These are companies based in the photos, provided in the XPED CES pdf on their website , does not mean that Xped are in bed with any of them, could mean absolutely nothing , just curious that these 5 companies have been placed in that news document, I've put a little bit of info on them.
Haier:
Is a pretty big fish ( Revenue USD 29.2 billion (2016) ) , OCF Diamond member , in 2014 the Haier brand had the world's largest market share in
white goods, with 10.2 per cent retail volume market share ,
www.haier.com
Parent company to :
GE Consumer & industrial - Appliances and Lighting - GE announced in early 2016 that Chinese appliance conglomerate
Haier will purchase the appliance division for $5.4 billion. -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Consumer_&_Industrial -
http://www.geappliances.com/
Fisher & Paykel - (Revenue
NZ$1.412 billion (2007) ) Trusted NZ brand services NZ , OZ , USA , Italy , Lebanon, Hong Kong - In 2012, Haier Group bought the New Zealand appliance manufacturing company
Fisher & Paykel - www.fisherpaykel.com
Haier Electronics - Sub company -
http://www.haier-elec.com.hk/
Qingdao Haier - Sub company
Honeywell -
NYSE , ( Revenue
US$38.58 billion (2015) ) , OCF Platinum member , Honeywell is a
Fortune 100 company ,
www.honeywell.com
Whirlpool -
NYSE , ( Revenue
US$20.9 billion (2015) ) , The company markets Whirlpool,
Maytag,
KitchenAid,
Jenn-Air,
Amana, Gladiator GarageWorks,
Inglis, Estate, Brastemp,
Bauknecht,
Indesit, and Consul. Whirlpool Corporation is the world's largest home appliance maker.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation -
www.whirlpoolcorp.com
Parent company to :
Hotpoint - is an American and European brand of
domestic appliances. Ownership of the brand is split between the American
Whirlpool, which has European rights, and
Haier which has North American rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotpoint
Indesit Company -
( Revenue
€2.9 billion (2012)) is an Italian company , It is one of the leading European manufacturers and distributors of major domestic appliances , The Group’s main brands are Indesit, Hotpoint and Scholtès. In July 2014,
Whirlpool Corporation has agreed to pay 758 million euros ($1 billion) to buy a 60 percent stake in Indesit to further expand beyond its U.S. home market.
Climax -
Taiwanese company , Climax has applied its expertise in telecommunications and radio frequency (RF) technologies .
Security and Telecare systems , Intrusion Detection, Transmission, Management Platform, Home Automation, Fire & Safety ,
http://www.climax.com.tw/ ,
https://www.asmag.com/suppliers/companyInfo.aspx?co=climax
Withings -
Is a sub company to Nokia , purchased by Finnish company
Nokia on 26 April 2016. Is a French
consumer electronics company , Withings is known for design and innovation in
connected health devices , 12 different products on wiki,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withings ,
www.withings.com
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