China’s white goods (including components) export reached a record high last year, according to a report issued by the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products Thursday.

The report shows that white goods export recorded 75.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2018, a year-on-year rise of 9.6 percent.

The export of large electrical goods used domestically such as refrigerators and washing machines continued to increase, and the export of small household appliances began to see growth last year.

European countries remained the strong buyers of China’s white goods, accounting for around 45 percent of China’s total export, said Shi Yonghe, vice director of the chamber.

Shi added that more buyers in emerging markets such as the ASEAN countries also contributed to the growth.

Chinese white goods companies are expanding their global service network and enhance the protection of intellectual property rights to cope with the growing demand, said Shi.

In the framework of Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22In the framework of Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22, Grundig presents the Respect Earth campaign, focused on eco-innovation and energy efficiency, and with which it is committed to technologies and products that allow consumers to convert their homes in more efficient homes and reduce their environmental impact through responsible consumption. In addition, it presents its new range of EcoChamp refrigerators.

This range incorporates the latest innovations of the firm in energy efficiency and sets new standards for the category. Thanks to the combination of No Frost Duo-Cooling technology and the EcoMotor Inverter, these products achieve energy savings of up to 60% compared to other models in the same category. They also decrease the sound level by 6 dB.

Likewise, they allow a greater stability of the temperature, to guarantee a better and more lasting conservation of the food; at the same time that the controlled increase in moisture levels allows to prolong the life of them.

Among the refrigerators incorporating these new technologies include the GQN 21220X four-door and GSBS 16820FX models. Both, certified with A ++, are equipped with the latest technology in thermal insulation, achieving energy savings of up to 60%. presents the Respect Earth campaign, focused on eco-innovation and energy efficiency, and with which it is committed to technologies and products that allow consumers to convert their homes in more efficient homes and reduce their environmental impact through responsible consumption.In addition, it presents its new range of EcoChamp refrigerators.

This range incorporates the latest innovations of the firm in energy efficiency and sets new standards for the category.Thanks to the combination of No Frost Duo-Cooling technology and the EcoMotor Inverter, these products achieve energy savings of up to 60% compared to other models in the same category. They also decrease the sound level by 6 dB.

Likewise, they allow a greater stability of the temperature, to guarantee a better and more lasting conservation of the food;at the same time that the controlled increase in moisture levels allows to prolong the life of them.

Among the refrigerators incorporating these new technologies include the GQN 21220X four-door and GSBS 16820FX models. Both, certified with A ++, are equipped with the latest technology in thermal insulation, achieving energy savings of up to 60%.

MILAN, April 9 2019 – At Fuorisalone 2019, Milan’s world-famous celebration of design, held during the city’s prestigious Salone Internazionale del Mobile from April 8-14, Whirlpool is showcasing the power of innovative design to build meaningful human connections in the digital age. As technology reshapes our world, the leading appliance brand is presenting a vision of human-centric design where technology senses our needs, adapts to our lifestyles and helps us enjoy more rewarding experiences at home. This concept is sensationally brought to life through the brand’s interactive art installation – designed by Ico Migliore with M+S lab – at the ‘Human Spaces’ exhibition, presented by leading design magazine, INTERNI. As part of its presence at Fuorisalone, Whirlpool will host an engaging discussion with industry thought leaders to explore how technology and design can contribute to enhancing and supporting the connections that truly matter in our lives. Whirlpool is also providing its guests the opportunity to experience its exquisite, W Collection suite of premium appliances through a special cooking demonstration event. Additionally, the W Collection will be featured in a product showcase at the newly-renovated Milan flagship showroom of Cosentino.

During Fuorisalone 2019, Whirlpool is partnering with the iconic Italian interior and contemporary design magazine, INTERNI, for the very first time. Whirlpool is co-producing INTERNI’s ‘Human Spaces’ event, and a special Whirlpool installation is featured as part of this distinguished showcase of design. As the pioneering force behind Fuorisalone and a leader in the world of design, INTERNI’s flagship event, which is taking place at the University of Milan between April 8-19, is anticipated to attract over 200,000 visitors and designers over the course of the two weeks.

Whirlpool at Fuorisalone 2019

“Today, design plays an increasingly important role within our homes and kitchens, which have become social and shared spaces that we use to express our personalities and empower our lifestyles,” said Neil Tunstall, Vice President Products of Whirlpool EMEA. “As the technology that surrounds us grows ever more intelligent, Whirlpool – a pioneer in advanced connected appliances – is innovating to ensure that our human experience continues to define this new world. At Fuorisalone, we are excited to bring this vision to life, especially through an inspirational installation that explores and embodies these concepts. As a co-producer of INTERNI’s distinguished ‘Human Spaces’ exhibition, we aim to show how the Whirlpool brand is helping to create homes that are more sensitive to the human experience through our 6TH SENSE technology. The installation and the product showcase reveal how better technology can liberate us to focus on the human connections that truly matter.”

For the Human Spaces event, Whirlpool is immersing its visitors in a unique sensory experience, celebrating the power of meaningful human connections. With a striking new installation created by Ico Migliore with M+S lab called, “The Perfect Time”, the experience explores the concepts of time, space and connection, where space is interpreted as an intelligent, permeable organism that visitors can pass through, discovering how changes in perception are altered by place and time. The installation reveals how the human-centric product design behind the premium appliance manufacturer’s W Collection range can help shape our experiences and bring us closer together and shows how Whirlpool is helping to create homes that are more sensitive to the human experience through its 6TH SENSE technology. “The Perfect Time” will be on display in the courtyard of the University of Milan from April 8-19.

Whirlpool W Collection

Experience the exquisitely designed W Collection range at Fuorisalone
Fuorisalone is one of the most exciting environments to discover some of the world’s best design. At Milan Design Week, Whirlpool is partnering with Cosentino to provide an opportunity for visitors to experience the brand’s premium W Collection appliances at its Milan showroom, ‘Cosentino City Milan’, located in Piazza Fontana. Cosentino is a leading manufacturer of innovative and technologically advanced surfaces for the world of design and architecture, including Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®. Like Whirlpool, Cosentino shares a desire to create innovative products that reflect the importance of bringing high-quality and remarkable materials into everyday environments such as homes and kitchens – a fact demonstrated beautifully by bringing both brands’ products together at Fuorisalone.

Whirlpool Talk Show
On April 8, Whirlpool hosted an exclusive “talk show”-style panel discussion that explored how technology and design can help to foster meaningful connections and contribute to enhancing and supporting the people and activities that truly matter in our lives. The event took place at the Cosentino City Milan showroom in Piazza Fontana, 6, Milan.

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About Whirlpool Corporation:
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is the leading major appliance manufacturer in the world, with approximately $21 billion in annual sales, 92,000 employees and 65 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2018. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, Jenn-Air, Indesit, Hotpoint and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world.

Galanz ToastWave four-in-one countertop appliance with air fry, convection bake, toast and microwave

Why we like it: Everyone uses a microwave to reheat or thaw out food. But what if you could nuke a piece of frozen food and have it come out nicely browned as if it were cooked in an oven? Galanz ToastWave, which says it will defrost and cook with the combined speed of a microwave and a convection oven in one space-saving appliance

AHAM, the North American Association of Home Appliances Manufacturer, will held its annual meeting from 27 to 30 April in Washington. The event will be an important occasion for the home appliances player to meet and discuss the current trends of the sector. Many managers and big names of the industry will attendee the meeting as speakers, such as John Taylor, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications of LG Electronics USA; Jim Estill, President & CEO of Danby Appliances; Kevin Nolan, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Appliances, a Haier company; Dean Schwartz, Merchandising Vice President – Home Appliances of Lowe’s; Linda Menghetti Dempsey of National Association of Manufacturers. In addition, some representatives of the U.S. Government, of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will also be present as speakers, as well as representatives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy that will discuss all these relevant themes for the home appliances sector development in the United States and globally. During the meeting will also be assigned some awards and recognitions, such as the Chairman’s Partnership Awards, the Emerging Leader Award, the Gordon Stauffer and Liston Durden Distinguished Service Award and the Home Appliance Industry Leadership Award.

Miele, the benchmark brand of premium appliances has just opened a new Miele Experience Center (MEC) in Bilbao, which joins the other three of those that the brand already has in Spain, located between Madrid and Barcelona. The opening of this space, which coincides with the 120th anniversary of the German brand based in Guterslöh, is a clear sign of the bet that the company is making for our market and adds to the almost 100 stores that it already has spread all over the world.

During the opening ceremony of the MEC in Bilbao, it was possible to count on the presence of the top executives of the brand worldwide, Dr. Zinkann and Dr. Miele, who highlighted: “our parents founded Miele Spain in 1966, as a tenth subsidiary of the brand. This bet has been growing until today, that we inaugurated our fourth point of sale. We are very pleased to be able to be closer and closer to the Spanish consumer and their needs . ” In addition, it was also possible to count on the presence of Axel Kniehl, the world director of Marketing and sales.

For his part, the director of Miele Iberia, Ditmar Vierbuchen, stressed that “This opening is very important for us given the relevance that Bilbao has globally at a strategic and economic level, and it is our first bet outside of Madrid and Barcelona

A new space in the heart of Bilbao
Miele’s new MEC in Spain is located in a privileged location, in line with the rest of the showrooms that the brand has spread around the world. It is located in Plaza Euskadi nº3, very close to the Iberdrola Tower and a few meters from the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao.

It has a total of 190 square meters of exhibition and houses more than 100 appliances, most of them active, so that customers or visitors of the space can see them, touch them and experience the quality of the products. In addition, and in line with the commitment to technological innovation of the brand, it has the latest solutions for interaction with the customer such as: several touch screens to interactively know the features of the products, special headphones with which to test how is the sound of the extractor hoods or a digital scanner to learn how to use brand detergents and consumables.

The Miele Centers Experience, places with their own philosophy
The design, innovation and maximum quality are the hallmarks of the brand of Miele premium appliances, values that are also very present the Miele Experience Centers that the brand has spread around the world from New York to Shanghai.

These exclusive spaces, endowed with an avant-garde and innovative environment, allow customers, brand fans or design professionals to get to know the latest Miele news, experiment and buy their products directly or participate in interesting events, such as their already recognized courses of cooking or your live master classes with prestigious local chefs. In them a total of 7,000 events a year are made and in 2017 they received almost 7000 visitors who could live a Miele experience live.

Ecovacs has presented its first Deebot controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) in CES 2019. It is the Deebot OZMO 960 model. Using the new technology AIVI (Artificial Intelligence and Visual Interpretation), the robot vacuum cleaner not only recognizes its environment to create a plan cleaning, but also detects many obstacles, such as cables or socks, and can avoid them efficiently. So far, AIVI can recognize around 500 objects and is constantly learning new things. The robot does not yet have a release date.

Ecovacs has also presented Smart Home technologies and the award-winning Winbot X, the first wireless window cleaning robot developed by the company, designed for people who want to enjoy a better view from their windows without having to clean themselves.

In addition to these two products, Ecovacs has also shown the functionality of its most important technologies at CES: the Smart Navi 3.0 map and navigation system, and the Ecovacs OZMO cleaning system.

In order to publicize the launch of new products, Teka has just presented two new announcements. Specifically, the new generation of induction plates of the iKnob series, and the launch in Spain of its new French Door Gourmet refrigerator.

Under the slogan “Feel the power of iKnob” Teka has presented the new series of iKnob induction hobs, which has an innovative removable control, which provides a great improvement in the usability of the board, to be able to control the power and Plate time intuitively with just one knob.

One of the major novelties in its design is that its screen printing, which is usually engraved, in this case, is LED, so it is not visible when the plate is off, which facilitates a harmonization of the countertop with the rest of the design from the kitchen.

For its part, the new Teka refrigerator, French Door Gourmet, has been presented with the slogan “Open the door to wellness”. With an exclusive design with attention to detail, this appliance has a technology that will exceed all the expectations of the users. Through its distribution of two doors in the refrigerator and two large drawers as a freezer, allow a capacity of almost 540 liters, which is 30% more capacity compared to the market average.

The Gourmet Box has a separate refrigerator circuit, which allows to control the temperature independently. Likewise, this new Teka product incorporates the Inventer engine, which places this refrigerator in a range of excellent performance and efficiency with an A ++ energy classification, which means lower consumption, quieter and greater energy savings.

According to Francisco López, vice president of Marketing for Grupo Teka, he stressed that cooking for Teka is much more than the place where food is prepared. “It’s the place where you laugh, you dream, you share, you talk, you make decisions, you give news, you make life plans and, ultimately, where you cook your life . ” And he adds that for all this, Teka designs and manufactures household appliances that provide solutions and real innovations to kitchen, that adapt to the lifestyle of the users and that are in harmony with your home.

“We work every day to understand your needs and provide new solutions that help you discover new possibilities in the kitchen”