Whirlpool USA

Whirlpool is a manufacturer of home appliances including their flagship products, consumer washers and dryers, located in the United States. The headquarters are in Bend Charter Township, Michigan, which is located close to Ben Harper in Michigan. They are on the Fortune 500 list with 70 locations around the world and close to 100,000 employees. The company has a variety of brands which include Maytag, KitchenAid, Amana and GarageWorks among others. The company employed over 92,000 people as of 2017 and employment opportunities may include accounts payable, sales development, advanced product development, environmental health and safety inspectors, engineers, manufacturing system design engineers, assembly workers, codes and regulatory engineers and much more.

The company was founded on November 11, 1911 by Louis Upton. Upton worked as an insurance salesman and took inspiration from his uncle who owned a machine shop. Lewis tried to start his own business at one point but did not have any success and instead was able to get in a patent to a clothes washer. His uncle helped him add a motor to the design and after a sizable investment by a retail executive the first motor-driven washers were created. This soon became a family business and the whole line of appliances that they offer today is based upon the single product. Today, the company provides small and large appliances of every shape and size.

Whirlpool has nine manufacturing facilities that are located in Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, and Massachusetts. They have a number of major brands which include Maytag, KitchenAid, and Gladiator. They also have plants in Mexico and in Canada. The company has also expanded to Latin America, with 12,000 employees, the Asia region including China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and even to India and Australia. Whirlpool reported over $21 billion in revenue for the 2017 fiscal year.