MIAMI – Whirlpool Corporation is extending and expanding its contract with Ryder System, Inc. for parts warehousing and distribution services for six additional years. The extended contract will run through July 2014. Under the expansion, Ryder will consolidate all service parts, creating a single Whirlpool U.S. Parts Distribution Center. The transition is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2008.

Ryder manages appliance service parts packaging and distribution operations at an 805,000 square-foot facility in Plainfield, Ind. Ryder provides order fulfillment and worldwide distribution of Whirlpool’s service parts across six continents to end consumers, authorized repair centers, and independent parts distributors that support service companies and technicians. Ryder has packaged more than 116 million pieces as well as shipped over 122 million parts to Whirlpool customers worldwide since the original agreement was signed in 2001.