Dealers may be forced to “challenge” and inform the authorities of rogue producers under the forthcoming WEEE Directive. After several delays, the Department of Trade and Industry finally launched the guidance notes for the Directive last week ““ 11 weeks after the regulations were p…
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Domestic Appliance News
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Robots who do household chores!
Engineers at Tokyo University have developed two robots named HRP-2 NO.7 and NO.8. According to the developers, the two robots are domestic treasures and serve their owner together with one working as a “bartender” behind the kitchen counter and the other as a “waiter.” Though, the robot might lo…
Bosch-Siemens to open refrigerator plant outside St. Petersburg in June
Bosch-Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH is planning to open a 50 million euro plant to produce refrigerators outside of St. Petersburg in June of this year, Richard Bendele, general director of BSH Bytowaya Technika, the Russian subsidiary of Bosch- Siemens, told reporters on Tuesday.
MFI sale cost Galiform £187m in write-offs
The sale of the loss-making MFI furniture chain cost £187m in write-offs, owner Galiform revealed today. The 200-store business, Britain’s biggest furniture retailer, was sold to the private equity firm Merchant Equity Partners last September for a nominal £1, following mounting losses.
New fridge ‘uses less energy than light bulb’
The manufacturers of a new refrigerator claim that it uses less energy than a 100-watt light bulb. Made completely of steel, the Sub-Zero PRO 48 has two refrigeration compartments, four drawers and weighs around 800 pounds.
Web will force retailers to reduce size of shops
Retailers will cut the size of their stores as internet shopping gains ground, predicted Dixons boss John Clare. Speaking at a Property in Business Conference last week, he said: “All of the increase in retail sales in the past three years in the UK has been online. Retail store sales have gone d…
Merloni family wants to keep control of Indesit
Indesit Company SpA chairman Vittorio Merloni said his family intends to continue controlling the company to ensure its independence and continuity. The Merloni family has an about 40 pct stake in Indesit through the holding company Fineldo. The comments came after speculation that the white good…
Samsung launches Air Wash System
Earlier today I got a note that Samsung had launched an “Air Wash” system to compliment their previous nano-technology, “Silver Nano”, washing system that is now banned in some countries and this is the release to with that. Basically the machine looks like the previous “Hauzen” machine that was …
MacNair Research Announces New Freezer Lift
Canadian Inventor Ken MacNair is changing the way food is stored in chest freezers and chest refrigerators with a revolutionary invention called the MacNair Freezer Lift. The Freezer Lift fits inside a chest style freezer or refrigerator. The four major advantages include: food is easier to acces…
Indesit sees 2007 Western Europe market demand up
Indesit Company SpA said its sees market demand for household electrical goods rising 2% in volume terms in Western Europe, up 1% in the UK, up 5% in eastern Europe, and up 6 pct in CIS countries. In 2006, West Europe industry-wide shipments rose 2.3%, in East Europe, excluding Turkey, up 5.8% , …