Fisher & Paykel
New Zealand design-led appliance brand, known for DishDrawer dishwashers and ActiveSmart refrigeration.
Status: Watchlist
- Founded
- 1934
- Website
- fisherpaykel.com
- HQ
- New Zealand
- Manufacturing
- China,Thailand,Italy,Mexico
- Ownership type
- Conglomerate subsidiary
- Parent
- Haier
- Acquired
- 2012
- Status since
- 2026-06-08
Ownership
Haier (China) acquired over 90% of Fisher & Paykel in a 2012 takeover and took it private; design heritage stays in New Zealand.
Why Watchlist
Chinese-owned since 2012 like GE Appliances, with design retained in NZ but manufacturing offshored from its home base. Functioning, design-respected brand under a foreign conglomerate. Watchlist.
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