verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message white westinghouse product type licensed brand owner cbs corporation westinghouse electric corporation brand owner electrolux group brand licensee country u.s. introduced 1975 markets worldwide previous owners white consolidated industries website whitewestinghouse.com white westinghouse is an american home appliance brand currently used under license by trademark owner cbs corporation . it was created in 1975 when white consolidated industries bought the westinghouse electric corporation s appliance unit . white consolidated industries was in turn acquired by electrolux group in 1986 . 1 2 electrolux made white westinghouse branded appliances as recently as 2006 . history edit westinghouse entered the major appliance industry by acquiring copeman electric stove company in 1917 . it later moved production from flint michigan to mansfield ohio . copeman had begun manufacturing its first electric ranges in 1914 . electric ranges were first demonstrated by thomas ahearn in 1892 gained in popularity as electrification became widespread throughout the united states . the company claims to have made several important innovations 1930s refrigerators with sealed refrigeration units 1930s room air conditioners 1930s portable dishwashers 1939 automatic washing machine that was not bolted to the floor . 1950s auto defrost refrigerators . the company manufactured both large and small appliances for many years . today appliances bearing the white westinghouse name are still made by electrolux under license from cbs corporation through its westinghouse brand management subsidiary . in the mid 1990s household products and electronics bearing the white westinghouse name were sold by kmart stores in the united states . this essentially gave kmart a private label brand in the value category for household goods . this agreement was between windmere durable holdings salton maxim housewares and new m tech corp. who licensed the name from the then westinghouse electric . most larger sized tv s were relabeled models produced by daewoo electronics corp. this partnership dissolved in the early 2000s and many of the products were discontinued or switched to kmart s home essentials brand . televisions continued to be produced by daewoo but were re labeled as curtis mathes another brand licensed to kmart for a brief period of time . references edit electrolux history 1980 1989 from the electrolux website . retrieved 2011 01 23 a new president with new strategies from the electrolux website retrieved 2011 01 23 external links edit white westinghouse international v t e electrolux brands divisions and subsidiaries current aeg electrolux electrolux laundry systems eureka frigidaire gibson appliance kelvinator lehel parkinson cowan philco rosenlew simpson tappan white westinghouse zanussi former diamant boart1 husqvarna1 white consolidated industries2 products electrolux trilobite people keith mcloughlin marcus wallenberg other electrolux v awu the cube 1sold or demerged 2now integrated into other electrolux divisions or subsidiaries category v t e westinghouse subsidiaries baldwin westinghouse electric locomotives electrification of the new york new haven and hartford railroad bryant electric company infinity broadcasting corporation new england westinghouse company westinghouse aviation gas turbine division westinghouse broadcasting products a2w reactor list of westinghouse locomotives s2w reactor transit expressway revenue line people george westinghouse related companies viacom cbs corporation westinghouse digital westinghouse electric company westinghouse licensing corporation white westinghouse related george westinghouse award george westinghouse medal intel science talent search westinghouse works 1904 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title white westinghouse & oldid 740927790 categories manufacturing companies of the united stateselectrolux brandswestinghouse electric companyhidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2007all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 24 september 2016 at 06 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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