Whirlpool Canada named 2010 ENERGY STAR Manufacturer of the Year

Seventh ENERGY STAR award in eight years for Whirlpool Canada

OTTAWA, June 10 /CNW/ - Today, Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) named Whirlpool Canada the 2010 ENERGY STAR Manufacturer of the Year. This prestigious award recognizes the company's continued leadership in offering Canadian consumers energy and water efficiency solutions through its leading home appliance brands.

"At Whirlpool Canada, we are continually looking to identify ways to build industry-leading home appliances that conserve natural resources - while still delivering the excellent performance Canadians expect from our brands," says Karim Lalani, vice president and general manager, Whirlpool Canada. "We're working hard to continue our alignment with NRCAN and are very proud to be awarded this title once again."

This is Whirlpool Canada's seventh ENERGY STAR award since the program was initiated in Canada in 2001, and is the company's fifth Manufacturer of the Year award. Whirlpool Corporation has been honored with 23 ENERGY STAR awards overall in North America - more than any other appliance manufacturer, and three times as many as any other winner.

This award recognizes the Canadian leader in offering the most energy-efficient products, technologies or services available on the market. Key achievements by Whirlpool Canada that led to being named Manufacturer of the Year include:

    
    -   Whirlpool-manufactured brands - KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Maytag,
        Inglis, Amana, Roper, Estate and Jenn-Air - accounted for more than
        40 per cent of all ENERGY STAR qualified appliance shipments in
        Canada in 2009.

    -   The company produced an impressive 393 distinct ENERGY STAR qualified
        models - a 25 per cent increase from 2008.

    -   Outpacing Canadian industry growth in ENERGY STAR products last year,
        with 64 per cent of the company's shipments qualifying.
    

Whirlpool Canada is continuing its resource efficiency efforts through their dedication to helping create unified standards for the smart electricity grid.

About Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $17 billion in 2009, 67,000 employees, and 67 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com.

About ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR was introduced into Canada in 2001, and is administered by Natural Resources Canada under an Agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy. It is a voluntary market-based collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today ENERGY STAR offers consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money and help protect the environment for future generations. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit www.energystar.nrcan.gc.ca.

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