Chinese washing machine cleans both clothes and vegetables
A farmer in Sichuan lodged a complaint with Haier Electronics for a drainage pipe in his washing machine that clogged constantly. A maintenance person found that the farmer actually used the washing machine to wash sweet potatoes.
When Ruimin Zhang, CEO of the Haier Group, heard the news, he was shocked at first. But he soon realized this could be a big business opportunity. He decided to invest in the development of a washing machine with a very big draining outlet that could be used to wash clothes, vegetables and gourds.
As an article on visiontimes.com states, the new model (XPB40-DS) served to clean not only clothes, but also gourds and even clams at an affordable price of 848 yuan (€ 110,-). The 10,000 units manufactured in the first lot -targeted at rural areas- were immediately sold out.
