Fisher & Paykel has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Homes & Gardens Design Award for the Best Kitchen Product. The annual Homes & Gardens Design Awards celebrate standout products and projects, and Fisher & Paykel’s RS60 Triple Zone refrigerator was recognised for its innovation and design.
NEFF Home Appliances’s fully automatic coffee machines with “Flex Control” offer a large and high-performance touch display, providing an immersive experience that can be operated purely by touch or through a hybrid mode with the “Twist Pad Flex®” on either side.
The intuitive “Tune Zone” on the display allows users to easily customize coffee-related choices, such as the desired amount or intensity, with a simple touch. As the user makes their selections, an animated cup on the display visually adjusts to reflect the chosen values, while a “Light Dialogue” provides color-based feedback for an even more engaging experience.
The new AEG 8000 Perfect Illumination Hood unlocks the magical colors of food through masterful lighting. It has several brightness and colour settings that not only cast a more ambient light for a different mood in the kitchen, but more importantly, create a perfect environment for cooking.
Also the new AEG 9000 AutoSense Hood. Its advanced sensor technology can intuitively detect steam, grease and odours and automatically adjusts the fan power to freshen and clean the kitchen air.
Miele induction hobs received two important design awards: the iF Design Award and the RedDot Design Award. Two hobs with an integrated extractor (TwoInOne) and a full-surface induction hob were each double winners.both powerful and quiet in operation. Their reduced design is characterised by the central air intake with a grille set in the ceramic glass screen. This feature, in particular, convinced the jury of the Red Dot Award and allows pots and pans to slide freely. The grille on the rectangular air intake blends in seamlessly with the design of the hob. Depending on the model, the grille is either completely black (KMDA 7272 Silence) or has discreet brushed stainless-steel slats (KMDA 7473 Silence).
A further recipient of the iF and the Red Dot design prize was the KM 7897-1 FL Diamond full-surface induction hob. As many as 6 pots, pans and oven dishes can be placed anywhere on the 90 cm wide hob unit and move around freely. This guarantees untold freedom during cooking. Moreover, the ceramic screen on the hob unit features a special coating: DiamondFinish is one of the hardest surfaces on the market and hence particularly scratch-resistant
The ELAG Professional Line is gaining currently a lot of attention on the Küchenmeile. Because it’s blending the best of both worlds: the power of the LeMax built-in grill with a high-performance induction cooktop.
The LeMax grill lets you cook directly on ceramic glass, ensuring a robust and healthy meal and with the induction feature, traditional cookware cooking is a breeze. Ideal for kitchen islands or that outdoor kitchen setup you’ve been dreaming of
The healthy refrigerator
Bosch raises the standard for new refrigerators – upwards and outwards. One of the producer’s visions is to reduce food waste.
Bosch took us into the laboratory and the dreams of the white goods of the future.
The German manufacturer Bosch raises the standard for refrigerators. An XL refrigerator must in future be 194 centimeters high and 77 centimeters wide. It creates, depending on the consumer’s choice of model, between 21 and 45% more “useful content” in the fridge.
Bosch states that more than 50% of consumers today declare themselves “very interested in healthy nutrition and healthy foods”. Bosch has translated this statement into a “healthy refrigerator”, where bio-based plastics and simpler, lighter components are already used in the production phase, saving 33% of materials already in production.
In addition, the XL fridge is a weapon in the fight against food waste: a less crowded fridge automatically means more order, more overview and less food waste.
Bosch presented figures showing that 22% of consumers today already have connected, “smart” appliances. Bosch sees connectivity and artificial intelligence as the very key to sustainability:
“Take auto-dispensing detergent as an example. Auto-dos saves 38% of detergent compared to when people dose themselves. Add to that that a mini-wash saves approx. 50% water compared to a normal wash. It is precisely the smart products and the human consideration that can lead us to the sustainable use of white goods”, said de.t
34% of German consumers emphasize that white goods are smart when making new purchases. More than 40% are willing to pay more for smart devices.
Bosch develops most of its new products in Germany, which is naturally emphasized in an IFA context, where the large audience is German. But the manufacturer also had concrete news from the local development laboratories: from 2024 all Bosch washing machines are in energy class A.
Not only Bosch delivers here. I wonder if we are moving towards a new rescaling of the pan-European energy labels
APPLiA membership continues to grow, so does the number of manufacturing sites owned by our members in Europe, helping to stimulate the economy by creating new jobs each year.
Siemens launches its new extra-capacity refrigerators, designed with 45% more space than the standard. These new appliances (1.93 cm high and 70.8 cm wide) feature sturdy glass shelves, finished with blackSteel profiles, in perfect combination with the new ovens and hobs of the Siemens studioLine range. The hinges, thanks to the softClosing system, ensure the automatic closing of the refrigerator when an angle of 20° (or less) is reached. In addition, the interior lighting can be controlled and set via the Home Connect app. Finally, the No Frost technology allows for optimal air distribution by preventing the formation of frost
UK Kitchen distributor Waterline has partnered with trade association The Kbsa to offer its retail members a benefits package including credit terms and discounts.
Beko plc has launched its biggest TV and multi-channel advertising campaign, to date, costing £3millionRunning until the end of October 2023, the 360 campaign will comprise TV advertising, Sky AdSmart, digital media,
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