Posted on January 26th, 2023

According to Electrolux Manufacturing, the COVID-19 pandemic has sharply increased the demand for home appliances, especially refrigerators and freezers, as more people chose to stay home and eat at home.

"They are turning them out on a regular basis, unbelievable numbers they really can't keep up because of COVID," said Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns. "COVID has increased the demand people who never thought they’d need a freezer are now going, you know a freezer might be a good thing to have and you know people who had one refrigerator are going you know maybe if I had another refrigerator that might be a good thing to have, so I know they’ve been racing to keep up."

The spike in demand has lead Electrolux to ramp up production in their Anderson County manufacturing facility and continue to look for opportunities to expand in the coming weeks and months on top of their $250 million construction expansion effort originally announced in 2017.

"We understand how important appliances are to families, especially now as they remain close to home," Electrolux spokesperson Eloise Hale said. "This has caused demand for kitchen appliances to significantly increase and exceed the industry's supply chain. The industry is selling all the refrigerators and freezers being manufactured."

With such high demand, the continued expansion efforts are said to bring further capital investment and job opportunities to Anderson County, something county officials applaud.

"They are one of the major employers in Anderson County over 2,000 jobs, this new investment over 250 million dollars is a continuation of a lot of investment they’ve had in the county," said Burns. "We’re looking for, A the huge capital investment, and we're also looking for the new employees they're going to be hiring so they’ve just been a long-time community partner and we’re very proud of them."

Source: here.