In 2005, Indesit Company closes its French industrial site in Thionville. The company of Fabriano in 2002 entered the consumer electronics industry with the purchase of Sinudyne. Since then most of Indesit’s products are made by Hotpoint but some of the appliances are designed by Indesit for Hotpoint to manufacture. In 2001, Indesit was bought by the British company Hotpoint for £121m before becoming fully owned by Hotpoint by 2007. In 2000, Indesit took over the entire capital of Philco and acquired Stinol, the first Russian producer of household appliances. In 1999, through Fineldo, the holding of Merloni family, acquired Panini, manufacturer of collectible stickers.

(Società Trevigiana Apparecchi Riscaldamento), an Italian company of Conegliano Veneto producer of kitchen hoods, which will be fully acquired in 2002 and merged with the Company in 2003. The following year took over one third of the capital of Star S.p.A. In 1994, Merloni had a turnover of 1,920 billion lire with a market share of 10% in Europe. In the same year the company had approximately 6,000 employees in various establishments including France, Portugal and Russia. In 1990, Merloni capital entered Marcegaglia, its supplier of steel tubes, which detected 7% of the shares. The following year, it acquired and absorbed the French company Scholtès. In 1988, Merloni, under the Ariston and Indesit brands, had a turnover of USD1.059 billion, becoming the fourth largest European manufacturer of home appliances. In 2005, Merloni Elettrodomestici was renamed Indesit Company S.p.A. In 1987, Merloni Elettrodomestici, already listed on the stock exchange, acquired Indesit (founded in Torino as Industria Elettrodomestici Spirea Italia SpA, a subsidiary of Spirea srl, by Armando Campioni, Adelchi Candellero and Filippo Gatta in 1953), its biggest rival on the Italian market which also had a certain international presence, as well as 33% of Philco Italy. Profits and revenues of the company grew, and this led the Merloni family to decide in 1986 in favor of the company's entry into the stock market. From 1981 the company went through a period of crisis, which ended in 1984, when Vittorio Merloni, having concluded his presidency of Confindustria, returned to managing Indesit. In the 1980s, with other Italian companies having been taken over by foreign appliance manufacturers, Merloni became the premier domestic producer in the industry. The company was founded in 1975 as Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA by Vittorio Merloni as a spin-off from Industrie Merloni.

Ariston dryers