AWE2025 Showcases Innovation: Panasonic Unveils NORUVI SEA™ Refrigerator Series**

The 2025 China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo (AWE2025) kicked off in style at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. As part of the event’s opening festivities, Panasonic Home Appliances hosted its 2025 Strategy and New Product Launch Conference, revealing its latest flagship refrigerator series: the NORUVI SEA™ Norwegian Sea.

Drawing inspiration from the majestic Norwegian Sea, the NORUVI SEA™ series boasts cutting-edge features. Incorporating VIP vacuum insulation materials and a premium top compressor design, the refrigerator offers an impressive 700L capacity—setting a new benchmark in volume efficiency. This expansive freezing capability truly lives up to its promise of “large freezing is really large,” embodying the power and depth of Arctic ice.

Adding to its innovations, the Norwegian Sea series introduces the industry’s first four-dimensional fresh-keeping system. With Panasonic’s signature technologies, such as -3℃ micro-freezing preservation and Nanoe™X ion purification, the system ensures optimal freshness for all ingredients. It meticulously balances temperature, humidity, purification, and rapid cooling to create an ecosystem where freshness thrives.

Haier new integrated fridge freezer

Introducing the sleek and sophisticated ID Titanium Series 6 integrated Fridge Freezer.
This product certainly packs a punch.
⚡️One of the very few C rated integrated FF on the market.
🍗 268litres of internal storage.
💡 Daylight LED backlight – the whole back panel illuminates so you can see exactly whats in the fridge.
🍾 Foldable bottle / wine rack
👇🏼 The touch display on top of the My Zone drawer is easy to reach and can control the fridge, freezer and My Zone compartments.

🌡The MyZone drawer lets you switch the compartment temperature to suit whatever you need to store. perfect for chilling beer or wine!
🤫 32db (A) noise level, one of the quietest on the market
🔟 Market leading 10 year parts & labour warranty!

Hisense AI fridge freezer

Hisense introduces the BCD-780W refrigerator, featuring ConnectLife and a 21-inch TFT display that offers intuitive control and a stunning visual experience. Its AI functions include food inventory management, expiration reminders, recipe recommendations and voice control. It also suggests personalized recipes based on available ingredients and the user’s health profile. The vacuum drawer keeps meat fresh for up to five days while ensuring a 99.99% bacteria-free environment. The VersaTemp+ drawer allows flexible temperature control, perfect for wines and beverages. With its modern design and advanced technology, the BCD-780W redefines contemporary refrigeration.

Introducing the Second-Generation LG Signature Collection

The second-generation LG Signature Collection seamlessly blends the brand’s signature minimalist design with top-tier performance and intuitive AI features. This new lineup includes the LG Signature Side-by-Side Refrigerator with OLED-T Panel, the LG Signature Smart InstaView™ Built-in Microwave, the Built-in Double Oven with Integrated Induction Top, the LG Signature Dishwasher, the LG Signature Washer-Dryer, and the LG Signature Washer and Dryer. The InstaView Side-by-Side smart refrigerator stands out with its innovative OLED-T panel integrated into one of the doors. This display allows you to manage the refrigerator and view its contents without opening the door, thanks to the digital touch interface and Dual InstaView panel. It can also display hologram-like images, merging the virtual with the real in a sophisticated blend of art and technology. For an enhanced ambiance, the refrigerator provides access to a playlist. The ThinQ™ app and AI camera recognize food items, suggest recipes based on available ingredients and user preferences, and track expiration dates. These features simplify grocery management, meal planning, and preparation, transforming the kitchen into a truly connected and dynamic space.

The LG Signature Built-in Microwave Oven and Oven offer diverse cooking options. The microwave oven is equipped with three built-in cameras for real-time cooking monitoring and creating original time-lapse videos. With a 27-inch Full-HD touch display featuring InstaView, built-in speakers, and Wi-Fi connectivity, the microwave oven offers a wide range of entertainment options. The screen also provides access to the LG ThinQ Smart Home dashboard, allowing control of all LG AI devices and compatible Matter and Thread appliances in your home. Additionally, when paired with the oven, the microwave’s LCD display shows the progress of the oven’s dishes, eliminating the need for manual checks.

Samsung Wants Screens on Every Appliance by 2025

Samsung Electronics is set to revolutionize home appliances with its advanced display technology, embodying its vision of ‘Screens Everywhere’.
This year, Samsung is transforming the kitchen experience with a refrigerator featuring a new 9” AI Home screen and incorporating the 7” AI Home into the Wall Oven. The laundry category isn’t left behind, with the 7” AI Home integrated into the Bespoke AI Laundry Combo™, now included in the new Bespoke AI™ Washer and Dryer Set. These innovative products will debut at CES 2025.

### Bespoke Refrigerators Get New Compact Screen and Improved Functionality

By offering a range of products with varying screen sizes, Samsung enhances user accessibility and brings the smart home closer to reality. With Bixby voice control, Samsung home appliance screens provide essential activity information like internal temperatures or wash cycle details in a user-friendly format. The Map View feature stands out, allowing these screens to act as convenient control hubs, enabling users to monitor and control connected appliances from a single screen. Additionally, the screens offer various entertainment features via Internet connectivity, broadening the role of home appliances within the home environment.

BlueStar introduces New colour

Introducing the 2025 BlueStar Colour of the Year
Signal Brown brings a sense of richness
BlueStar® is proud to introduce its 2025 Colour of the Year, Signal Brown. The redness of this hue adds a caramel tone that brings a richness that appeals to our senses. The warmness of Signal Brown works well as a foundation and complements a broad spectrum of colours, like deep dark blues, softer beige tones, and neutrals.

Handpicked by the creative and visionary San Francisco interior designer Tineke Triggs, a seasoned expert with six San Francisco Decorator Showcases to her name. Her award-winning designs have graced the pages of renowned publications such as Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Veranda, Dwell, Luxe, California Home & Design, Modern Luxury Interiors, California Homes, and Sunset Magazine

Hoshizaki new commercial refrigeration

Discover Hoshizaki’s NEW Upright Series with sleek glass doors, where simplicity meets cutting-edge cooling technology. Designed for chefs, consultants, and architects, these units deliver unmatched efficiency without compromising on performance. Experience the perfect blend of functionality and style, tailored to meet the demands of your culinary and design endeavours.

Head to their website to see  full range of Hoshizaki refrigeration

Franke presents the Mythos Skyscraper refrigerator and the Maris Long Panel dishwasher

Franke provides a comprehensive solution for all your kitchen needs, now featuring the impressive Skyscraper refrigerators. The Mythos Skyscraper refrigerator, equipped with Total No-Frost technology, stands out with its generous dimensions of 193 cm in height and 70 cm in width. This spacious design eliminates the hassle of limited storage, allowing for more efficient and stress-free management of your kitchen supplies. With a substantial capacity of 384 litres, it offers approximately 45% more space than a typical refrigerator, making it easier to organize and access your food.

the new Maris Long Panel dishwasher by Franke is designed and built to perfectly align with the growing demand for uniformity and continuity of design.
A dishwasher designed to integrate perfectly into kitchens of any style or size, thanks to its long customizable front panel that can be coordinated with the furniture and perfectly suited to kitchens with a low plinth, so that the dishwasher integrates completely with the surrounding environment, offering your kitchen space a cohesive, linear and even more pleasant look.

In addition to its modern elegance, the Maris Long Panel dishwasher boasts an automatic door opening system to ensure the best drying results after each cycle and a capacity of up to 14 place settings to adapt to the number of place settings to be washed, to optimize the number of washes when entertaining many guests. It is also in energy class D , ensuring efficient washing with every use.

Keeping cool with Gaggenau

Gaggenau  new generation of cooling will be available for purchase in Europe in late fall 2024, in North America from mid-November and in Asia-Pacific within 2025.A new standard in freshness.

Pushing the boundaries of technical advancement, the new generation of cooling leaves nothing to chance.

At the heart of the new cooling series is a professional freshness system. The full-width chilled drawer and up to two extendable fresh climate drawers with humidity control allow even the most delicate ingredients to be preserved – with gentle cushioned closing.

To ensure ideal storage conditions on all levels, the new series offers an ethylene absorber, air filters, and freezer burn as well as oxidation protection to prolong freshness. Additionally, there is a range of dedicated cooling programs – perfected to set the right humidity and temperature for specific types of food.

Featuring an adaptive light concept, the new generation of cooling intends to provide guidance by adjusting to the ambient conditions. For example, when a drawer is opened, it dims the surrounding compartments. At the same time, the respective area on the display is highlighted, offering guidance on where to change settings. It also helps to fully utilize the capability of the appliance with animated quick guides for maintenance, among other possibilities.

New Smeg FAB refrigerators with matte finishes

Smeg has unveiled its latest line of FAB refrigerators, featuring matte finishes that blend retro aesthetics with contemporary trends. These stylish refrigerators are available in autumn-inspired hues, adding a touch of warmth and elegance to any kitchen.

This new collection caters to the increasing demand for matte finishes, which not only enhance sophistication but also offer a soft, tactile experience. The FAB refrigerators come in a variety of colours, including sand, terracotta, and emerald green, making them ideal for creating a cosy and inviting autumnal atmosphere.