Thomson Reuters Business Description
AB Electrolux is a Sweden-based company engaged in the manufacture and marketing of household appliances and appliances for professional use. Products for consumers comprise major appliances, such as refrigerators, freezers, cookers, dryers, washing machines, dishwashers, room air-conditioners and microwave ovens, floor-care products and small domestic appliances. Professional products comprise food-service equipment for hotels, restaurants and institutions, as well as laundry equipment for apartment-house laundry rooms, launderettes, hotels and other professional users. The Company markets its products under such brands as Electrolux, AEG, Eureka and Frigidaire. As of December 31, 2011, it operated numerous subsidiaries in such countries as Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, among others.
