Sentence examples for appliances unit from inspiring English sources

It sold its appliances unit to Electrolux last year and it has already trimmed its financial portfolio.

The bride, 31, works in Boston as the director of consumer marketing for the North American major appliances unit of Electrolux, the Swedish manufacturer.

The company incurred huge losses in its home appliances unit and its point of sale equipment business, according to Japanese media reports, although its semiconductor business is expected to make a profit.

When General Electric announced it might sell its appliances unit, top bosses at Haier, G.E.'s rival in China, apparently jumped at what could be their last opportunity to buy a U.S. business with a household name.

This month Mr. Immelt announced plans to sell G.E.'s consumer-lending operations in Japan for about $5.4 billion, one day after saying he would pursue the spinoff of G.E.'s consumer lighting and electrical switches business in addition to the century-old appliances unit.

As for the home appliances unit, there are plans to launch new models of washing machines and refrigerators.

Shares of Gillette had declined after the company said it would retain its Braun appliance unit.

G.E., for example, has said it wants to sell off its consumer appliance unit.

Whirlpool, which paid $320 million two years ago for its stake in its Mexican joint-venture appliance unit, exports about 35percentt of its products.

The company has said its primary focus now will be to spin off both its consumer appliance unit and the lighting business.

South Korea's LG Electronics and China’s Haier Group, two of the leading Asian home appliance makers, were named on Wednesday by General Electric Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt Jeffrey Immelt as potential bidders for its appliance unit.