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The Connectivity Standards Alliance has announced that Matter version 1.2 is now available to manufacturers and platforms. Matter is the name of a communication standard for smart home devices, with the goal of creating a single, unified standard that can be used by a wide range of smart home products, regardless of manufacturer. Matter 1.2 includes support for nine […]

For the sixth year in a row, Electrolux Group has collaborated with students from Umeå Institute of Design (UID) in Sweden to develop product ideas for the home of the future. This year’s assignment was to imagine appliances for a home assistant robot as the primary user, and people with different needs as owners. – When we look to the future, we know […]

November 9th was an important day for APPLiA, as we proudly held a successful autumn meeting. The morning kicked off with a dynamic and appreciated training in public procurement, which gave participants valuable insights and tools to succeed in the market. Afterwards, participants were treated to an insightful presentation by GfK, where we delved into the latest […]

APPLiA is future-proofing itself and building a new statistics system together with sister organizations in the Nordic region. The new system is in the final phase and we will be operational with the new system by 2024. A new computerized system aims to produce statistics and Nordic accounting more quickly, while automating reporting, reminders and compilations. The product codes that were established in the Nordic region […]

As sustainability issues have become increasingly central to the public debate, Swedish consumers’ awareness of their own impact on the environment has also increased. This has resulted in many consumers now prioritizing sustainable alternatives when shopping, and they are more inclined to support companies that take responsibility for their environmental impact. Sustainable consumption – socially, […]

The market in August shows both "salt and sugar" when the latest industry figures are seen by APPLiA. The most obvious is that the seasonal autumn sales have started. August is normally the month that sets the bar for how autumn sales will turn out. Compared to the holiday month of July, deliveries from industry companies increased by over 40 percent in August. Now we hope that […]

On July 1st of this year, the deduction option was removed for the part of the electronics tax that concerned reactively added flame retardants. Reactively added flame retardants are considered the better environmental alternative for adding to electronics to protect against fire. The additively added agents, on the other hand, had no possibility of deduction. The change, which was presented by the Ministry of Finance as a simplification, would […]

Almost half of all Swedes never use cash. The Nordic region is a world leader in digital payments, in several ways. The historic paradigm shift of the last two years, when mobile payments have become more popular than cash, is confirmed in Nets Nordic Payment Report. 46 percent of Swedes never use cash as a means of payment when shopping in physical stores, according to a consumer survey in Nets […]

Fully automatic coffee machines with replaceable bean containers or double bean containers, capsule machines with a double extraction system and espresso machines for both hot and cold drinks, as well as the world's smallest coffee maker approved by ECBC - these are some of the recent innovations in the coffee segment. Double bean containers Around the turn of the year, Siemens launched the EQ900, a fully automatic espresso machine with double bean containers, which also means that […]

The members noted early on in the meeting that in the event of an expansion, the next product group should be dishes and then commercial kitchens. John Johansson, Electrolux Professional, noted that the most important issues for the industry are of a regulatory nature such as standards, energy labelling and microplastic filtration. Here the industry needs cooperation to solve the core issues at the European level because companies work on a global […]

This is an argumentative text from Applia's chairman Kent Oderud with the aim of influencing. The government intends to present a climate policy action plan at the end of the year. An ongoing investigation under John Hassler will form the basis for the plan and that investigation will be presented in mid-October this year. The action plan will then be presented every year, so […]

The day before yesterday, the Swedish Tax Agency published data on declared chemical tax for the most recently reported month of July, compared to July of the previous year. It was very interesting reading for us critics of the tax itself and the changes to it that took place on July 1 of this year. You could read about APPLiA's criticism of the change in July here in […]