HAIER

Home appliance manufacturer buys Italian competitor Candy / Top position on global market

WHIRLPOOL

US household appliance producer fundamentally reorganising its production base in Poland / Investment of EUR 235m

WHIRLPOOL

Recently acquired Indesit to be restructured / Investments meet job cuts and plant closures

WHIRLPOOL

Household appliance manufacturer acquires Italian competitor Indesit / Expansion in Europe

ITALY

Thermoplastics consumption takes a deep cut in 2012 / PVC hardest hit / E&E industry struggles to combat poor domestic demand / Plastics processing segment one of the few bright spots in the country's industrial sector

INDESIT

Restructuring threatens employees, suppliers / Production shift eastward for Italian appliance maker?

ELIX POLYMERS

North American distributor appointed / Part of strategy to expand outside Europe

INDESIT

Italian white goods manufacturer building two new plants in Poland