General Motors Fridge?

 Did you know that GM once made refrigerators?  Neither did I. I bet you ask yourself why? Think about this both cars and appliances have to be assembled in large plants. GM could us the downtime in their automotive plants as tome to build their other ventures. In addition, they could use the knowledge of refrigeration to benefit their core competency of auto manufacturing. At that time the “average” automobile did not have air conditioning. With their refrigerator’s manufacturing, GM may be  able to use economies of scale to lower the price of parts that could be used for both cars and refrigerators.