JT has signed a deal with Konig, a wholesaler in the upper Rhine region in Germany, to sell its bathroom products. Konig has T6 branches in eight showrooms to bring JT trays to the €2.2 billion German market. JT manufactures over 5,000 trays a week and its JTNaturals collection will [...]

To complement its fitted kitchen offer, Habitat has chosen appliances from CDA and Baumatic. The appliances will be displayed at five stores in Kings Road Chelsea, Tottenham Court Road in central London, Oxford, Cambridge and Lakeside Thurrock. It is expected they will be rolled out into a further 20 stores [...]

Impulse Bathrooms has resolved to rectify supply issues, created by Chinese factory workers encouraged to return to agriculture, and grow sales with a ceramic factory acquisition in North West Europe. The group has achieved growth of 25% worldwide in the last three years and plans to grow through OEM manufacture [...]

Ideal Standard International has entered a 90-day consultation period over the closure of its Middlewich factory in the UK and two plants in France, axeing a total of 560 jobs. The company has blamed worsening market conditions and a parallel trend of the demand for fewer ceramic pieces in bathrooms. [...]

Appliance brand Zanussi has been awarded Best Buy status by Which? online for its ZWFl479l W washing machine. The washing machine is A – 0% energy rated, with a 1400rpm spin speed and an 8kg drum. ZWFl479l W features Jetsystem+ intelligent technology which uses only the waten energy and time [...]

While the news of Ideal Standards factory closure in Middlewich made for uncomfortable reading, I thought it was just another sign of the times. Cold comfort, I know, for the 249 affected employees and their families. My heartfelt sympathies go out to them all. But, it seemed to signify an [...]

Over the past four decades, kitchen furniture manufacturer Rational has grown from a craft business into an international kitchen brand. Having previously produced furniture in Melle – Riemsloh, the company has recently moved production to Walmunchen, Germany and Majano in ltaly. High volume pieces of furniture are now produced at [...]

The 1810 Company has launched the Quadduo 1020 IS sink in a satin stainless steel finish. lt features a one-and-a half-bowl, as well as a fu|l-size drainer. Quadduo 1020 IS sink is reversible and is available with three accessories including a colander; draining basket and wooden chopping board. Burbidge has [...]

Expanding on its kitchen furniture offen ln Toto has introduced a traditional range and added to two of its contemporary collections. ln-Frame has been launched as a traditional kitchen range, while handleless models and matt V gloss doors have been added to the in – line range. Completing the line-up [...]

Cooling: ln terms of cooling appliances, the trends are most definitely pointed towards preserving food for longer to reduce wastage. “Smart cooling technology will be a key trend in refrigeration for 2011 – creating the right storage conditions for the right foodstuffs’ reports Constanze Fuz, senior product manager of cooling [...]