Frigidaire Appliances
Frigidaire is the brand name of a registered industrial past in France and Quebec, par excellence, as the common name for refrigerators.
The Frigidaire brand has been created by General Motors in 1918, his name was chosen by William C. Durant, the founder of this company.
GM-Frigidaire manufactured a complete range of appliances and even compressors for air conditioning systems in GM vehicles from 1953 to 1975. Several European car manufacturers also used these compressors they bought from GM. In the late seventies, General Motors has abandoned its appliances division. Today the brand belongs to the group Frigidaire Electrolux Home Products Inc. ..
The success of Frigidaire refrigerators in the field was such that many people use "fridge" (with lowercase) as the common name synonymous with refrigerator. This position is recognized as abusive by the dictionaries, the mark being filed.