Indesit Company is one of the European leading manufacturers and distributors of major domestic appliances (washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, freezers, cookers, hoods, ovens and hobs). It is the undisputed leader in major markets such as Italy, the UK and Russia. Founded in 1975 and listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1987, the Group posted sales of €2.9 billion in 2010. Indesit Company has 14 production facilities (in Italy, Poland, the UK, Russia and Turkey) and 16,000 employees. The Group’s main brands are Indesit, Hotpoint and Scholtès

1930 incorporation of Industrie Merloni

1958 birth of the Ariston brand

1970 Aristide Merloni creates three business units which assigns to his sons: the hygienic sanitary division goes to Francesco, the mechanical one to Antonio and the household appliances to Vittorio

1975 incorporation of Merloni Elettrodomestici

1987 listing on the Milan stock exchange

1987 acquisition of Indesit

1997 appointment of its first external CEO

2000 acquisition of Stinol in Russia

2001 acquisition of GDA and the Hotpoint brand in the UK

2002 publication of the first sustainability report in the sector

2004 opening of two new plants, one in Russia and one in Poland

2005 Merloni Elettrodomestici becomes Indesit Company, celebrates its first 30 years and opens the biggest logistics pole in the European white goods industry, in Lipetsk

2007 Indesit Company presents the new Group brand architecture: the Hotpoint and Ariston brands form Hotpoint-Ariston

2008 opening of two new plants in Radomsko for washing machines and dryers and for dishwashers

2010 Andrea Merloni is appointed Chairman, succeeding, after 35 years, his father Vittorio, who becomes honorary Chairman