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White goods manufacturers are continuously developing their products to become more energy efficient, and in several product categories they now easily meet the requirements for the best energy label, energy class A, even though it has only been a little over two years since the new energy label was introduced. The energy label on refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and dishwashers has been in place since the middle of […]

 AtEase is the name of Electrolux’s new subscription-based product service, which is part of the company’s efforts to reduce electronic waste and contribute to the circular economy. The service allows consumers to subscribe to a refurbished or new product. Electrolux states that AtEase is an all-inclusive service that covers everything needed to […]

In 2019 we changed our name from EHL (Electrical Appliance Suppliers) to APPLiA, which is an abbreviation of the English word “appliances”. The reason was that we wanted to share the same name as our European organization and the majority of the national counterparts in Europe in order to gain a greater audience and impact for our business. Our service company EHL AB has, from administrative […]

A wine cooler integrated into a traditional fridge, a fridge-freezer with a 32-inch display and Matter, a fridge with inner walls made of 70 percent recycled plastic and a trio of energy-efficient models with energy class A – these are some of the recent innovations in the fridge-freezer segment. French doors and wine cooler Last year, Siemens launched a fridge-freezer […]

Do June's positive industry figures possibly indicate that the industry is about to turn around again? A strong value result (+15.8%) in the month significantly improves the industry's accumulated results for the first half of the year. In fact, June 2023 is the first month where the industry's total turnover beats the corresponding month in the previous year. Trends towards a turnaround […]

As a result of the deteriorating economic situation in Sweden, housing construction is now plummeting throughout the country – both in the metropolitan regions and in the rest of the country. The counties that have so far managed with the lowest reductions are Örebro, Norrbotten, Gävleborg and Halland. In the rest of the country, the reductions are more dramatic. First half-year decline of 57 percent […]

Construction companies' costs for materials are no longer keeping pace with inflation. For certain product groups, we are at price levels we have not seen since before the pandemic. This is shown by the latest report from Statistics Sweden of the Construction Cost Index for apartment buildings. The costs of building materials for Sweden's construction contractors are now falling significantly and ended up at just over 0.9 percent on an annual basis (July 2022-July 2023). The costs […]

In mid-August, IFA Management GmbH was able to announce that IFA 2023 is fully booked, every square meter of the 130,000 square meters of exhibition space is filled. 2,059 exhibitors, of which 70 percent are returning and 30 percent new, from 48 countries will be on site in the 26 exhibition halls from September 1-5. IFA made a comeback as […]

New statistics from APPLiA show that a turnaround may be underway in the industry. The same applies to retail in general. Turnover for retail measured in current prices increased by 6.2 percent compared to last year and the non-durable goods trade by 1.6 percent. The industry statistics for May are characterized by a certain degree of recovery. For the heavier white goods (MDA) […]

The Swedish presidency of the EU is drawing to a close and I inevitably ask myself the question: has Sweden taken sufficient initiatives for changes in the environmental field? The short answer is no. Although Sweden is being praised for the controversial proposal on nature restoration being voted through in the EU Council of Ministers, several important measures are missing now that the meeting minutes will soon be archived. Someone […]

Pizza ovens became popular during the pandemic, and interest is still high and sales are increasing. The range is now both large and varied. You can make your pizza at home in many different ways, for example in a regular oven or on your grill, in both cases a pizza stone is recommended. Now you can also […]

The government has recently taken an important step to streamline the dispute resolution process at the Swedish National Board of Complaints (ARN). According to a legislative recommendation that has been decided, the government is open to introducing a fee for the examination of disputes at ARN. In recent years, the number of cases submitted to ARN has increased significantly, between the years 2016 and 2022 by over […]