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FAMILIAR

             APPLIANCES                                                                              TERRITORY.



               RANK   COMPANY                            INDEX AVG   SURVEY DATA   SENTIMENT   MENTIONS
                                                                                                     There’s been a shuffling of the deck, but
               ★    LG                                   1.30      1          1         4            the same nine companies are at the top
                                                                                                     of our Appliances list as in 2020. LG is
               2    Bosch (Bosch, Gaggenau, Thermador)   2.60      2          3         5            considered the greenest of them all by
                                                                                                     our readers, while strong public opinion
                                                                                                     and word of mouth kept Bosch in the top       Ikea
               3    Haier (Haier, GE, Café, Fisher & Paykel, Monogram)  3.10  4  2      1
                                                                                                     three for a seventh straight year.
                                                                                                                                                STILL “MAKING
               4    Samsung (Samsung, Dacor)             4.40      3          8         2
                                                                                                                                                HOMES SPECIAL.”
               5    Sub-Zero/Wolf                        6.60      8          3         9

               6    Whirlpool (Whirlpool, JennAir, Amana, KitchenAid, Maytag)  5.10  5  6  3                                                    For a fourth straight year—and sixth
                                                                                                                                                time in the past seven—IKEA’s ready-
               7    Electrolux (Electrolux, Frigidaire, White-Westinghouse)  6.90  7  7  6                                                      to-assemble world was a wonderland
                                                                                                                                                for builders and the general public.
                                                                                                                                                Runner-up MasterBrand gained a few
               8    Miele                                7.00      6          9         7
                                                                                                                                                more friends among builders this past
                                                                                                                                                year to move up from the middle of
               9    Viking                               7.70      9          5         8
                                                                                                                             LG                 the pack.








             WRAPPING UP.


             Last year’s runner up, Owens         BUILDING WRAP
             Corning, took advantage of a
             major popularity decline by 2020       RANK   COMPANY                            INDEX AVG   SURVEY DATA   SENTIMENT   MENTIONS     COUNTERTOPS
             champion Huber and its ZIP System
             lineup. Several others (Cosella          ★  Owens Corning (PINKWRAP)             3.1        2         6          1
             Dorken, Tremco and Kimberly Clark)
             emphasized product sustainability      2    DuPont (Tyvek HomeWrap)              3.4        1         8          4
             to appear in the top 10 for the first
             time since at least 2019.              3    Dow (Weathermate)                    5.3        6         4          5

                                                    3    CertainTeed                          5.3        6         5          2


                                                    3    Cosella Dorken (DELTA-DRY)           5.3        6         1          14

                                                    6    Tremco (Enviro-Dri)                  5.4        6         3          9

                                                    7    TYPAR (HouseWrap)                    6.8        4         11         11


                                                    8    Huber (Zip System)                   7          5         10         10

                                                    9    Kimberly Clark (BLOCK-IT)            7.4        3         16         8
          Owens Corning
                                                    10   Kingspan                             8.1        6         13         6



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