News from Electrolux
AB Electrolux is a world leading producer of appliances and equipment for kitchen and cleaning. Electrolux is also one of the largest producers in the world of similar equipment for professional users. In addition, we are the market leader in many of the individual product categories in which we compete.
5 February 2010 | Posted in: People & Management, Products for Professionals, Sustainability, Trends in the homes
With the participation of a group of avant-garde Chefs at Electrolux Professional headquarters, the international culinary project Cook it Raw was presented to journalists and food critics on January 22.
Tags: Alberto Zanata, Chefs, Claude Bosi, climate change, Coi, Cook it Raw, Cooking, culinary project, Daniel Patterson, Dave Chang, energy efficiency, energy saving, Environment, Green Spirit, Hibiscus, Innovation, Italy, Kitchen, Momofuku, Noma, raw food, Renè Redzepi, Sustainability
19 January 2010 | Posted in: Innovative products, People & Management, Sustainability
This winter’s cold temperatures in Northern Europe has caused risk for energy shortage. Authorities urges households to use their washing machine and other appliances during nights in order to mitigate power peaks. A smart grid project co-initiated by Electrolux could reduce this risk. In the project, households are testing a system for smart appliances that automatically detect and avoid consumption during peak periods of the day.
Tags: energy consumption, energy efficiency, Hans Stråberg, infrastructure, Smart appliances, Smart grids, The Smart Grid Project
18 January 2010 | Posted in: Awards & Recognition, Consumer Insight, Design, Trends in the homes
Freezing temperatures in Florida have driven up prices for orange juice. Making your own juice can turn out to be a good alternative. In Brazil, famous for its fruit drinks, the juice preparation of an Electrolux blender has recently been awarded.
Tags: blender, Brazil, christmas drinks, Cooking, Cuisine Black Filter, drinks, freezing temperatures, juice, Kitchen, mixer, noise, prices, silence, small appliances, winter
11 January 2010 | Posted in: Awards & Recognition, Consumer Insight, Design, Innovative products
The UltraOne vacuum cleaner has received a prestigious iF product design award. Since the launch, the vac has received “Best in test” in consumer reviews in at least five countries.
Tags: Best in test, Design, design award, design details, electrolux, if award, interior design, performance, product design, sound level, ultraone, vac, Vacuum cleaner
22 December 2009 | Posted in: Innovative products
To add novelty to your Christmas celebrations, then how about cooking a turkey in a dishwasher? This particular cooking technique, as suggested by a chef in the UK.
Tags: Christmas, Cooking, Dishwasher, recipe, steam, Steam Cookbook, Steam oven, Turkey, UK
18 December 2009 | Posted in: Sustainability
Overnight snow covered the Bella Center in a blanket of white, and the temperature was below freezing point as Electrolux interviewed the delegates who were delighted that the metro station at the Bella Center was open again.
Tags: Bella Center, climate agreement, climate change, COP15, COP15 Barometer, Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2010, developing countries, global energy, metroXpress, US and China
17 December 2009 | Posted in: Sustainability
Dark clouds hung overhead and the first snowflakes sprinkled down on Electrolux representatives as they checked the temperature of the atmosphere amongst the delegates at the Climate Summit. Today’s huge demonstration meant that many delegates had to walk far to get to the action, making the demonstration the talk of the day.
Tags: Bella Center, China, climate agreement, climate change, CO2 reductions, COP15, COP15 Barometer, Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2010, rainforests
17 December 2009 | Posted in: Sustainability
On another cold December day the long queues at the Bella Center were once again one of the hot topics as Electrolux interviewed conference delegates at the Bella Center’s metro station about the day’s key issues and expectations for a climate deal on Friday.
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bella Center, climate agreement, climate change, COP15, Copenhagen Climate Conference 2010, Electrolux COP15 barometer, metroXpress.dk
16 December 2009 | Posted in: Sustainability
“Security chaos” was one of the hottest topics on Monday in front of the Bella Center, where hundreds of people had to wait patiently outside in the December cold on the first day of the event to enter.
Tags: Bella Center, climate agreement, COP15, COP15 Barometer, Copenhagen Climate Conference 2010, demonstrations, Hopenhagen, Kyoto Protocol, metroXpress.dk, Sustainability
15 December 2009 | Posted in: Innovative products, Sustainability
The city of Copenhagen could reduce its total CO2 emissions by 56,402 tons annually if all households replaced their outdated and energy consuming household appliances with new, energy efficient models, according to a new climate study from Electrolux.
Tags: climate change, COP15, Copenhagen, corporate sustainability, eco-savings calculator, Electrolux study on climate change, energy efficient appliances, enery efficiency, Environment, Henrik Sundström, United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010
