"We've had a lot of 'atta boys' from the utilities, but the major appliance manufacturers have been very dubious," he said.

He later was an electric appliance manufacturer and inventor.

Some appliance manufacturers say that deionised water is no longer necessary.

It was just such a nightmare that came to haunt the appliance manufacturers.

By the mid '90s, Mabe was one of the leading appliance manufacturers in the world with annual growth between 15 and 20 per cent.

The appliance manufacturers say this is not so; their business is good.

"You would have thought I had asked for their first-born; they hollered," he said of the appliance manufacturers.

The recycling issue has yet to make a discernable impact among the major American appliance manufacturers.

General Electric and some other appliance manufacturers say their production is up, not down, thanks to strong consumer demand.

The name and address of the appliance manufacturer are usually printed on the appliance.