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Electrolux study on current laundry practices
The Truth About Laundry” (European study on Electrolux laundry habits , with 12,000 adults surveyed), despite being encouraged to wash clothes at 30 ° C or below for over a decade, nearly two-thirds of Europeans (63%) still washed at 40 ° C or above. As part of its “Better Living” program, Electrolux has bold sustainability goals in apparel care with the goal of making clothes last twice as long with half the environmental impact by 2030. To help To achieve these goals, the survey was conducted to understand current attitudes and behaviors when it comes to how people care for their clothes and to what extent people view the environment. The survey finds that laundry habits are out of step with climate problems and modern capacities. Nearly six in ten people (59%) are more or less on autopilot when it comes to washing clothes, claiming to do laundry the way previous generations have taught them. The report includes a detailed analysis to show that reducing the washing temperature from 40 ° C to 30 ° C would save over 27 kg of CO2 equivalent, per family, per year. Across Europe, this would amount to an equivalent saving of 4.9 million tonnes of CO2, equivalent to removing more than one million cars from the road. If 15% of households across Europe who regularly wash their clothes at 50 ° C or more also change, the equivalent total CO 2 savingsit could reach 6 million tons per year. When it comes to wash temperatures, sex seems to play a role, but it’s not as significant as the influence of age. Women, for example, are more likely to wash at 40 ° C than men (50% vs 45%) and men are more likely to wash at 60 ° C (13% vs 8%). However, across Europe, 45% of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 wash their clothes at 30 ° C compared to only 31% of 45-54 years and only 28% of 55+ years. As for the main reasons why more people do not choose to wash at lower temperatures, nearly half (47%) said they are unsure whether their laundry would be clean. 39% expressed particular concerns about a colder wash’s ability to remove stains and 21% said it was purely out of habit. Habitual laundry practices could also explain why over half of all adults (53%) are unaware of a link between washing at higher temperatures and lasting longer. The reason this is important, according to the research, is that the key to changing laundry habits for the good of the planet may lie in turning the conversation towards fashion
Siemens, has launched its first completely intuitive virtualBrochure. Rejuvenating items utilizing cutting edge CGI demonstrating, activity and realistic narrating, the virtualBrochure presents an energizing option in contrast to printed promoting guarantee.
The virtualBrochure, delivered by Virtual Worlds, is an allowed to-download application, accessible by means of the Google Play Store or App Store. It permits clients to look for Siemens items, and afterward pivot, zoom and connect with them in a way that has essentially not been conceivable as of not long ago. Each apparatus can be investigated in intuitive 3D in close-up detail, and replayed as vivified films inside the application.
Dispatching with the Siemens StudioLine scope of machines, buyers will actually want to see and cooperate with the most recent items in more prominent detail. For instance, items, for example, the new glassDraft Air downdraft extractor, which can be consistently coordinated close by the enlistment hob on account of its thin, rich glass plan.
Because of Virtual Worlds Augmented Reality, items jump from the application, empowering buyers to attempt them for size before they resolve to buy. Retailers can utilize the innovation to develop actual display area shows, eliminating the difficulties and limits of restricted floor space.
Guangdong Homa Appliances hostile bid by TCL
Leading Chinese TV maker TCL is seeking to swallow Guangdong Homa Appliances, a big manufacturer of refrigerators, in a hostile takeover bid.
TCL already has a 20% stake in Homa Appliances, whose stock it began snapping up at the beginning of the year. The move, at diversifying TCL’s business portfolio, comes in response to radical changes in the business environment. After years of rapid growth, backed by a vast domestic market, Chinese appliances makers are under strong pressure to branch out into new businesses and markets.
Calling Homa Appliances “an extremely competitive company,” Li Dongsheng, chairman of TCL Electronics, the core unit of the TCL group, suggested in early March that the group would continue amassing Homa shares in the coming months
HI-NANO: Hisense’s new technology inactivates COVID-19 with a rate up to 93.54%
Hisense’s HI-NANO technology is certified effective on inducing the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) with an inhibition rate of 93.54% by Texcell, a global contract research organization. The test was performed at Texcell’s laboratory in Paris in February 2021. Also, verified by the world’s leading testing group SGS’s, HI-NANO can effectively remove over 99.37% of the H1N1 influenza virus in 2 hours in a 30 m3 chamber. As a responsible tech company, Hisense (000921.SZ) aims to create healthy and clean air for consumers worldwide.
Hisense HI-NANO technology inactivates viruses and bacteria
HI-NANO ion generator is a technology independently developed by Hisense, which has been applied in many Hisense air conditioning product series, including Fresh Master, Silentium Pro, Energy Pro, New Energy, Easy Smart, Wingsand etc.
It generates efficient high-concentration dual ions up to 1 million/ cm3. Bacteria and viruses lose their activity after being absorbed by dual ions, resulting in an inhibitory effect.
Strengths of HI-NANO:
- High efficiency: HI-NANO releases twice to three times the number of ions when compared to ordinary ion generators. A viral clearance performance of 90% removal rate in one hour and 99% in two hours has been verified.
- Security and harmless: it only produces half of ozone (0.007mg/m3) in comparison with ordinary ion generators, which causes little harm to the environment.
- Durable: The generator is able to remain high-quality performance for 20 years.
Hisense Fresh Master air conditioner equipped with HI-NANO technology will be available in Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Poland, and Denmark soon in May 2021.
As an innovation-driven tech company, Hisense innovates its air conditioner series with high-tech features such as viral clearance, air refreshing, noise reduction and sleep aid which has met individual demands. Hisense reaches 5.15 million units of global air conditioning sales in 2020, ranking in 7th. It has been one of the best-selling air conditioner brands around the world.
Green technologies applied to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Hisense spares no efforts to provide its customers with cutting-edge air cleaning products, but also focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions for a better atmospheric environment.
Hisense’s green technology development in air conditioner products:
- The improvement of 3D full DC inverter technology can reduce energy consumption by more than 30%.
- With low-carbon R32 and R290 refrigerants applied on products, global carbon dioxide emissions can effectively reduce up to 1.16 million tons.
Hisense believes that technology can make a significant impact on protecting the air we share and keeping it healthy and clean for all. Hisense is committed to creating a better living environment for everyone around the globe.
SOURCE Hisense
Philips is to sell its domestic appliances business to Hillhouse Capital
Philips is to sell its domestic appliances business to Hillhouse Capital with a 15 year licensing deal in the last of its re-structuring deals.
The domestic appliance business had sales of EUR2.2bn in 2020 in kitchen, coffee, garment care and home care devices as part of total sales of EUR19.2bn for Philips. The license agreement has annual payments that represent an estimated net present value of approximately EUR 700m, resulting in a total deal value of approximately EUR4.4bn. The deal is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2021 subject to customary closing conditions. Philips and Domestic Appliances will enter into an exclusive brand license agreement to use the Philips brand and certain of Philips’ other domestic appliances brands for manufacturing, sales, and marketing globally for a period of 15 years, which is renewable subject to the terms of the brand license agreement. This will see the Domestic Appliances business presented as a discontinued operation in Philips’ financial statements from the first quarter of 2021, minimising the financial impact of losses from the Covid-19 pandemic. “I am pleased that in Hillhouse Capital we have found a new home for the Domestic Appliances business to further expand on its market leadership, strong brand and pipeline of new innovations,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips. The deal, which started in January 2020, continues the focus for Philips as a medical technology company, after its recent acquisition of medical data management companies, although it has kept the personal health business. “This transaction concludes our major divestments,” said van Houten. “Going forward, our focus is on extending our leadership in health technology and continuing our transformation into a solutions company supporting professional healthcare customers achieve the Quadruple Aim and consumers with their personal health.” This includes the EUR 3.2bn Personal Health businesses as part of the integrated health continuum approach through consumer-driven product and solutions innovation in areas such as oral healthcare, personal care, and mother & child care, says van Houten. “We look forward to joining forces with Philips to expand into new markets and capture more growth opportunities globally,” said Lei Zhang, Founder and CEO of Hillhouse Capital. “We are aligned with Philips’ mission to bring high quality products to support healthy and fulfilling lifestyles for consumers across the globe.” The domestic appliance business has 7000 staff and operates in 100 countries. The headquarters will remain in the Netherlands, says Zhang. “I am convinced that together with Hillhouse Capital’s deep e-commerce, supply chain and digital expertise, we will be in a great position to continue bringing meaningful innovations to the consumer’s homes,” said Henk de Jong, CEO of Philips Domestic Appliances. “Based on our market leading product portfolio, broad customer and consumer base and R&D capabilities, we are keen to keep supporting families and individuals to lead healthier and happier lives. We look forward to working with Hillhouse to capture additional growth opportunities.” Hillhouse is backed by US universities including Yale, Stanford and Princeton and has strong links in China with investments in Tencent and JD.com, but has also invested in an organic baby food and snack manufacturer called Little Freddie, a Californian craft beer maker and a pet food brand. https://www.philips.com
Start-up makers are transforming Japans electric appliance market,
Start-up makers are transforming Japans electric appliance market, making one of a kind, practical items that are testing major set up producers like Panasonic Corp. also, Sharp Corp.
One such item is The Toaster, dispatched in 2015 by Balmuda Inc., a start up producer in Musashino, Tokyo. This new sort of toaster oven prepares bread utilizing steam, which keeps the outside of the bread wet while safeguarding the first delicate surface of the fixings.
The Toaster costs ¥23,500, a few times more than ordinary toaster ovens, it sold a record number of units among April and June 2020.
While significant makers will in general offer an assortment of models for a solitary sort of apparatus, Balmuda offers just one of every sort, expecting to speak to customers through a basic and clear deals approach.
“The items are a decent counterpart for retail chain clients, who have gotten more specific about their ways of life,” said an authority of the Hankyu Umeda Main Store in Osaka. The retail chain has a Balmuda shop.
The organization has been performing great and was recorded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers market in December 2020. A specialist said, “Customers may have upheld the beginning up’s message that it is top notch, particularly in this field.”
As per the Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association, the complete estimation of family electric apparatuses, like cooking apparatuses, fridges and clothes washers, dispatched in Japan crested at ¥2.676 trillion out of 1991 and afterward declined, contracting to ¥1.965 trillion out of 2009. In any case, volume has been on a recuperation pattern since 2010. It came to ¥2.536 trillion out of 2020, the third-most significant level ever, supported by “settling utilization” because of the novel Covid emergency.
It had been accepted that the market for homegrown electric apparatuses was not, at this point practical. Regardless of this, a whirlwind of youthful organizations entering the area somewhat recently has changed the circumstance.
Sendai-based Iris Ohyama Inc., one of these organizations, produces machines with negligible capacities at costs 30% lower than those of the significant makers. Iris Ohyama is profoundly respected for its item arranging abilities. It has a 70% portion of the market for little futon dryers, which get high evaluations for their usability.
“The significant organizations’ items are multifunctional yet costly. There are not many moderate items with thoughts, so there are a ton of chances for us,” said an authority responsible for item improvement at Iris Ohyama.
Miele AWE Awards
It’s the first time for Miele to participate in AWE (Appliances & Electronics World Expo), and they won 5 awards
- Most Popular Award x2, with products Washing Machine WWV980 & Tumble Dryer TWV 680
- Best Design Award, with product Triflex HX1 Cordless Vacuum
- Best Innovation Award, with product Dialog Oven 7860
- Top Award, with Generation 7000 BUILT-IN Kitchen Appliances
Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2021
Appliance & Electronics World Expo 2021 (AWE2021), with the theme of “Smartize the Future”, came to a close successfully at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC), Hongqiao, Shanghai, China on March 25, 2021.
According to the data from AWE’s organizer China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA), the number of AWE2021 visits exceeded 350,000, making a historic high.
With its exhibition area extended to 150,000 square meters, AWE2021 brought together nearly a thousand exhibitors at home and abroad, including international heavyweights such as Gaggenau, Miele, GE Appliances, Bosch, Siemens, Fisher & Paykel, Panasonic, Sony, Sharp, AEG, Gorenje, ASKO, SMEG, Whirlpool, Hitachi, Philips, Laurastar, 3M, Pentair, Westinghouse and Shark, domestic big names such as Haier, Hisense, TCL, Skyworth, Konka, Meling, Gree, Aux, Fotile, Robam, Vatti, Vanward, Macro, Galanz, Joyoung, Supor, Lexy, Ecovacs, Meida, Golden Home, Marssenger, Sanfer, HEGII, Airmate and Flyco, technology giants and unicorn AI companies such as JD.com, iFLYTEK, 360, Tuya, Topband, Ayla, Xingluo Technology, Aispeech and SoundAI, and core component and material suppliers such as LGD, CSOT, GMCC & Welling, Jiaxipera, Nidec, Donper, Highly, Schott, Higasket and Saite. The consistent support of these established enterprises demonstrated the value and development prospects of AWE.
On the evening of March 23, AWE Live Stream Night Show was launched on Tmall, JD.com and Kuaishou with AWE exhibition booths as the background. Thanks to the wonderful display of enterprises, the live stream show was wrapped up in a more scenario-based way than those live stream shows hosted by internet celebrities. According to incomplete statistics, every enterprise participating in the AWE Live Stream Night Show attracted millions of viewers and tens of millions of comments on average.
Under the theme of “Smartize the Future”, AWE2021 showed new scenarios about smart life that make the industry and users excited and new blockbusters released by exhibitors. More and more companies are taking AWE as their first option to release their new products, new strategies, and new ecosystem.
Smeg celebrate world water day
Smeg, to celebrate World Water Day by highlight their state-of-the-art dishwashers STL66339LDE and STL62339LDE with ECO program that consume only 6.5L of water. Learn about the three technological developments that Smeg has developed for better management of water consumption:
