1930 incorporation of Industrie Merloni 1958 birth of the Ariston brand
1970 Aristide Merloni creates three business units which assigns to his sons: the hygienic sanitary division goes to Francesco, the mechanical one to Antonio and the household appliances to Vittorio
1975 incorporation of Merloni Elettrodomestici
1987 listing on the Milan stock exchange
1987 acquisition of Indesit
1997 appointment of its first external CEO
2000 acquisition of Stinol in Russia
2001 acquisition of GDA and the Hotpoint brand in the UK
2002 publication of the first sustainability report in the sector
2004 opening of two new plants, one in Russia and one in Poland
2005 Merloni Elettrodomestici becomes Indesit Company, celebrates its first 30 years and opens the biggest logistics pole in the European white goods industry, in Lipetsk
2007 Indesit Company presents the new Group brand architecture: the Hotpoint and Ariston brands form Hotpoint-Ariston
2008 opening of two new plants in Radomsko for washing machines and dryers and for dishwashers
2010 Andrea Merloni is appointed Chairman, succeeding, after 35 years, his father Vittorio, who becomes honorary Chairman
2012 opening of a new hood facility in Poland
2013 Group CEO Marco Milani takes on the additional post of Chairman
2014
Whirlpool Corporation completes the acquisition of Indesit Company
2015 Whirlpool Corporation announces the plan for the integration of administrative functions in Italy
Bem, a Ariston\Indesit deixou de ser Italiana[8b]
Aqui,
http://www.ariston.com/pt/ já só têm águas sanitárias, caldeiras, etc... Trata-se da Ariston Thermo Group SPA, que parace que já não pertence à Merloni (digo Whirpool).
Cuirosamente, tenho uma Caldeira Ariston Genius que precisou de uma peça; na realidade o técnico (não oficial), descobriu que o fabricante da caldeira é a Chaffoteaux (marca que foi adquirida pela Ariston, assim como muitas mais a nível planetário), e, de facto, a caixa com a peça OEM menciona essa duas marcas e ainda a Elco. Portanto, pelo menos aqui não temos
gato escondido com o rabo de fora...
É caso para dizer que, com a globalização, já não se sabe bem de onde, na realidade, provêm as coisas.
P.S. A Itália continua à venda...
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