The VIKICKS plasma filter is a revolutionary patented filter that silently removes cooking odors from a room, while letting the heat into the room.
“Due to the different sizes and shapes of the VIKICKS filters, they can be placed in almost any extraction system. In addition, a VIKICKS filter only needs to be replaced once every five years. This makes a significant difference when compared to, for example, a carbon filter, which each year to be replaced. Said an enthusiastic Martin van der Sluis.
With a VIKICKS plasma filter, odors and harmful substances are eliminated through advanced plasma technology. The filter is controlled by a small 5.5 Volt adapter and is a plug & play solution that automatically cleans the air.
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Haier Germany convened press meeting and summer party in Munich. This event attracted participation of several local media and partners. At the conference, this year’s performance of Haier Germany was summed up, with business planning for Q4 and 2022 both released.
Despite the pandemic, Haier Germany has secured a growth rate of 76% this year based on the rapid growth in 2020, with significant increase of profit and premium products accounting for 60%.
At the conference, Thomas Wittling, GM of Haier Germany, announced the planning for 2022. Also, Haier Germany launched the premium built-in series products which can be connected to hOn APP. From 2022 onward, Haier Germany will penetrate into the built- in home appliances market with innovative products to realize “zero distance to users”.
At the press conference, Haier Germany announced the partnership with Jörg Rosskopf, current Chief Coach of Table Tennis in Germany and World Champion, and famous chef Alexander Herrmann, who both act as the brand ambassador to draw the distance to users closer. Looking into the In the future, Haier Germany will further promote the brand reputation through activities like Cooking Show.
Under the guidance of Rendanheyi Model, Haier Germany has always been focused on demands of users and provided smart life experience for them.
Haier Germany 2021 Partner Conference held in Munich
From September 15th to 17th, Haier Germany held the 2021 Media and Partners Conference in Munich. This meeting summarized Haier Germany’s performance in the past few years, especially during the epidemic, and released its future strategic goals and business plans.In 2021, despite the impact of the epidemic, Haier Germany still achieved a 76% growth on the basis of last year’s high growth, and its profit has also increased significantly, with the high-end accounted for 60%.At the meeting, Thomas Wittling, General Manager of Haier Germany, announced a strategic landing plan for 2022, and also released a series of new high-end embedded products that can be interconnected with hOn App. In 2022, Haier Germany will enter the embedded market through innovative products and continue to implement high-end transformation.
Rangemaster new and refreshed 60cm cooking collection is now available with induction. Induction cooking provides numerous benefits, it’s safe, energy efficient and ultra-responsive! When you want all the professional style features and functions of a Rangemaster range cooker but you don’t have the space for a large appliance, the 60cm collection may be compact in size but they are still big on performance. Whether you favour a modern or traditional look there is something to suit every kitchen as our 60cm cookers are available in both the popular Classic and Professional+ designs. There is also a choice of fuel types including All Gas and Ceramic options as well as the new Dual Fuel and Induction models.
Miele has announced its ‘Quality Ahead of its Time’ TV advertising marketing campaign to run this autumn. The marketing campaign is stated to double its media spend for 2021 and quadruple its spending in preceding years. Scheduled to air from October 8 to November 26, the countrywide TV campaign will run on channels such as Channel 4, Sky and ITV and will be supported by on-demand platforms including ITV Hub, Sky and Channel 4 On Demand. It centres around Miele’s. 120-year historical past in constructing high-quality, top class appliances, most of which the company says are designed to last for 20 years.
According to World Health Organization we spend 90% of our time in closed spaces and breathing clean air greatly benefits both our health and mood. For this reason, #Elica is launching its new hood with integrated purifier, #IkonaMaxxiPure. Two products in one, designed to take care of household air every day, because well-being starts at home.
The Elica Ikona Maxxi Pure extractor hood is nothing new. It is an island model 120 cm long with an otherwise quite wise design. But if we look at the technical sheet, we discover that it not only includes a classic air filtration system for a hood (grid and carbon filters, therefore), but also an air purifier similar to those which enrich our test after test comparison. To these conventional barriers is therefore added a HEPA filter which must retain particles larger than one micron.
To avoid seeing said filter being saturated too quickly with grease and fumes, the air purifier part (which also accommodates an activated carbon filter, a combination called Combo Pure Filter by the manufacturer) does not suck what comes through the underside of the hood. This stale atmosphere is first treated by the “extractor hood” part before being rejected towards the top of the Ikona Maxxi Pure, from where it will be sucked by the air purification system to be finally rid of the last. harmful elements (formaldehyde, VOCs, allergens, etc.) it contains.
Note that each function of the extractor hood can be used independently. It is therefore not necessary to start the entire filtration circuit if you only want to purify the air in the room when you are not cooking.
At its maximum suction level, the Elica Ikona Maxxi Pure extractor hood can swallow 475 m³ / h, which is suitable for a kitchen of 19 m²
Beko Home Appliances USA recently received the 2021 ENERGY STAR® Emerging Technology Award for their induction ranges! Not only have they been tested to have an integrated annual energy consumption of less than or equal to 125 kWh/year but they also only include induction heating technology in the ranges . Congrats Beko on this fabulous accomplishment!
Bsh goes with its ambitious programs of decarbonizing its value chain. The company first sourced green steel from Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH in September 2021, thereby reducing its CO2 footprint by more than 66%. Low CO2 steel is to be initially used for mounting brackets in washing machine production at BSH’s Lodz plant in Poland. This is another step on the way to achieving BSH’s ambitious sustainability goals. For Salzgitter AG, the production and market launch of green strip steel is an integral component of its decarbonization strategy.
Bsh’s development and manufacturing processes at its locations all over the world have been CO2 neutral since the end of 2020. «In comparison with 2018 – Bsh Chief Operations Officer Silke Maurer said – we want to shave 15% off our Scope 3 CO2 footprint generated by procuring raw materials and parts, as well as through household appliance usage. In a bid to achieve this, we have always offered our consumers particularly energy efficient products. We are now looking very carefully at areas where we have less of a direct impact, such as the production of raw materials and the recycling of products, for instance. Therefore I am absolutely delighted that we are now able to make decisive progress in decarbonizing the value chain together with Salzgitter AG».
Moreover, the recycling of raw materials and products is major lever for BSH in its endeavors to minimize waste and conserve resources. Consequently, the company is increasingly offering circular business models as well, which enable consumers to rent household appliances or share them. After utilization, the appliances are returned, recycled for reuse and, at the end of the product life cycle, recycled in an environmentally compatible manner. Steel, for example, is subsequently melted down in Salzgitter AG’s electric arc furnaces at its Peine location.
Ufesa shows how its purifiers eliminate the SARS-CoV-2 virus by 99.97%
Ufesa’s range of purifiers is capable of trapping and destroying viruses and bacteria with an efficiency of more than 99.97%, including Sars-CoV-2. This has been confirmed by Carolina de la Torre, scientist at the Josep Carreras Leukemia Institute and head of scientific platforms, and Iñaki Castresana, Ufesa communication director, during the presentation of these devices, held last week, in which its performance and innovative technology have been put to the test. The Josep Carreras Leukemia Institute, a public research center, has been responsible for the experimental design for the execution of the microbiological tests of the purifiers.
The differential value of Ufesa air purifiers is found in the innovative and unique antimicrobial coating of the Hepa filters. This coating features an organosilane quaternary ammonium compound with antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activity. Its particularity lies in the fact that it is an organic, non-toxic and environmentally friendly compound capable of destroying the membrane of bacteria and viruses.
Carolina de la Torre explained how the filters of these devices destroy the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the Covid-19 disease: “the structure of the integral filter system is divided into three parts. The coating of the Hepa filter proceeds mechanically, killing the microorganisms that are trapped in it, since it acts like a blade, being able to pierce the virus membrane ”.
Filtering more reliable and safe for people
Thanks to the effectiveness of the coating, the filters in Ufesa purifiers have also improved. The firm has developed an improved filter that not only traps pathogenic microorganisms, but also actively eliminates them and is also less aggressive to the human body than other existing solutions.
This range of Ufesa air purifiers consists of the PF5500 Fresh Air models, covering surfaces up to 60 m²; PF3500, for surfaces up to 40 m; and PF6500 Clean Air Connect, for spaces up to 115 m².
Arçelik, the holding company for Beko, officially opened the new Beko Innovation Centre at Marlborough College, the UK’s largest co-educational independent full boarding school located in Wiltshire.
This £5m ambitious new building, supported by a generous donation by Beko Plc and several other donors, will not only provide state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities but will become a hub for local, national and global collaborations in the spheres of social enterprise, engineering, technology and education.
Marlborough College and Beko have a shared vision to educate the scientists and innovators of the future who will go on to make a difference and find novel solutions for some of the world’s most pressing problems. It is hoped that the building will inspire scientific instincts and galvanise research and development.
Marlborough and Beko also share a passion for sustainability and the building benefits from clever environmental design, employing a thermally efficient envelope, photovoltaic panels, natural ventilation, excellent daylighting and reduced water consumption. The generous floor to ceiling heights will provide opportunities for the construction of large-scale prototypes, promoting new and exciting ways of exploring ideas, unconstrained by standard classroom sizes.
Over 50 people attended the opening event, including the generous donors who supported the project and the staff who made the building happen. They enjoyed a morning of speeches and demonstrations which showcased the College’s vision for the future of Science, Technology and Innovation both within our curriculum and in outreach programmes and external collaborations. Pupils from the Lower Sixth explained how they have been training with the Young Guru Academy to use their award-winning Twin Science and Robotics kits with our local primary school partners in classroom sessions which will commence this month.
The College’s partnership with Beko will leverage the advanced capability of Beko’s Research and Development facility in Cambridge and will extend and grow both parties’ existing academic outreach and partnership programmes. It is also hoped that collaborations with business and HE can be facilitated in the future through the Cambridge Network.
Beko is currently the best-selling home appliance brand in the UK. Beko plc has been operating in the UK & Ireland since 1990 and have sold over 30 million appliances in the UK to date across their portfolio of 5 brands of Beko, Grundig, Leisure, Blomberg and Flavel. Beko plc’s parent company, Arçelik, manufactures the appliances sold by Beko plc. Headquartered in Turkey, Arçelik has more than 60 years’ experience in consumer durables and is the second largest household appliance producer in Europe, with over 30,000 employees and 21 manufacturing facilities worldwide. In 2015, Beko plc and Arcelik opened a UK R&D centre, to collaborate with UK companies and universities on innovative technologies, products and features for the next generation of home appliances, to provide product differentiation and increase customer benefit. Part of Arcelik’s Global R&D Network of over 1000 R&D employees in 17 locations, Beko R&D focus areas are Smart Home, Sensors and Sustainability and are always interested to hear from potential collaboration partners with technologies or products within their focus area.
Gaggenau, the German luxury brand for professional-grade home appliances, which announced the launch of four new ‘bricks and mortar’ flagship stores and showrooms after a positive year of sales in 2021, closed by the brand with a more than a 10% uplift in sales. Gaggenau will open two flagship stores in Shanghai and Paris. Openings are the openings are scheduled respectively in autumn 2021 and January 2022. They will be the first to feature a brand-new design and concept, created in collaboration with German architecture firm 1zu33. Other showrooms to boast the new concept design are located in Amsterdam launching in September and Brussels at the end of the year.
Each of the new openings will present sophisticated locations and local contexts in their design and architecture. Furthermore, experiential kitchen and living space scenarios will present Gaggenau appliances in a brand new way. Different materials, looks and finishes, which are representative of real-world, sophisticated living environments are supplied through collaborations with likeminded, highly respected brands, including interior wood fittings from Schotten & Hansen, modern furniture from Walter Knoll and lighting installations from Occhio.
The new flagship stores and showrooms will also include immersive private dining spaces, wine bars, and a section dedicated to the brand’s Respected by Gaggenauinitiative, celebrating independent artisans and producers in the realms of culinaryexcellence, vinicultureinnovation and design. A centrepiece attraction will be ’The Difference’ – a holistic experience, which allows visitors to discover the ethos of Gaggenau.
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