We covered American made large kitchen appliances last month. They were mostly high end companies who manufacture laundry products as well, so please refer to that post so we don’t get redundant here. The list of made in America washers and dryers gets a bit fuzzy as companies manufacture products for each other and individual parts may be made outside of the U.S. Here’s a Consumer Report article to confuse you even more.
Staber Industries has been family owned and operated since 1976. They claim to be the only U.S. manufacturer of energy efficient top loading tumble action washers. Staber washers have been produced in Groveport, Ohio since 1993. Most sales are shipped factory-direct to the customer.
Speed Queen was founded by Joe Barlow and John Seelig in 1908. The Wisconsin hardware store owners bought several hand-powered washing machines from a company in Kansas City, MO and changed the product with the times (that means electricity, kids). During World War II Speed Queen halted its production of laundry equipment to manufacture 20mm shells as well as parts for airplanes, tanks and guns. The company is a big supplier of coin operated laundry machines as well as residential models.
Now the big name brands. As stated: fuzzy. Most of them are technically made in America, not necessarily the United States, but North America. They have factories in Canada and Mexico in addition to the U.S.
Kenmore manufactures in North America, but they are also associated with LG from Korea.
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Here are tools for hand washing clothes that are all made in the USA. They do a fabulous job. They save lots of electricity. So we always have other choices we just have to decide if we are going to take them.
That’s awesome, Mary. I’m laundry challenged even with electric washing machines though.