The Chinese company, the nation's largest refrigerator manufacturer, blames fickle consumers for the problems.

Likewise, computer makers have joined refrigerator manufacturers in promoting efficiencies in electricity use.

In the 1980's, Brazilian industry, especially car and refrigerator manufacturers, enjoyed steel prices set by the Government at 40 percent below world prices.

This practice was universally adopted by refrigerator manufacturers when the patent expired.

Several years ago, only a handful of refrigerator manufacturers offered built-in refrigerator models; today, however, nearly all offer at least a few cabinet-depth units.

A refrigerator manufacturer might consider boosting its frigid wares on this appropriate medium.

Members of the consortium met yesterday in Chicago with representatives of refrigerator manufacturers.

Indeed most refrigerator manufacturers provide digital temperature monitoring as a built-in feature.

He is known for his work in turning a little-known, bankrupt refrigerator manufacturer into the world's fourth-largest white appliances company.

For instance he may find, as he recently did, that the refrigerator manufacturers had been given several months leeway to keep on making electric refrigerators.