家用电器工业是五十年代迅速发展起来的。在发达国家,家用电器已由高级消费品逐步转化为生活必需品,普及到家庭的衣、食、住、行的各个方面。随着微型计算机的问世,装有电脑的多功能家用电器实现了家务劳动程序化,使人们从家务劳动中解放出来。因此,家用电器已成为很有发展前途的日用品。近年来,欧美家用电器发展速度和款式变化之快,应用范围和功能之广,已引起国际市场上的关注。其中以美、英、法、西德、意大利、荷兰等国最为显著;另外南斯拉夫、罗马尼亚、捷克斯洛伐克等国的发展也很快。在工业发达国家,家用电器生产 The household appliances industry developed rapidly in the 1950s. In developed countries, household appliances have been gradually transformed from high-end consumer goods into necessities for daily life, and they have spread to all aspects of clothing, food, housing, and transportation of households. With the advent of microcomputers, multi-functional household appliances equipped with computers have realized the proceduralization of housework and freed people from housework. Therefore, household appliances have become very promising daily necessities. In recent years, the development speed and style of home appliances in Europe and the United States have changed rapidly, and the range of applications and functions has attracted attention in the international market. Among them, the United States, Britain, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and other countries are the most significant; in addition, Yugoslavia, Romania, Czechoslovakia and other countries are also developing rapidly. In industrialized countries, the production of household appliances