IVANO-FRANKIVSK, April 13 ??“ Antonio Merloni SpA, Italy??™s household equipment producer, in September 2006 intends to launch a production line of automatic washing machines under the Ardo trademark in Ukraine, a regional official said Thursday.

"In September, Antonio Merloni to launch production facilities for automatic washing machines," Oleh Syniutka, Ivano-Frankivsk Deputy Mayor for economic issues, said.