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 New appliance DESIGN Email Address
In an effort to optimize and safeguard our email communications, appliance DESIGN will soon introduce a new email address for our eNewsletters. To help ensure you continue receiving our emails, please add appliancedesign@bnpmedia-email.com to your email address book or safe senders lists. Follow this link for instructions. |
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The Excellence in Design Award provides
professional acknowledgement within design and manufacturing in today’s
global appliance marketplace.
Join
the competition that brings out best examples of thought leadership,
creativity, and technical savvy solutions within our industry.
Submit your entry by February 8, 2008 and save on entry fees! Read more...
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Group Calls Greenpeace Campaign 'Risky' (12/6)
The international environmental group Greenpeace is targeting
electronics manufacturers that use brominated flame retardants in their
products to prevent them from catching fire, despite the significant
fire danger those products can pose if they overheat, according to the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF).
In a recent update of its report Guide to Greener Electronics,
Greenpeace attacked several major electronics producers for not moving
fast enough to reduce their use of certain chemicals, including flame
retardants.
However, the substances Greenpeace seeks to eliminate are
all approved for use, and provide critical performance and safety
functions in a wide range of electronic products, the BSEF says. Read more... |
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Greenpeace Slams Game Makers (12/3)
Greenpeace gave Microsoft and Nintendo the lowest possible ranking as
it pertains to their attempts to phase out toxic chemicals from their
game consoles.
According to the Associated Press, Nintendo Co.
became the first company to score zero out of a possible 10 points in
the Greenpeace ranking of 18 leading electronics companies. It provided
no information to consumers on the substances it uses in manufacturing
or on its plans to cut hazardous materials, the environmental
organization said.
Greenpeace judges companies on their mechanisms for collecting used
hardware and on their timelines for eliminating vinyl, or PVC, and
fire-retardants that can be dangerous when released into the
environment. It does not weigh companies' overall environmental
portrait, though it will look at energy efficiency next year, said
Greenpeace spokeswoman Iza Kruszweska. Read more...
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Emerson Survey Shows Awareness, Reluctance to R-22 Phase-Out (11/30)
Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson released results from the company’s most recent contractor and distributor survey and the results were mixed.
Of those surveyed, 100 percent said they were aware of the 2010 phase-out of new R-22 equipment. However, only 13 percent reported that they were exclusively quoting R-410A, 69 percent reported that they currently quote both R-410A and R-22, and 11 percent are not even offering R-410A. One of the most dramatic points from the survey results shows that 40 percent admitted that they will wait until 2010 to convert their sales to R-410A equipment. The survey results also point to higher costs for R-410A systems as the primary reason. Read more ... |
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Lucas-Milhaupt Acquires Omni Technologies (11/29)
Lucas-Milhaupt, Inc., a Milwaukee-based subsidiary of Handy &
Harman., has acquired Omni Technologies Corporation of Danville, a New
Hampshire based company specializing in the manufacture and
distribution of aluminum-based brazing and soldering materials.
Lucas-Milhaupt is North
America’s foremost supplier of brazing and soldering materials and a member of
the Handy & Harman Precious Metals Group of companies, a global leader in
the development and application of brazing technologies with offices throughout
North America, Europe and Asia. Lucas-Milhaupt offers a complete selection of
metal-joining products, comprehensive fabrication services and knowledgeable
technical support to customers in the electrical/electronic, appliance,
transportation and construction markets worldwide. Read more ...
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