Visual Timeline

1907 "Pastime"

1909 "Hired Girl"

Official merger of the companies that became the Maytag Company

1918 First experimental use of aluminum in washer tub

1922 Multi-Motor gasoline engine washer "Gyrafoam"

1926 40% of the world's washers come from Newton

1934 Maytag Toy Racer

1941-1945 Maytag shifts its focus to making parts for the war effort

1946 Maytag begins selling refrigerators and ranges

1948 First automatic washers, "AMP"

Late 1940s Maytag begins manufacturing colored washers

1953 First automatic dryer

March 31, 2006 Whirlpool officially acquires the Maytag Company

May 2006 Whirlpool announces the Newton plant will be closed

October 26, 2007 Newton factory closes for good, after more than a hundred years of production