 In 2014, Whirlpool Corporation agreed to pay 758 million euros to buy a 60% stake in Indesit, which was a market leader in Italy, the United Kingdom and Russia, from the Merloni family to further expand outside its U.S. home market.In 2017, police investigation pointed to an Indesit made Hotpoint fridge freezer, model FF175BP of 2006-2009 (discontinued since then), caused the Grenfell Tower fire which became the deadliest blaze in London since World War Two.Indesit posted sales of €2.9 billion in 2012.