Frigidaire
| Frigidaire
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1916 |
| resolution | 1986 |
| Reason for dissolution | Sale to Electrolux |
| Seat | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Branch | domestic appliances |
| Website | www.frigidaire.com |
Frigidaire was an American manufacturer of household appliances. Today the brand is part of the Swedish Electrolux group.
history
The company was founded in Fort Wayne , Indiana in 1916 as the Guardian Frigerator Company to manufacture electrically operated refrigerators .
In 1918 General Motors acquired the company and renamed it Frigidaire in 1919. Production was relocated to Detroit and production techniques of automobile production were used. In 1921 production was relocated to Dayton, Ohio . After the capacities there were no longer sufficient , a larger new production facility was completed in Moraine , Ohio, in 1926 . In 1929, the one millionth Frigidaire refrigerator was completed. Despite the global economic crisis, Frigidaire increased production and sales with new products such as electric dehumidifiers and entered the railway air-conditioning sector . In 1937 the company expanded its product range to include electric cookers .
Civilian production ceased during World War II and Frigidaire made .50 BMG ammunition under Browning license , aircraft propellers and hydraulic controls for military applications.
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After the war, Frigidaire expanded its line of appliances to include washing machines , dishwashers , food waste disposers, ice machines and car air conditioning systems. In 1956 Frigidaire produced its 20 millionth refrigerator. However, due to the high production costs, Frigidaire's household appliances were no longer competitive. Sales stalled and eventually several thousand workers were laid off in 1971. Due to the growing business with car air conditioning systems, GM separated this department from Frigidaire in 1975 and outsourced the production branch to the newly founded ACDelco .
In 1979 General Motors announced the sale of the trademarks to White Consolidated Industries , which already owned the trademarks to Kelvinator and the Gibson Refrigator Company . The Dayton manufacturing facilities remained owned by GM and were converted to produce automobiles. In 1986 Electrolux took over WCI and with it the Frigidaire brand. The brand name is currently used for sales in North America , Russia , Tahiti , Hong Kong and parts of Africa and the Middle East . Nortek holds the trademark rights for the heating and air conditioning product areas .
Sales and production in Germany
A German sales company was founded in Berlin as early as 1927. 1930 started the own production of evaporators and compressors in Berlin. From 1938 onwards, the production of the complete cooling units was relocated to Rüsselsheim . In 1949, Frigidaire was incorporated into Adam Opel AG (also a GM subsidiary) as a subsidiary and the brand name Opel, established in Germany, was also used for the refrigerators. Depending on the period of manufacture, the devices bear the name Frigidaire with the addition of Adam Opel AG product or, in addition to the Frigidaire lettering, the white / yellow Opel logo introduced in 1950 with a connected Frigidaire crown. 1959 the production of household refrigerators in Germany is stopped.
Web links
- Company history according to General Motors Institute of Technology , Ohio Link , accessed February 23, 2020
- Company history (English) , Electrolux Group , accessed February 23, 2020
- Collection of historical Frigidaire newspaper advertisements , accessed February 23, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Division of General Motors Corporation in World War Two (English) The American Automobile Industry in World War Two , accessed February 23, 2020
- ↑ Cold Comfort: History of Automotive Air Conditioning, Part 3 - Post-World War II (English) , on curbside classic , June 3, 2017
- ↑ 20 million Frigidaire cooling systems vehicle fleet , historical photo for the 100th anniversary of the former sales company, on Kälte Klima Aktuell , issue 5/2019, accessed February 23, 2020
- ↑ GM to Sell Frigidaire To White Consolidated , The New York Times , February 1, 1979
- ↑ Sales companies outside the USA , international company website , accessed February 23, 2020
- ↑ About Frigidaire , Nortek Global HVAC website , accessed February 23, 2020
- ↑ Exhibit of the month Sauerland Kurier , June 12, 2019
- ↑ Company history of Frigidaire GmbH on Historische Kälte- und Klimatechnik eV , accessed February 22, 2020