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| GE Appliances[1] | |
| Company type | Joint venture |
| Industry | Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1905, in Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Area served | North America |
Key people | |
| Products | Home appliances |
| Owners | |
Number of employees | 12,000, including 6,000 at Appliance Park |
| Website | geappliancesco |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
GE Appliances is an American home appliance manufacturer based in Louisville, Kentucky. It has been majority owned by Chinese multinational home appliances company Haier since 2016.[3] It is one of the largest appliance companies in the United States and manufactures appliances under several brands,[4] including GE, GE Profile, Café, Monogram, Haier and Hotpoint (Americas only, European rights held by Whirlpool Corporation). The company also owns FirstBuild, a co-creation community and micro-factory[5] on the University of Louisville's campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Another FirstBuild location is in South Korea, and a FirstBuild location in India opened its doors in 2019.[6]
The company was owned by General Electric until 2016, and it was previously known as GE Appliances & Lighting and GE Consumer & Industrial. Haier has the right to use the GE brand name until 2056.[3]
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- ^ "Leadership | GE Appliances". geappliances.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ a b "Haier to Buy GE Appliances for $5.4B in China's 2nd Big U.S. Acquisition This Week". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
- ^ "GE Appliances: good start for the 'house of brands'". Home Appliances World. April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Wollerton, Megan. "GE's new microfactory unveils four quirky appliance concepts". CNET. Archived from the original on February 27, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Thompson, Ashlee Clark. "GE Appliances' FirstBuild microfactory expands to India". CNET. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
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