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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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Matsushita Changes Name to Panasonic (01/10)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., best known for its Panasonic brand, will change its company name to Panasonic Corporation effective October 1, 2008. The company will also unify its corporate brands to the 'Panasonic' brand across the world.
The name change, which was approved by the company's board of directors, will be submitted for and subject to approval at a general meeting of shareholders to be held in June. Read more... |
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DOE Puts Power in Consumer's Hands (01/11)
The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory announced the results of a year-long effort to put the power grid in the hands of consumers through technology.
The Pacific Northwest GridWise Demonstration Project found that advanced technologies enable consumers to be active participants in improving power grid efficiency and reliability, while saving money in the process. On average, consumers who participated in the project saw an approximately 10 percent reduction in their electricity bills. Read more... |
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Audiovox Completes Acquisition of Thomson's Consumer Electronics Audio Video Business (1/04/08)
Audiovox Corporation, of Hauppauge, N.Y. has completed its acquisition of Thomson's Consumer Electronics Audio Video Business outside of Europe, including the worldwide rights to the RCA brand for consumer electronics audio video product lines except TVs and certain additional product categories.
The deal, completed on Dec. 31, 2007, has a purchase price of $19.7 million, plus a net asset payment, and includes a five-year fee, which begins in 2010, related to the RCA brand. Audio Video Products acquired include DVD players and recorders, portable DVD players, GPS devices, HD and Internet Radios, stand alone ATSC terrestrial television converters, clock radios, MP3 and MP4 players, digital cameras and camcorders and other product that falls within the audio/video field of use. Read more ...
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Air-Conditioning, Heating Associations Announce Merger (12/20)
The
members of the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) and
the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) have approved the
merger of the two trade associations to represent the interests of
cooling, heating and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturers.
The merger was approved by the members of GAMA and ARI on Dec. 10 and
Dec. 17, respectively.
The merged association will become the Air-Conditioning, Heating and
Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) on Jan. 1, 2008. It will be
headquartered in Arlington, Va. Read more ...
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COVER STORY
Motors: Coolly Efficient 
Commercial refrigeration efficiency is a hot button issue as
government regulatory agencies draft and enforce new energy efficiency
standards and end users want more powerful, less energy consuming equipment. As
a result, designers of refrigeration products are increasingly eyeing
electronically commutated motors as a key path to increased
efficiency.
In today’s regulatory environment, OEMs have to be concerned
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