Email Limited

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Function: Manufacturing Industry

Location: Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia

Email Limited was the largest company associated with the whitegoods industry in Australia. The company was responsible for production of items such as fridges, washing machines and dishwashers. Although Email Limited, Email Ltd Pty Ltd, and The Email Company Pty. Limited are still listed with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, most of their manufacturing businesses have been taken over by other companies. In 2000 the Electrolux Group acquired the Major Appliances Business of Email Ltd; in January 2001 Smorgon Steel Group Ltd
and OneSteel Ltd bought out many of Email's core businesses and in 2003 the Email Metering Group was sold to Intermoco Ltd.

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Location: Waterloo, New South Wales

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001026. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 27 June 2001
Modified: 13 March 2006

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