John Lewis is dedicating more of its shopfloor to products from premium kitchen appliance brand Britannia Living.

For his continuous sustainable corporate policies are the most important sustainability prices in Europe Miele receives. The managing partner Dr. Markus Miele and Dr. Reinhard Zinkann received the award last Friday against at the award ceremony in Dusseldorf from the hands of the NRW Environment Minister Johannes Remmel.

The Gütersloh domestic appliance manufacturer won the award in the category of large companies. The jury were particularly comprehensive sustainability strategy of the company and the long life of the products. The moderator and co-initiator of the price, journalist Stefan Schulze-Hausmann, interviewed on confirmed Dr. Markus Miele, Miele that will not compromise on the quality and earnings.

In the jury the transparent presentation of sustainability activities Miele was highlighted sustainability report. In addition, fell into the weight that Miele assesses the sustainability of its suppliers and is available for employees “for high social standards above average”. The long life of Miele Appliances, combined with high energy efficiency and low consumption of resources, set up an “extraordinarily good sustainability signal to industry and society.”

The jury of the German Sustainability Award consists of renowned experts from business, politics, research and civil society headed by Professor Dr. Günther Bachmann, Secretary General of the Council for Sustainable Development.

The German Sustainability Award, awarded for the seventh year of its Foundation, one of the most prestigious sustainability prices of Europe.

Guest of honor at the glittering award ceremony was the astronaut Alexander Gerst. In addition, prizes were awarded to former Federal President Horst Köhler, the actor Colin Firth and wife Livia for its social and environmental commitment as well as to the singer Nelly Furtado for her humanitarian efforts.

SMEG’S BESPOKE FRIDGE AUCTIONS FOR £2,600 FOR CHARITY

THE ONE OF A KIND CYCLING THEMED FAB28 FRIDGE WAS MADE TO CELEBRATE THE CHARITIES ‘CHAMPIONS OF CYCLE SPORT’ DINNER.
At the end of November Action Medical Research, Smeg’s chosen charity of the year, held theirChampions of Cycle Sport dinner. The black tie event was held at Battersea House, and was a celebration of both the charity and all the amazing cyclists that have contributed to the cause over the year. Smeg donated a beautiful bespoke FAB28 fridge sold for an amazing £2,600, which is a phenomenal amount. Especially as FAB28’s usually sell for somewhere in region of £900.

Gree Electric Appliances Inc, a leading domestic home appliance manufacturer, is committed to tackling air pollution by operating centers where used appliances can be recycled and by using advanced technology to upgrade its products.

Four such “e-cycling” centers have been opened since 2012.

“We produce high-efficiency air conditioners, but we should also do our part to recycle used appliances,” said Gree President Dong Mingzhu.

According to the Ministry of Commerce, about 100 million major electronic appliances – televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners and computers – have been discarded in China each year since 2010.

The number is estimated to be growing by 20 percent annually. “It is a company’s social responsibility to take part in the recycling process,” said Dong.

Discarded appliances, no matter what brand, are dismantled at the four centers. Metal and other components of the appliances are sold to recycling companies, and each center generates about 140 million yuan ($22.8 million) in revenue per year, sources with the company said.

The centers are in Anhui, Hebei, Henan and Hunan provinces, where there is huge demand for efficient handling of discarded appliances

In 2012, China introduced regulations encouraging such centers to be established as part of a larger drive to improve corporate social responsibility in the environmental area.

“Gree should not work alone in the recycled appliance sector. We hope that more Chinese home appliance makers will join us to make a better environment and achieve sustainable development, both for companies and consumers,” Dong said.

For her role in these efforts, Dong was honored in September as the United Nations Development Program’s global messenger for its sustainable urban development project. Gree’s latest self-designed air conditioner uses photovoltaic power.

The Guangdong-based home appliance company, which has become a market leader in terms of air conditioner sales, also launched a nationwide campaign to promote the use of inverter air conditioners by encouraging users to replace their traditional constant-frequency appliances.

Inverter-aided air conditioners are more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly, compared with traditional technology.

Under the campaign, each user can get a discount of 1,000 yuan ($163) when they replace a constant-frequency air conditioner with an advanced inverter-aided one at designated stores.

The campaign aims to promote development of the air conditioning industry by introducing more environmentally friendly and efficient technology.

“We are pursuing sustainable development by introducing advanced technology, which is of great importance to environmental protection,” Dong said.

Leading home appliance manufacturer Gorenje is thrilled to announce that its RK6193 fridge-freezer has won a Designer Kitchen & Bathroom Award for Innovation in Sustainability.

The panel, made up of 12 industry experts, awarded the appliance manufacturer at the ceremony on 12th November at Supernova, a unique pop-up venue in Embankment Gardens, Central London.

Stuart Benson, national sales manager for Gorenje UK, comments: “We have invested heavily in the development of our refrigeration products this year. The RK6193 fridge-freezer is a great example of our team’s hard work and commitment to creating innovative new appliances.

“The model features our advanced IonAir technology that uses negatively charged ions to purify the air in the fridge which destroys up to 95% of all the bacteria, mould and odours, dramatically enhancing food preservation.”

The A+++ rated Superior line fridge freezer is packed with Gorenje’s industry-leading features including AdaptCool advance sensor technology to track the user’s habits for seven days and adjust the temperature accordingly, a CrispZone compartment to preserve and lock in freshness and Multiflow 360 technology which ensures the constant insertion of cool air inside the refrigerator, as well as an equal temperature on each shelf.

The award-winning Colour Edition model is available in a range of striking colours including jet black, cream, chocolate brown, fiery red and bordeaux.

Stuart concludes: “We had a fantastic day celebrating at the awards ceremony yesterday and we are so pleased to have received this recognition.

“We are very proud of all the products we offer at Gorenje, and as a company it is our priority to keep developing and growing our product portfolio. This year alone we have launched three new ranges; Classico, Simplicity and Gorenje+!”

For more information about Gorenje’s range of appliances visit gorenje.co.uk.

manufacturer of quality and innovative household appliances, … itself as the number one brand for majordomestic appliances in Nigeria. Haier Thermocool has rolled out the drums to celebrate 40 years of outstanding business relationship with their dealers, staff and valued partners.

The celebratory event held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos where Managing Director, Panos Katsis reassured customers of the brand’s commitment to “building customer trust, confidence and loyalty through a range of innovative and quality products built specifically for the Nigerian market”

The evening presented an opportunity forThermocool to roll out new sets of amazing innovative products ranging from freezers, refrigerators, cookers, generators, washing machines & air conditioners. Guests were pleasantly awed at the design and aesthetics.

These innovative products were specifically designed for the Nigerian market to meet the unique needs of the Nigerian environment.

Thermocool is one of the subsidiaries of PZ and a leading manufacturer of high quality range of household appliances. Thermocool prides itself as the number one brand for major domestic appliances in Nigeria

For more details on Thermocool and all its exciting range of products, visit http://www.www.thermocool.com.ng. You can also check out all the exciting new products on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/Thermocoolng.

 UK manufacturer of cooking and refrigeration brands ‘Stoves’, ‘Lec’, ‘New World’ and ‘Belling’, used the recent IFA Berlin event to unveil a revolutionary LED lighting product for ovens.

GDHA unveiled the innovations – developed in conjunction with Bury-based Trumeter – to an appreciative audience at the global industry tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances.

A leading international designer and manufacturer of LED lighting products, Trumeter’s expertise, combined with GDHA’s appliance knowhow, resulted in a ground-breaking product that completely re-thinks oven lighting.

Replacing traditional rear bulbs with LED lighting positioned at the front of the oven the product enables food to be viewed more easily during cooking, removing the need to open the door and lose heat.

As the LED technology is cheaper to run than a traditional bulb, reduced energy costs are a major benefit, alongside vastly superior illumination quality, resulting in cleaner, crisper and more contemporary light.
GDHA’s Managing Director, Jonathan Casley, commented:‘The reaction from our customers to the new LED lighting has been very positive.

‘We’re still in the development phase of this project with Trumeter and with their support and focus, we’re looking forward to getting this new technology to market as soon as possible.’

These views were echoed by Alf Jones, Trumeter Group Sales & Marketing Director, who said: ‘We’re very excited by this major home appliance innovation and proud to be associated with GDHA in its development, incorporating our proven truliteTM technology.

‘Having employed the skills and experience Trumeter has gained working in other industries, notably the automotive sector, we’ve created a revolutionary LED lighting product.’

Trumeter are a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of sophisticated measurement products, as well as touch-sense and LED lighting products for a variety of markets, with sales in over 30 countries.

Find out more about LED lighting for home appliances at trumeter.com/custom-products

Trumeter have offices based in Bury (UK), Florida (USA) and representation in Penang (Malaysia).

 Wood-fired ovens sold by Mugnaini, Inc., are known in North American culinary circles for baking gourmet pizza, but increasingly, restaurants and would-be home chefs are thinking outside the pizza box on more uses for the even-heating hearths.

Andrea Mugnaini had to convince the Italian maker of the cooking elements for her company’s ovens that Americans would want to cook over wood at home. (credit: Eric Perez)

And demand for oven-cooking classes closer to the heart of California’s wine and food culture has prompted the Watsonville-based assembler and distributor to relocate from the Monterey County coast to a 15,000-square-foot assembly plant and showroom under construction in Healdsburg.

“As our business has grown to have more direct contact with clients pre- and postsale, we found we need to be in the community where people travel,” said Andrea Mugnaini, founder and owner. “People do not want to travel to Wine Country then to Watsonville.”

So the two-decade-old business is set to consolidate the 10,000-square-foot assembly plant, headquarters and showroom in Watsonville and a demonstration kitchen in a renovated barn her 30-acre vineyard estate in Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley winegrowing area. The new assembly plant, warehouse, retail showroom and teaching kitchen, located at 1530 Grove St. in Healdsburg, is set to be completed in May.

Ms. Mugnaini started the company 25 years ago to import oven components from manufacturer Refrattari Valoriani, located near Florence, Italy. But it took some convincing of the Valoriani family, which has been making wood cooking ovens since 1890, to give her a chance.

“It was an uphill battle back then, because no one thought Americans would cook like that — cooking with wood in the home,” Ms. Mugnaini said.

She quickly sold the first 10 ovens allocated to her then shifted from selling wine in Europe to wood ovens in North America, under an exclusive distributorship.

Cooking classes started in Watsonville in 1998, as homeowners with the high-end hearths wanted to know how to use them — and even how to cook at all. In 2007, she installed six ovens at her Alexander Valley property for one- and three-day classes.

Three dozen classes are planned next year as the new facility opens.

Chefs also are cooking steaks in Mugnaini wood-fired ovens. (credit: Eric Perez)

Mugnaini imports the oven components from Italy then assembles them into several configurations for residential and commercial uses. Key elements of the modular design are the dome-like “crown” and floor, made from Tuscan refractory clay compressed under 8,000 pounds of force and fired at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The chimney is designed to greatly limit the smell of smoke and comply with emissions requirements.

Residential ovens have firebrick floors 1.75 inches thick to balance the heating characteristics of the 2.25-inch-thick dome made from solid and aggregate fired clay. Commercial models, developed when pizzerias became popular in the 1970s, have 2.25-inch floors and 3.25-inch thickness in the dome.

The ovens range in price based on finishes and size. Kits retail for $2,500-$4,900, while factory-assembled ovens can cost $5,500-$10,000.

Some restaurants are using residual heat from the previous night’s dinner service to bake breads and pastries in the morning. (credit: Eric Perez)

Among the hundreds of commercial ovens Mugnaini has assembled and sold in North America are dozens at North Bay restaurants and wineries, such as Hotel Healdsburg Café and Silver Oak Cellars.

Ca’ Momi Enoteca purchased a Mugnaini oven three and a half years ago when it opened in Napa’s Oxbow Public Market. It is among nearly two dozen U.S. Neapolitan pizzaiolis (pizza-makers) certified by the Verace Pizza Napoletana association, established by the Italian government in 1984 as a “denomination of control” for how the pizza is made. One of the specifications is that the pies be baked in a wood-fire oven for 60-90 seconds on a 905 degree Fahrenheit cooking surface.

“It is very easy to use and reliable, and management of temperature is very easy,” said Dario De Conti, CEO. “We cook our porchetta and veggies in it but most use it for pizzas.”

Ca’ Momi also has a mobile version of the oven to bake pizzas on location.

Mugnaini (831-761-1767, mugnaini.com) employs 10 now. Several workers likely will move with the business to Sonoma County, but some more employees will be needed, Ms. Mugnaini said.

She bought the Healdsburg land in September 2013. Local general contractor Eddinger Enterprises started building the facility in July.

Appliance manufacturer Gorenje has teamed up with Jeremy Wright Ltd. to supply a range of appliances for Dartmouth Food Festival.

Gorenje supplied kitchen appliances to the Jeremy Wright Ltd. stand which saw well-known Chef, Mitch Tonks deliver a live cooking demonstration.

Now in its 11th year, Dartmouth food festival saw tens of thousands attendees at this year’s event. 

Stuart Benson, national sales manager at Gorenje UK commented: “Dartmouth Food Festival is a fantastic regional event that showcases the very best of local produce and businesses.

“Jeremy Wright Ltd. is a great local company and we were more than happy to get involved with supplying appliances for the stand at the event!”

Gorenje supplied three key appliances to the stand; an iconic Ora Ito oven in white, a sleek IT951AC induction hob and a stunning Retro fridge in Lime Green. 

Jeremy Wright, owner of Jeremy Wright Ltd. Commented: “The design of the Gorenje appliances were a real draw for people visiting the stand. The Lime Green Retro fridge in particular made a real bold statement!”

The Jeremy Wright Ltd. stand, including the Gorenje appliances, will be showcased at numerous other events over the next few months including ‘Taste of the West’ in Exeter and ‘The Crab Festival’ in Dartmouth.

Stuart concluded: “It was fantastic that our appliances were so well received at the festival and we are looking forward to being part of more events like this soon!” 

For more information about Gorenje’s range of appliances, visit gorenje.co.uk.

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