Amana | Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Mich. |
Frigidaire | Electrolux Corporation, Stockholm, Sweden. |
G.E. | General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, Conn. |
Hotpoint | General Electric Corporation |
Kenmore | Whirlpool Corporation (for Sears) |
KitchenAid | Whirlpool Corporation (high-priced line; acquired 1986) |
Magic Chef | Whirlpool Corporation |
Maytag | Whirlpool Corporation |
Whirlpool | Whirlpool Corporation |
White-Westinghouse* | Electrolux Corporation |
* Discontinued.
G.E. also makes R.C.A. products.
Whirlpool also makes Admiral, Jenn-Air,
Roper (low-priced line; since 1988), and Estate
(institutional line; since 1990) products.
Electrolux also makes Gibson and Tappan products.
(Although Whirlpool used to be sold as R.C.A. Whirlpool,
Whirlpool
was never owned by R.C.A. It used the name with R.C.A.'s permission
after acquiring R.C.A.'s old Estate division.)
I am indebted to Barnes Appliance Outlet for pointing out this multiplicity of brands by a few companies.