Innovation
Our legacy proves we are driven by intellectual curiosity and innovation.
With 110 years of industry-firsts and game-changing products, we’ve never scaled back on our investments in innovation and product development. The ability to see beyond the current needs and behaviors of our consumers to create solutions that address how to improve their lives at home, permeates our culture. World Class Manufacturing, IoT, environmental and social responsibility, leading-edge design, craftsmanship, and digital technologies drive innovation at Whirlpool Corporation.
A successful season for Whirlpool Corp. sponsored FIRST Robotics teams
After a couple of quiet years due to COVID-19, Whirlpool Corporation's local FIRST Robotics teams were back with a full season of competition. Whirlpool supports seven different teams in its headquarters community with funding, coaching and mentoring. One of...
Whirlpool brand top load washer with 2-in-1 Removable Agitator lets people ‘do their wash the way they want’
As the story goes, Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Product Organization VP Pam Klyn was home for the holidays with her family and was asked questions by her mother about buying a new washer—an experience many employees often run into during family events. She had a...
Returning to Space, the Final (Home Appliance) Frontier
Whirlpool Corp. Sr. Principal Engineer Alberto Gomes spoke at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Aerospace Conference about a refrigeration system being developed for space and how it can improve life at home on Earth. Whirlpool Corporation...
Whirlpool Corp. designs ‘Kaizen Power Pitch’ competitions to share best practices at plants across the globe through spirit of competition
Kaizen is a Japanese term that means “change for the better,” and it’s also the name given to projects at Whirlpool Corporation plants worldwide that are aimed at generating savings, eliminating waste, and improving efficiency, safety and quality. They’re an essential...
Whirlpool Corporation commits to real-world action toward a low-carbon future with U.S. Department of Energy
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognized Whirlpool Corp. for committing to reduce portfolio-wide greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent within 10 years and to work with the DOE to share successful solutions and decarbonization strategies. As a...
How We Are Using Virtual Reality to Innovate
Virtual reality in the design process assures that engineering specifications are consistent and correct at Whirlpool Corporation. Watch how design parameters are met to meet consumer needs and improve life at home.
New world-class facility for Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Technology and Engineering Center in Pune
State-of-the-art research and development facilities, GTEC aims to deliver product leadership through world-class innovations Reinforces Whirlpool’s commitment to improve people’s everyday lives through purposeful innovation PUNE, INDIA, 25 January 2022: Whirlpool...
Whirlpool Corp. celebrates 2021 achievements in social and environmental sustainability
Whirlpool Corporation’s global sustainability strategy drove even more meaningful change in communities and on the planet in 2021. Watch to see.
Learn how and why Whirlpool Corporation developed Swash brand, its own line of laundry detergent
With an 8X concentration that can tackle 83 loads of laundry, and a smaller, recyclable, bottle with an easy to use precision-dosing cap, Swash® Laundry detergent helps in improving life at home for our consumers. Watch to learn from Detergent Chemist Tony Hardaway...
Innovation Firsts
Many follow Whirlpool Corporation, but our purposeful innovation has launched these industry “firsts”