Category: Design
4 April 2013 | Posted in: Appliances, Awards & Recognition, Corporate, Design, Design Lab, Innovation, Trends in Homes
Leading global design competition presents top 100+ submissions Charlotte, N.C., April 4, 2013 – Today, Jillian Tackaberry, a Chicago industrial design student was chosen from 1,700 submissions to be presented among the 100 best ideas in Electrolux Design Lab 2013. The concepts represent the Inspired Urban Living theme and focus on social cooking, natural air [...]
23 August 2012 | Posted in: Appliances, Consumer Insight, Design, Innovation, Research and Development, Uncategorized
State-of-the-art $6.3 million research and development center opens at Electrolux refrigerator plant as part of the company’s commitment to invest $45 million in the plant
Electrolux makes five-year, $100,000 commitment to local school system
for creation of AP Science class
10 January 2012 | Posted in: Corporate, Design
Stefano Marzano has been appointed Chief Design Officer, a new role at Electrolux leading all design-related competencies in the Group. The changes enable Electrolux to increase the relevance and speed with which innovative solutions are taken to market.
Tags: Chief Design Officer, Design
19 April 2011 | Posted in: Appliances, Consumer Insight, Corporate, Design, Innovation
Expansion to North American Headquarters to begin this summer Electrolux will consolidate additional positions in Charlotte, creating 200 local jobs over the next four years with a $14 million capital investment in Charlotte. The positions will be relocated from other locations in the United States. Electrolux chose Charlotte for the technical positions after a comprehensive [...]
Tags: Design, Floor Care, Headquarter, North America, Office
13 January 2011 | Posted in: Appliances, Corporate, Design, Design Lab, Trends in Homes
Electrolux Design Lab 2011 invites industrial design students and recent graduates of industrial design to compete for a six-month paid internship and prize money by submitting ideas that consider intelligent mobility within home appliances. The brief specifically seeks solutions that address how people prepare food, clean and do dishes both within and beyond the home. [...]
Tags: Design, Henrik Otto, North America, Trends in Homes
4 January 2011 | Posted in: Appliances, Corporate, Design, Dishwasher, People & Management
Electrolux Major Appliances – North America kicked off a search to enhance its base of injection molding suppliers with an overwhelmingly successful, highly selective event held on Dec. 1 near the Electrolux dishwasher manufacturing plant in Kinston, N.C. Regionally-Focused Supplier Strategy The event highlights a new regionally-focused supply chain strategy for Electrolux in the Southeast, [...]
Tags: Injection Molding, Purchasing, Supply Chain
19 July 2010 | Posted in: Appliances, Awards & Recognition, Consumer Insight, cooking, Corporate, Design, Design Lab, Dishwasher, Innovation, Kitchens, Laundry, People & Management, Refrigerators, Sustainability
The top 8 concepts have now been chosen in the 2010 edition of Electrolux Design Lab. The finalists will be invited to present their concept to a jury of expert designers on 23rd September at 100% Design in London.
Tags: cooking, Design, dryer, energy saving, ranges, sustainable homes, Trends in Homes, washer
29 June 2010 | Posted in: Appliances, Consumer Insight, cooking, Design, Energy Star, Kitchens, Sustainability, Trends in Homes
With the utmost dedication to the preservation of our planet, environmental leaders Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Mary Richardson Kennedy have embarked on a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified renovation to transform their 1920′s home into an extension of their personal environmental commitments.
Tags: cooking, energy saving, kennedy, North America, ranges
29 June 2010 | Posted in: Appliances, Consumer Insight, Corporate, Design, Innovation, Kitchens, People & Management, Sustainability, Trends in Homes
The Milan Furniture Fair that took place in April is not only Europe’s largest kitchen and furniture show, but also the very epicentre of interior design.
Tags: cooking, Kitchen, Stainless Steel, sustainable homes, Trends in Homes
23 June 2010 | Posted in: Appliances, Awards & Recognition, Consumer Insight, cooking, Corporate, Design, Design Lab, Dishwasher, Innovation, Kitchens, Laundry, Ovens, People & Management, Refrigerators, Sustainability, Trends in Homes
Introducing the Robotic Fish Dishwasher, the Snail Induction Cooker and Sheep Vacuum Cleaner. From a field of 1,300, the top 25 concepts have been chosen from designers based in 17 countries across the world.
Tags: compact living, Concept, Design, Henrik Otto