Control of F & P Appliances is now likely to pass to China's Haier after it increased its takeover offer to $1.28 a share.

Fisher & Paykel Appliances shares have been halted pending an announcement, prompting speculation about an offer from Chinese company Haier.

Nuplex Industries is seeking to increase its non-executive directors' fee pool by 28 per cent, as it plans to shut plants and lay off factory workers on both sides of the Tasman.

Chinese whiteware giant's takeover bid stalls as shareholders opt to 'wait and see'

The Greens and the Prime Minister have been contradicting each other this week over whether the manufacturing sector is in crisis, writes Audrey Young.

Global hedge funds are set to play a pivotal role in Haier's takeover battle for Fisher & Paykel Appliances.

The battle for control of F & P Appliances took a new turn today when Haier said a share price range put forward by corporate advisers was 'overly optimistic'.

Fisher and Paykel Appliance's independent directors have advised shareholders to reject Haier's takeover offer.

A run of factory closures and redundancies hitting manufacturing firms is the legacy of successive governments' neglect of the sector, says the head of an industry group.

Now a Chinese company is bidding to take over F&P Appliances, the company's 'iconic' status in this country is more fully appreciated.