33.68%, with profit up by 28.77% year-on-year to register 10.544 billion RMB. Net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company came to 6.926 billion RMB with a growth of 37.37% compared to a year ago. Basic earnings per share reached 1.136 RMB with a year-on-year growth of 37.36%.

Qingdao Haier attributed its strong track record to its efforts in leading high-end market domestically with an upgraded product mix, and expanding brand presence in overseas markets, which took the lead in profit.

According to data from China Market Monitor, the market share of Qingdao Haier’s refrigerators, washers, air conditioners, water heaters, hoods, ranges grew by 3.4%, 2.3%, 0.5%, 1.3%, 1.12% and 1.06% in retail sales value terms in 2017. Its leading position in refrigerators and washers was consolidated, with a market share 2.9 and 1.7 times of that of the runner up by retail sales value in the two respective sectors. In 2017, Carsate, Haier’s high-end brand, saw its revenue rise by 41% with a market share of 35% in China’s high-end home appliance (priced above 10,000 RMB) market. Carsate’s refrigerators and washers took a market share of 30% and 69% respectively in the markets of respective products charged above 10,000 RMB, and its air conditioners 40% in the market of air conditioners priced above 16,000 RMB.

As to channels, revenue from e-commerce platforms surged with a growth of 70% in 2017, following its deployments in rebalancing channel mix, expanding consumer touch points and improving the share of high-end products. Connecting online stores, offline stores and Wechat-based stores, ehaier.com integrates its networks of marketing, logistics, information and service as an interactive platform running around the clock, creating transaction value of 4.5 billion RMB thanks to its 1 million Wechat store owners, 20,000 offline stores and 30,000 user communities

Anhui kingsun

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Anhui kingsun washing machine Co., Ltd. is wholly owned subsidiary of Ningbo Kingsun Group Co., Ltd. Ningbo Kingsun Group Co., Ltd. established in 1985 and locates in Henghe Industry Zone, Cixi City. Kingsun Group specializes in washing machines’ R&D, manufacturing and marketing

Also the company is known as one of the 100 top companies of Ningbo.

Kingsun got the top place of twin-tub washing machine export among the industry in the past three years. 60% of the products are sold to over 50 countries and regions, such as Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia,

Aksu

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Aksu Toast Machines Company, which has been fulfilling all the needs of Turkish and World kitchens for more than 50 years, was established in 1958’s. The firm-one of the first producers of the toast machines in Turkey-has been producing new and pioneering models that are preferred in most kitchens. Aksu has the principle of ‘quality products’ and Its personnel are experienced. This is what makes it a company which has a qualified variety of products preferred in kitchens. As a conclusion of this progress, It has increased Its share on the World market and Its capacity to export its products, most commonly in European and Middle East countries

Brandt

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Brandt is a French brandname producing various home equipment, created in 1924 by Edgar Brandt as a part of Hotchkiss-Brandt. Today, the company currently is owned by Cevital.

In 1924, Brandt is established.
In 1966, Hotchkiss-Brandt merges with Thomson (now Thomson SA).
In 2000, Brandt merged with Moulinex.
In September 2001, Moulinex became bankrupt and its activities were taken over by Groupe SEB.
In 2002, Brandt was taken over by Elco Holdings, an Israeli holdings and appliance company. [1]
In 2005, Elco-Brandt was bought out by Fagor, becoming FagorBrandt.
In 2014, The Algerian conglomerate Cevital bought Brandt.

 

Manufacturing facilities
current :

Orléans (France) : Production of cooking appliances
Vendôme (France) : Production of cooking appliances and kitchen hoods
Sétif (Algeria) : Production of washing machines and dryer

ESCO

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ESCO inc., who is one of the leading manufacturers & exporters of domestic, house-hold appliances; Hobs, Ovens, Cookers & Coolers, in Eskişehir TURKEY, with modern & full integrated production plants.

ESCO Quality System being established and certified in accordance with ISO – EN 9001:2008 standards. Since it was founded in year 1986, mission is to provide, healthy, safety, quality and economic products for all our customers, throughout world market.

Candy Group

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The Candy Group is a privately owned (by the Fumagalli Family) multi-brand company, among the European leaders in the household appliance industry. Built-in, free-standing and floor-care products are marketed under two international brands, Candy and Hoover, and several national brands as Rosières, Jinling, Baumatic. The Candy Group employs 4.100 people, has 6 manufacturing sites in Europe, Turkey and China, 47 subsidiaries and representative offices all over the world. The headquarter, design center and R&D premises are based in Italy.

For over 70 years, Candy Group has always been a leader of innovation, transferring the most advanced technologies into easy to use products, designed to improve the quality of life. Candy Group turned its expertise into a useful heritage and thanks to its strong identity, today it is unique and identifiable between the players in the world of appliances.

Candy celebrated 70 years since the production of the first ever Italian automatic washing machine. Among the European leaders in the MDA sector, both free-standing and built-in, with a consolidated position in the core segment of the market, Candy products combine innovation and ease of use, to meet the needs of consumers and improve their quality of life. Thanks to its long experience rich of achievements and successes, Candy has been able to develop simply-Fi, the first complete range of appliances Wi-Fi connected, for an easier management, even remotely. It’s a range of innovative products designed to wash, cook and store in a perfect Italian style.

Hoover is an international brand in the business since over 100 years; it is a European leader in the floor-care segment but also in the whole set of MDA free-standing and built-in. It is positioned in the higher segment of the market, thanks to technology and innovation, most advanced performing products and care of details. The Hoover products are intended for the most demanding customers, who desire today what will be the standard of tomorrow.

 

Asel

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Asel has over 35 years experience of leading the small electrical household appliances manufacturing in Turkey. We dedicate ourselves to meeting the tailored needs of millions of our customers all around the world. Our in house developed technologies for industrial and mechanical design, software  development and production planning frame up the excellent quality of our 2 millions of products per year. A total of 95 % of exports out of sales is the reward of our precise customer relationship management system and after sales services

SONNENKÖNIG

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Sonnenkönig’s success story began in Uster in 1957 with simple infrared heaters. In 1972, the company relocated to Wattwil in the Toggenburg, where the heaters are still produced today. Nowadays, apart from infrared emitters, you can also find everything around heating, climate, garden, cava, business, well-being and the household. We do not only have extensive know-how but also do our work with the famous Swiss precision and we continuously improve. The Sonnenkönig products are high-quality, sophisticated goods. It is hard to imagine shop shelves worldwide without the brand Sonnenkönig, which not only makes us proud but also raises the desire to constantly improve. We will continue to do our best to keep it this way and to keep our customers fully satisfied with the Sonnenkönig products.

 

 

Amica

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Amica Wronki S.A. is the largest Polish manufacturer of household appliances and belongs to the group of the most modern companies. In total, almost 70% of production goes to export markets today.Amica Products meet all international standards.

Amica was founded in 1945 in Wronki, near Poznan, in Poland. In 1957 the very first gas-coal cooker was produced in Wronki. Sales in the German market were launched in 1990. Amica Wronki SA was privatized in 1994 and has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since 1997. With a voting majority of 57 percent and an equity share of 41 percent, Jacek Rutkowski is both principal shareholder and CEO.

A new factory for refrigerators and freezers was built in 1996, and a factory for washing machines was constructed in Wronki in 2000. Other milestones include the acquisition of the Danish company GRAM in 2001, and the establishment of Amica International GmbH in Ascheberg in 2005 .

As part of a strategic redirection, since 2010 Amica’s production has been focused on its core competency of cooking. This redirection also included sale of both the refrigerator and washing machine factories in 2010.In its two remaining plants in Wronki, Amica employs (as of 31 Dec. 2014) 1917 persons in production and 611 in administration. In 2014 the Amica Group employed 2528 staff worldwide and achieved sales totaling 484 million euros. Exports accounted for 63 percent of sales in 2014. For 2015, the Amica Group forecasts sales of over 500 million euros.
In 2014 Amica invested tens of millions of euros in improved IT structures, in-house product development, and increased production capacity for cookers and ovens.

With the four brands Amica, Hansa Appliances, GRAM and Premiere in the Amica Group, sales are concentrated in Europe. Amica is the key brand for Germany and Poland. With brand awareness of 82% percent, Amica is by far the most widely recognized home appliance brand in its home market of Poland.Production capacity is currently at around 1.5 million units per year for cookers and ovens, and 400,000 units for cooktops.