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Whirlpool and Bauknecht among the best products for Red Dot Awards 2020

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Some of Whirlpool and Bauknecht products have been named among the best ones of the year at the Red Dot Awards 2020.The winners include the Whirlpool W Collection W9 Black Fiber Built-In Oven and Microwave Oven, the Bauknecht Class 11 Built-In Suite and the Whirlpool W5 Induction Hob and Vertical Hood. «It is truly an honor to receive prestigious Red Dot Awards for nine of our products, recognizing Whirlpool’s global leadership in design excellence – said Gilles Morel, President of Whirlpool Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Executive Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation. – Meaningful design is ultimately about understanding and anticipating people’s needs and aspirations. At Whirlpool, we truly put our consumers at the heart of everything we do, especially when it comes to product design. Now more than ever, as we all face unprecedented situations, Whirlpool is committed to improving people’s lives at home by creating innovative home appliances of the utmost quality and performance.» Whirlpool W Collection Black Fiber Suite Part of Whirlpool’s W Collection Black Fiber Suite of premium appliances, the winning W9 Built-In Oven and Microwave Oven are equipped with the advanced 6TH SENSE technology, allowing the appliances in the suite to sense, monitor and optimize their performance, for improved results and efficiency. With the oven and microwave oven, for example, users can select recipes and control and monitor cooking progress from a smartphone or tablet via Whirlpool’s pioneering 6TH SENSE Live app. These models have also been designed to please aesthetically, introducing new colors, finishes and materials to suit modern, multipurpose spaces. The design blends seamlessly with modern styles and presents a fusion of minimalistic, black stainless steel with a warm texture that is inspired by nature. Black glass surfaces reflect the environment – a polished look that is appealingly contrasted by matte black fiber cladding. The winning products of the Bauknecht Class 11 Built-In Suite, instead, include the Oven, Microwave Oven, Steam Oven, Platewarmer and Sous Vide Vacuum Drawer. The aesthetic of Bauknecht’s built-in suite – carefully designed to enhance user interaction for excellent results – reflects trends in contemporary living and modern style inspired by geometric kitchen design. Every detail comes from the careful combination of aesthetic refinement and functionality, such as dark glass facades and fully integrated handles, which provide a flush installation into the kitchen cabinetry. Whirlpool W5 Induction hob vertical hood Finally, the winning Whirlpool W5 Induction Hob and Vertical Hood are designed to make the most out of time spent in the kitchen. The hood and induction hob are synchronized with each other, allowing the hood to adjust itself according to the intensity of the induction cooktop. When the cooktop is turned off, the hood slowly reduces its aspiration power to zero. The automatic operation of hood adjustment seamlessly anticipates user needs to reduce the effort of cooking and enhance the kitchen environment. The elegantly designed hood has an easy-to-clean full glass, rear-painted, vertical surface. The induction hob heating zones are highlighted with a dual-colored graphic coherent with Whirlpool brand language.

Four iF Products Design for Miele domestic and commercial products

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Four iF Product Design Awards has been assigned to Miele’s products, including which of the commercial division of the company with two lab washer series and the compact washing machines from the Little Giants series. The prize-winning products also include the elegant Aura 3.0 cooker hood for domestic kitchens.
Every year, the awards are handed out by the world’s oldest independent design institution, the iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hanover. In this case, a 78-strong international jury of experts selected from 7298 submissions from 56 countries.
When it comes to commercial washing machines from the Performance Plus range, it is obvious that these are not domestic machines simply by looking at the high-quality stainless-steel fascia. The underlying technology was designed to cater for much higher levels of strain. This is accompanied by extremely short cycles, high-level efficiency and choice materials for excellent product longevity. These models are available for load capacities of 6, 7 or 8 kg and are operated using a touch display with texts in up to 32 languages.
Miele’s new large-capacity lab washers from the PLW 86 series reduce the burden of work, thanks to an intuitive touch display and three-colour lighting in the chamber, allowing the machine status to be easily visible from a distance through the all-glass door. Innovative components, such as a variable-speed circulation pump which reduces consumption and the new EasyLoad system ensuring particularly fast and convenient loading, are instrumental in achieving this.
Slim on the outside, flexible on the inside just about sums up the free-standing lab washers from the SlimLine series, offering ample space in the chamber in a product which is only 65 cm wide. Optimum use of the chamber is facilitated by up to three sets of telescopic runners which can be used at four different positions. This creates additional loading flexibility and allows the cleaning of large-volume laboratory vessels with a capacity of up to 50 l.
The design of Miele’s Aura 3.0 island cooker hood, finally, is an elegant and efficient product. Its brilliant white canopy with a diameter of 70 cm is reminiscent of a flat cupola. Virtually invisible controls and a power supply via the delicate wires suspending the canopy unit round off its elegant appeal. Dimmable LED lighting (A-rated energy efficiency) and automatic Con@ctivity were further reasons for granting the iF Product Design Award.

Hisense Gorenje extends production shutdown

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Hisense Gorenje extends production shutdown
Hisense Gorenje says that it is extending its production shutdown at all its factories in Europe for another week.
The management of Hisense Gorenje has decided, in the light of the current situation due to the coronavirus epidemic across Europe, to extend the shutdown of all its European factories for another week, from 6 April to 10 April 2020.

Production at the Velenje factories will resume on Tuesday, 14 April 2020, except for the Laundry production, which will start again on Friday, 10 April. The Mora plant in the Czech Republic will also start work on Tuesday, April 14. The factory in Valjevo, Serbia, will start operating on Monday, April 13, 2020.

Hoover H-FREE 500 is among the winners of the prestigious Red Dot Award,

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Hoover H-FREE 500 is among the winners of the merchandise Design 2020 category of the planet famous and prestigious Red Dot Award, which annually brings together quite 18,000 entries from design professionals, companies and organizations from quite 70 countries.Considered the foremost important and prestigious design award, The Red Dot Award: Product Design, whose origins go back to 1955, evaluates the simplest products created annually through a world Jury made from some 40 members who evaluated quite 6,500 products.write the image description hereH-FREE 500 is that the compact, lightweight and functional cordless broom launched by Hoover in 2019: because of its slim silhouette and weight of just one .5 kg when utilized in handheld vacuum mode, H-FREE 500 reaches everyone corners of the house guaranteeing extraordinary cleaning results. additionally , its height of only 69 cm in storage mode makes the H-FREE 500 broom an object of desire for anyone seeking an unbeatable cleaning experience combined with minimized space for storing , and thanks also In parking mode, it allows the broom to face up without the necessity for extra support.H-FREE 500 may be a product that mixes compact dimensions, efficiency and results like a corded vacuum cleaner: the H-LAB brushless Inverter motor offers consistent suction power and outstanding leads to collecting dust, large particles, hair and hair from animals. additionally , its lithium battery guarantees an autonomy of up to 40 minutes of power without cable. With the H-FREE 500, everything is accessible and straightforward to succeed in , because of the on-board 3in1 accessory that creates cleaning all types of objects and surfaces in any position and space easier and easier . And with the special nozzle for animal hair removal, pet hair is faraway from round the home.In addition, the Hoover Wizard App constantly suggests the simplest thanks to use also as offering practical tips or statistics, which complete the set of solutions offered by HFREE 500 for a cleaning experience designed to always enjoy excellent performance. Hoover H-FREE 500 and therefore the other winners are going to be present at the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2020, which can happen in Essen, Germany, on June 22, 2020.

Samsung and LG close factories

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Samsung Electronics Co. will shut down its manufacturing plant in Campinas, Sao Paulo, in southeastern Brazil for two weeks from March 30 to April 12.It already closed its plant in Manaus in northern Brazil. It initially planned to keep it closed from Tuesday to Sunday this week but has decided to extend the shutdown period to April 12.Its factories in Brazil produce smartphones, TVs and home appliances.Its office employees in Brazil and other regions in Central and South Americas began remote working on Monday. The company’s retail stores and service centers in Brazil have stayed closed since Tuesday.In India, the electronics giant has shut down its smartphone factory at Noida and home appliance factory in Chennai this week. The company plans to extend the shutdown to next week.It also has announced to suspend TV factory in Slovakia for a week, and halting TV production in Hungary due to supply issues caused by the virus outbreak.LG Electronics, another big home appliance maker, is also suspending overseas production.The company on Thursday said it will close washing machine factory in Tennessee, in the U.S. from March 30 until April 12. The Tennessee produces 100,000 units a month and has around 600 workers.LG Electronics also shuttered its smartphone and home appliance plants in India. They will be kept closed until April 14.ZKW, the company’s automotive light maker subsidiary in Austria recently decided to scale down output after its finished car making client shuttered production lines temporarily.Rechargeable battery markers are also closing factories due to widespread virus.LG Chem stopped operating its battery plant in Michigan, the U.S. on Wednesday after Michigan state government issued an administrative order, directing all residents to “stay at home.” The plant will be closed until April 13.Its rival Samsung SDI is also closing its two battery pack plants in Michigan until April 13

Electrolux closes factory in northwestern Romania

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Electrolux has temporarily closed its gas oven factory in Satu Mare, northwestern Romania, where it has 850 employees, due to lack of orders, Ziarul Financiar reported.

Company officials say this is a short-term measure.

“This is a short-term measure, which allows us to adjust our production schedules according to the sales expected in the near future. After the fine tuning of the stocks of resources in line with the smooth operation of the factory and the volume of orders, we will relaunch the production,” company’s officials said.

Danby Appliances

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Danby is currently working with other local companies to design and manufacture ventilators to help support our healthcare system, which is currently in short supply. At Danby we have devoted most of our engineers and designers to this project. We, along with many others, are simply trying to do the right thing.

“We have no ego here – we are trying to do what’s right. So we are working with a consortium of companies to try to come up with solutions. We are going down parallel paths. Design our own. Use open source. License someone else. Whatever it takes” – Jim Estill, CEO of Danby