(ANSA) - Rome, January 29 - Whirlpool confirmed Wednesday it
plans to leave its Naples plant and government investment agency
Invitalia said it was already looking for a "new actor" to take
the place of the US multinational.
Invitalia said it wanted to identify a new investor by the
end of July.
Whirlpool said that while the Naples plant had become
"unsustainable", Italy remained "strategic".
It said the Naples plant was losing 20 million euros a year.
The Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational
manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, headquartered in
Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States.
The Fortune 500 company has annual revenue of approximately
$21 billion, 92,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing
and technology research centers around the world.
The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir,
Amana, Gladiator GarageWorks, Inglis, Estate, Brastemp,
Bauknecht, Ignis, Indesit, and Consul.
Their website also mentions Diqua, Affresh, Acros, and Yummly
brands.
Whirlpool leaving Naples
Plant losing 20 mn a year says US multinational