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It is so nice to read about a manufacturing plant in America that is still going strong. This plant cranks out 20,000 front- and top-loading machines each day with three 1000-worker shifts for the brands Whirlpool, Maytag, and Amana. (Unfortantely, that probably means that the factories where Maytag and Amana used to build washing machines have been closed.) It supplies 65% of the $3.9 billion U.S. washer market. In 2010, Whirlpool invested $200 million in this 1952 plant and moved the production of commercial front-loaded washers from Monterrey, Mexico to this plant. But as a reminder of the impact of robots and other automation, that move created only 100 more jobs.
Looking at a photo gallery, I noticed how many of the workers have to stand in a limited space to do their job. And there is obviously a lot of repetitive motion in the jobs. I was relieved to read that every 30 minutes the workers change jobs.
Update: The thrill is gone ... Sears-Whirlpool split after 100 years "In the U.S., consumers buy most of their small appliances, from Walmart, according to market research firm TraQline. Amazon comes in second, with Sears placing fourth behind Target....The end of the Sears-Whirlpool partnership is effective immediately and Sears is also pulling from its floor products from Whirlpool subsidiaries like Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air." (source)
Looking at a photo gallery, I noticed how many of the workers have to stand in a limited space to do their job. And there is obviously a lot of repetitive motion in the jobs. I was relieved to read that every 30 minutes the workers change jobs.
It has a stamping facility, a plastic injection molding facility, a testing area, a training area, warehousing, and two assembly areas, one for front-loading and one for top-loading machines. The stamping area has two 1,500-ton stamping presses that together punch out 20,000 washing machine tops and fronts a day. [ToledoBlade](Whirlpool builds dishwashers in Dayton.)
Update: The thrill is gone ... Sears-Whirlpool split after 100 years "In the U.S., consumers buy most of their small appliances, from Walmart, according to market research firm TraQline. Amazon comes in second, with Sears placing fourth behind Target....The end of the Sears-Whirlpool partnership is effective immediately and Sears is also pulling from its floor products from Whirlpool subsidiaries like Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air." (source)
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