Guests were treated to a variety of activities, including a tour of the working factory, and a local school took part in a competition to design the kitchen appliance of the future.Ī focal point of the Yate celebrations was the Jamie Oliver & Hotpoint Mobile Teaching Kitchen. Carlos Ramos also presented a commemorative plaque to Davide Castiglioni who congratulated everyone by quoting the american author Jackson Brown Jr.: “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing our best today and you made this amazing history a real thing by putting the foundations in place for a bright future.”Ī highlight of the couple of open days included an exhibition by the Yate Heritage Centre, commemorating the centenary where many artefacts from the site’s long history were on display for visitors to view. Davide Castiglioni, Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain EMEA, Whirlpool Corporation, and Carlos Ramos, General Manager, West Cluster, conducted the opening welcome.Ī brief history of the site was delivered by Carlos Ramos, and concluded with a video on its industrial heritage. Local Mayor, Councillor John Ford and Deputy Mayor, Councillor Karl Tomasin. Whirlpool Corporation’s factory in Yate opened its doors for two days’ on the 9th and 10th of November to welcome guests along with friends and families of colleagues to celebrate and enjoy the laudable heritage of the site.Īlso in attendance, were specially invited guests including the Lord Lieutenant of South Gloucestershire, Dame Janet Trotter D.B.E. The site has seen an array of manufacturing over the past 100 years, including planes, gun turrets, alarm clocks, kettles and now tumble dryers with Whirlpool Corporation, and are all part of the vast and engaging history of the industrial site on Station Road.
Whirlpool Corporation’s manufacturing site in Yate, Bristol, UK, has celebrated 100 years of industrial heritage this November.
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