Whirlpool, there is agreement: zero dismissal and 250 million plan

Some signals could not lead to optimism. Especially because of the decline in Whirlpool's production volumes in Europe, but also a difficult industrial integration with Indesit, bought four years ago, but whose results are not up to expectations. Instead, the US multinational has even surprised some workers who, in recent times, have confessed their fear of a factory shutdown and a reduction in our country's commitment. . So no. Indeed, Whirlpool is reviving a 250 million euro investment plan in Italy for the next three years. Testifying to the centrality of our country for its industrial strategy, now that the Chinese Qindao Haier are about to enter the market, they have just acquired the Italian Candy.

The litmus test is the transfer from Poland the production of washing machines and integrated scrubbers: the Comunanza (Ascoli Piceno) site will become the group's production center for the entire Emea region. The company will also work to complete the reindustrialization project of the Teverola site by focusing on the production specialization model, already foreseen in the previous plan, of the other Italian factories: Cbadinetta di Biandronno (Varese), Melano (Ancona), Siena , Naples. and Carinaro (Caserta).

The agreement was signed last night at the Ministry development in the presence of dictator Luigi Di Maio, who welcomes the victory of this agreement with the unions. Gianluca Ficco (Uilm) expresses his satisfaction because the risk of 800 redundancies is avoided. The Cbadinetta and Melano plants maintain their current production, but new product launches are planned and therefore volumes resume; Siena will be supported in the production of freezers with a strategy favoring volumes at the expense of prices. Decided the extension of the extraordinary dismissal fund beyond the deadline of December 31st set by the law on employment.