{"id":3386,"date":"2022-12-05T15:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate.haier-europe.com\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:32:17","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test-corporate.haier-europe.com\/en-gb\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3386\" class=\"elementor elementor-3386 elementor-1358\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8767860 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8767860\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41c2dbc\" data-id=\"41c2dbc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd1ea7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-haier-hero\" data-id=\"cd1ea7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"haier-hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"haier-hero-wrapper\">\n                    <div class=\"haier-hero   haier-commons-alpha-controller haier-commons-alpha-controller--50 haier-hero--dark haier-hero-- \"\n            style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/corporate.haier-europe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Zhang-Ruimin.jpg); \">\n                        <div class=\"haier-hero-content\">\n                <div class=\"haier-hero-text\">\n                                        <h1>\n                         History                    <\/h1>\n                                        <div class=\"text\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"buttons\">\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"haier-commons-alpha-controller__alpha\" style=\"background-color: black;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/section>\n\n        \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d2eb524 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d2eb524\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f20a1f\" data-id=\"9f20a1f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fd3be elementor-widget elementor-widget-haier-wysiwyg\" data-id=\"29fd3be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"haier-wysiwyg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"haier-wysiwyg\">\n                            <div class=\"haier-wysiwyg__title\">\n                    \t<div class=\"section-title\">\n\t\t<h2>Development History<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"haier-wysiwyg__content container\">\n                    <p>Founded on December 26, 1984, Haier Group always adheres to the development principle of \u201cHuman value comes first\u201d and has developed from a small collective factory on the verge of collapse into a leading ecosystem enterprise in the Internet of Things era after going through <b>six strategic stages.<\/b><\/p><p>The seven-year cycle at each stage is not a deliberate action, but the inevitable result of development by grasping opportunities of the times.<\/p><p><b>In December 2019, Haier Group <\/b><b>entered the stage of the Ecosystem <\/b><b>B<\/b><b>rand strategy, with creating global<\/b> <b>leading <\/b><b>IoT<\/b> <b>E<\/b><b>cosystem<\/b> <b>B<\/b><b>rand as the goal.<\/b><\/p>                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bd60a5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bd60a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"0\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    1984 - 1991                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    BRAND STRATEGY                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"1\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    1991 - 1998                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    DIVERSIFICATION                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"2\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    1998 - 2005                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    INTERNATIONALIZATION                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"3\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    2005 - 2012                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    GLOBAL BRANDING                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"4\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    2012 - 2019                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    NETWORKING                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class='swiper-slide swiper-pagination-switch ' data-index=\"5\">\n                                <span class='switch-title'>\n                                    2019 -until now                                <\/span>\n                                <span class=\"switch-subtitle\">\n                                    ECOSYSTEM BRAND                                <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper swiper-container--timeline\">\n                    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n             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parties.<\/p>                                        <\/p>\n                                        <div\n                                            class=\"haier-timeline-carousel__pagination haier-timeline-carousel__pagination--mobile\">\n                                            <div class=\"row-box\">\n                                                <i class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"row-box\">\n                                                <i class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"image-container\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/corporate.haier-europe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/innovation-and-design.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n                                                                                <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                <div class=\"card-slider__timeline\" style=\"background-color:\">\n                                    <div class=\"card-body\">\n                                        <h2 class=\"card_year\">\n                                            2019 -until now                                        <\/h2>\n                                        <p class=\"card_title\">\n                                            ECOSYSTEM BRAND                                        <\/p>\n                                        <p>\n                                            <p>The latest stage of Haier\u2019s growth is founded on its e\ufb00ort to optimize the smart home ecosystem\u00a0 thanks to the IoT so as to become the No.1 brand in smart home.<\/p>                                        <\/p>\n                                        <div\n                                            class=\"haier-timeline-carousel__pagination haier-timeline-carousel__pagination--mobile\">\n                                            <div class=\"row-box\">\n                                                <i class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                            <div class=\"row-box\">\n                                                <i class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"image-container\">\n                                           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