I have an uncle who works for Whirlpool. It was hard not to buy one of their machines, but it just wasn't competitive.

I assume most of the "US" manufacturers have some/most/all of their manufacturing in Mexico for the US market now. Some of the "European" brands have plants in the US.

http://www.answers.c...a-mabe-s-a-de-c-v

http://www.answers.c...ances-corporation

Ya can't tell who's on the home team without a program....

Cheers,
Scott.