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Whirlpool

The Whirlpool Corporation has its headquarters in Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. and was founded in the year 1911. Today, it is a multinational manufacturer and marketer of major home applia nces. The company manufactures in 13 countries and markets its products in more than 170 countries under 13 principal brand names. Its principal products are laundry appliances, refrigerators, cooking appliances, dishwashers, and mixers and other small household appliances. Whirlpool also produces hermetic compressors for refrigeration systems.
In the United States, the Company markets and distributes products under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Roper, Estate, Admiral, Magic Chef, Amana, and Inglis brand names primarily to retailers, distributors and builders. In Canada, it markets and distributes its home appliances under the Inglis, Admiral, Whirlpool, Maytag, Jenn-Air, Magic Chef, Amana, Roper, Estate, and KitchenAid brand names.
In Whirlpool's European region, it markets and distributes its major home appliances under the Whirlpool, Maytag, Amana, Bauknecht, Ignis, Laden, and Polar brand names, and portable appliances under the KitchenAid brand name. In addition to its operations in Western Europe, it also has sales subsidiaries in Russia, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Croatia, Morocco, and Turkey, with representative offices in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro.
In Asia, the Company has organized the marketing and distribution of its home appliances into five operating groups as they are China, (mainland China; Hong Kong and Taiwan); India (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Pakistan); Oceania( Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands); and Southeast Asia( Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Korea, and Japan).                                  
It markets and sells its products in Asia under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid,...