American Industry Overview: Household Refrigerators and Freezers
This category covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing household refrigerators and home and farm freezers.
Industry Snapshot
Shipments of refrigerators represented the largest share of the appliance industry and refrigerator-freezers were the most popular major appliance in the world. The total value of industry shipments in 2008 was $5.1 billion, down from the previous year's total of $5.74 billion as well as the 2006 total of $6.15 billion. There are an estimated 60 million units manufactured each year and some 500 million refrigerator-freezers in use worldwide. The industry was considered one of...