Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the #1 United States home appliance maker (#2 worldwide, after Sweden's AB Electrolux). Whirlpool has about 68,000 employess worldwide and manufactures appliances under a variety of brand names, including Whirlpool, Bauknecht, Brastemp, Consul, Estate, Kenmore, KitchenAid, and Roper.
In North America, Whirlpool Corporation is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan and operates appliance plants in Indiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Ohio.
Whirlpool's seminal product was the clothes washing machine, which in the United States is today manufactured in Clyde, Ohio. The washing machine plant produces about 20,000 top-loading washing machines per day, or a total of about 4.8 million per year. The machines are produced for sale primarily in North America and Australia.
Diversity
Whirlpool received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign starting in 2004, the third year of the report.
Community Involvement
Whirlpool Corporation is a principal supporter of Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit organization dedicated to building low-cost, affordable housing. Whirlpool donates a clothes washing machine, clothes dryer, refrigerator, and stove to every Habitat for Humanity house.
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