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Whirlpool buys big stake in Italy’s Indesit

FILE - In this July 24, 2012, file photo, Whirlpool Corporations' downtown Benton Harbor campus, located in Benton Harbor, Mich., is viewed. Whirlpool will pay more than $1 billion for a controlling stake in Indesit, the appliance maker’s counterpart in Italy. The deal announced Friday, July 11, 2014, will put the U.S. company in possession of shares representing 66.8 percent of Indesit’s voting stock. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell, File)
FILE - In this July 24, 2012, file photo, Whirlpool Corporations' downtown Benton Harbor campus, located in Benton Harbor, Mich., is viewed. Whirlpool will pay more than $1 billion for a controlling stake in Indesit, the appliance maker’s counterpart in Italy. The deal announced Friday, July 11, 2014, will put the U.S. company in possession of shares representing 66.8 percent of Indesit’s voting stock. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell, File) FILE - In this July 24, 2012, file photo, Whirlpool Corporations' downtown Benton Harbor campus, located in Benton Harbor, Mich., is viewed. Whirlpool will pay more than $1 billion for a controlling stake in Indesit, the appliance maker’s counterpart in Italy. The deal announced Friday, July 11, 2014, will put the U.S. company in possession of shares representing 66.8 percent of Indesit’s voting stock. (AP Photo/The Herald-Palladium, Don Campbell, File)

By Associated Press 1 min read

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) – Whirlpool will pay more than $1 billion for a controlling stake in Indesit, the appliance maker’s counterpart in Italy.

The deal announced Friday will put the U.S. company in possession of shares representing 66.8 percent of Indesit’s voting stock. Whirlpool, which also owns Maytag, KitchenAid and other brands, will pay $15.06 per Indesit share.

“We believe this will ideally position us for sustainable growth in the highly competitive and increasingly global home appliance market in Europe,” Whirlpool Chairman and CEO Jeff Fettig said.

Whirlpool has been working on strengthening its presence overseas. Last year it agreed to acquire a majority stake in Chinese appliance maker Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. for about $552 million.

The Benton Harbor manufacturer will be buying a 42.7 percent interest in Indesit Co. from Fineldo, an Italian engineering company, and a 17.6 percent stake from the Merloni family, which founded the company.