In its domestic, United States, market Whirlpool has nine manufacturing facilities: Amana, Iowa; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cleveland, Tennessee; Clyde, Ohio; Findlay, Ohio; Greenville, Ohio; Marion, Ohio; Ottawa, Ohio; and Fall River, Massachusetts. Together, these American manufacturing facilities account for at least 5% of the company’s employees.
The company’s milestones:
On November 11, 1911 – Louis Upton (Lou, 1886-1952), who worked as an insurance salesman, and his uncle, Emory Upton, who owned a machine shop, founded the Upton Machine Company.
In 1912 – Upton Machine Company receives its first order and contract with the Federal Electric division of Commonwealth Edison.
In 1914 – Upton Machine Company begins producing camp kits, ironers, and toy guns.
In 1916 – Upton Machine Company sells its first order of washers to Sears, Roebuck & Co.— beginning a long business relationship.
In 1918 – The trade name KitchenAid® is created. The Hobart Manufacturing Company registers the name in 1920.
In 1919 – The first residential KitchenAid® stand mixer is introduced, ushering in a new era for the domestic kitchen.
In 1925 – Upton Machine Company becomes Sears’ sole supplier of electric- and gasoline-powered washing machines.
In 1929 – The increasing volume of sales led Upton to merge with the Nineteen Hundred Washer Company of Binghamton, New York in 1929, adopting the name Nineteen Hundred Corporation.
In 1938 – The Nineteen Hundred Corporation invents the first washer with motorized agitation, ushering in a new era of time savings and convenience.
In 1947 – The Corporation introduced an automatic, spinner-type washer sold by Sears under the “Kenmore” brand. A year late, it was sold by the company under the “Whirlpool” brand name.
In 1949 – The Nineteen Hundred Corporation was renamed as the Whirlpool Corporation.
In 1951 – The philanthropic Whirlpool Foundation was established.
In 1955 – The company changed its name to Whirlpool-Seeger Corporation and began using the RCA-Whirlpool brand name.
In 1956 – First full line of RCA-Whirlpool® brand home appliances is introduced to distributors. The line covers 12 types of appliances available in 150 models.
In 1957 – Whirlpool-Seeger changes name to Whirlpool Corporation. A new administrative center is built on a 100-acre site north of Benton Harbor, Michigan.
In 1960 – Whirlpool introduces coin-operated dry-cleaning to the public and establishes the Commercial Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Equipment Division.
In 1966 – The RCA-Whirlpool® brand name changes to Whirlpool®, establishing the Whirlpool® brand as the company’s flagship brand.
In 1970 – Whirlpool Corporation establishes a new business model focused on energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. This new focus becomes the industry’s gold standard.
In 1977 – Whirlpool Corporation reenters the microwave oven market by introducing four Whirlpool brand models.
In 1985 – Whirlpool Corporation launches a line of Whirlpool® brand vacuum cleaners.
In 1987 – Whirlpool began selling compact washers in India and acquired a majority interest in Inglis of Canada.
In 1993 – Whirlpool Asia establishes headquarters in Tokyo with regional offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
In 1999 – Whirlpool Corporation launches industry’s first full line of ENERGY STAR®–qualified home appliances, under the Whirlpool® brand.
In 2001 – Whirlpool Personal Valet® clothes vitalizing system creates new product category, the first in 30 years for the home appliance industry. The Personal Valet uses steam technology to remove wrinkles and odors from ready-to-wear clothes in 30 minutes.
In 2003 – Whirlpool Corporation becomes the world’s first appliance manufacturer to set a global greenhouse gas reduction target.
In 2009 – Whirlpool Corporation opens the World of Whirlpool, a new product experience center in Chicago, Illinois.
In 2011 – Whirlpool celebrated its 100th Anniversary and unveiled its 100th Anniversary logo and an updated corporate logo.
In March 2020 – Whirlpool Corporation announced the official opening of a new Factory Distribution Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
According to whirlpoolcorp.com; en.wikipedia.org. Source of photo: internet
