Here are some pictures from the 2009 Clean show: http://coinwash.com/wp/?p=668
This is the history:
1920’s and 1930’s: Business expanded so rapidly that subsidiaries were established and production licenses issued around the world. Argentina, Canada and Great Britain became productive extensions of the Philco name. Philco became famous for that period included the first hermetically sealed room air conditioner and the use of foam in refrigerator insulation. 1940: Company name is officially changed to Philco Corporation. 1943: Philco International Company is established and begins direct export selling. 1951: Introduced two-door refrigerator/freezer with fully automatic defrosting. 1954: Philco purchases two pioneer appliance brands, Bendix and Crosley. This adds a laundry line and more advanced refrigerator design. 1957: Introduced space-saving washer/dryer. 1958: Philco Italia is established. 1961: Philco becomes subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. 1973: Introduced one-piece molded plastic refrigerator liner, Cold Guard. 1977: Philco International is purchased by White Consolidated Industries. 1986: WCI purchase by AB Electrolux of Sweden. 1988: Philco International sales office moves to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1996: All U.S. manufacturing facilities are ISO9000 certified. 1998: Introduced the AquaPure Ice & Water Filtration System in side-by-side refrigerators.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8931291/International-Directory-of-Company-Histories-Volume-1-Table-of Register for free, find Bendix and it will give you the company history. Regards, Joe
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They became Eletrolux.
Website: http://www.laundrysystems.electroluxusa.com/
Here are some pictures from the 2009 Clean show:
http://coinwash.com/wp/?p=668
This is the history:
1920’s and 1930’s:
Business expanded so rapidly that subsidiaries were established and production licenses issued around the world. Argentina, Canada and Great Britain became productive extensions of the Philco name. Philco became famous for that period included the first hermetically sealed room air conditioner and the use of foam in refrigerator insulation.
1940: Company name is officially changed to Philco Corporation.
1943: Philco International Company is established and begins direct export selling.
1951: Introduced two-door refrigerator/freezer with fully automatic defrosting.
1954: Philco purchases two pioneer appliance brands, Bendix and Crosley. This adds a laundry line and more advanced refrigerator design.
1957: Introduced space-saving washer/dryer.
1958: Philco Italia is established.
1961: Philco becomes subsidiary of Ford Motor Company.
1973: Introduced one-piece molded plastic refrigerator liner, Cold Guard.
1977: Philco International is purchased by White Consolidated Industries.
1986: WCI purchase by AB Electrolux of Sweden.
1988: Philco International sales office moves to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1996: All U.S. manufacturing facilities are ISO9000 certified.
1998: Introduced the AquaPure Ice & Water Filtration System in side-by-side refrigerators.
Hello Peter. Go to this link
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8931291/International-Directory-of-Company-Histories-Volume-1-Table-of
Register for free, find Bendix and it will give you the company history.
Regards, Joe