John Inglis and Company was a Canadian manufacturing firm which made weapons for the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth military forces during the World War II era, then later became a major appliance manufacturer. Whirlpool Corporation acquired control of Inglis in 1987 and changed the company's name to Whirlpool Canada in 2001. Today the Inglis name survives as a brand under Whirlpool.
Workers assemble Browning Hi-Power pistols at the Inglis munitions plant in Toronto, April 1944
Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States. In 2023, the Fortune 500 company had an annual revenue of approximately $19 billion in sales, around 59,000 employees, and more than 55 manufacturing and technology research centers globally.
Whirlpool Corporation's Riverview Campus in Benton Harbor, Michigan
A Whirlpool employee creates appliances at the Cleveland, Tennessee, plant on Oct. 1, 2010
Showroom in Hong Kong