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Smeg opened its Swedish branch in 2005 in the expansive Dockan area in Västra hamnen, Malmö. Here, they want to showcase a wide range of innovative appliances and exclusive kitchen products. During the autumn, Smeg's showroom underwent an expansion and on November 23, Smeg announced that they are now opening up for sales in the store. Now there are knowledgeable […]

Connected appliances and household appliances are offered by most manufacturers in the industry today, and usually mean that the products can communicate with each other as well as with the user's mobile phone. Connectivity has brought a number of new opportunities for consumers to simplify their lives at home, for example, controlling their products with their voice. Turn on or off the TV, adjust the indoor temperature, […]

Connected appliances started appearing on the market about eight years ago, and today most manufacturers in the industry offer products that can communicate with each other as well as with the user’s mobile phone. But there are still a lot of products, in different price ranges, to choose from for those who don’t want to connect. Most […]

There has been some uncertainty about whether the major trade fair for white goods, household appliances and consumer electronics IFA would be moved from Berlin to another German trade fair location in the future. Now, a press release has announced that this is not the case. IFA will remain in Berlin in the future. The companies gfu and Clarion Events have reached an agreement with Messe Berlin […]

A number of years ago, the first step was taken, with computers and mobile phones being connected to the internet, and now we are in the middle of the second step, which means that basically everything is connected to the internet and can thus be connected and communicate in different ways – IoT, Internet of […]

On October 1, a new state student aid for skills development was introduced. The Technical Companies' Head of Skills Supply, Frida Andersson, believes that the new student aid for transition could be one of the solutions to skills supply for industry. Read her reasoning below. Skills supply has been the biggest obstacle to growth for Swedish companies for many years. 8 out of 10 industrial companies state that their company's operations have been affected by […]

On November 17, HUI Research will present the Christmas Gift of the Year, for the 35th year in a row! Applia is keeping its fingers crossed that this year it will be a product from our industry. Designating the Christmas Gift of the Year and forecasting the turnover in the upcoming Christmas shopping season is a tradition that HUI Research has carried out since 1988, when the baking machine was awarded the honor. After that […]

— How to clean and care for your kitchen's most faithful servant Cast iron pans have long been a fixture in Swedish kitchens. An inherited cast iron pot with hundreds of slow cooks in its back is said to enhance the flavors of your dinners and the likelihood that they will last for generations is good. Provided that you care for and clean your pan, of course. APPLiA gives you the […]

Autumn is the time for stews and slow cooking. Cooking food at a slightly lower temperature for a slightly longer time has several advantages and can be done in several ways, with different types of equipment. Slow cooking means that more nutrients are preserved because the ingredients are simmered and not boiled, and it also gives better taste, claim proponents. Slow cooking gives plenty of […]

Did you know that the well-known washing symbols on all clothing items are international and trademarked? This means that a license is required to use them. In Sweden, the license is included in membership in the industry organization TEKO – Swedish Textile and Fashion Companies. — Correct labeling of textile products is extremely important and companies that put a product on the market […]

When the energy label for washing machines was changed in March 2021, a washing machine that had been labeled A+++ was instead labeled C. At that time, there were no washing machines on the market that passed the product label A or B. But technology is developing rapidly and now washing machines with the highest energy labels are available. The idea was that the new energy label scale AG would […]

Washing with deionized water, and not using any detergent at all, is something that is currently being tested in a number of laundromats around the country. But the washing effect is controversial. Tenants in two high-rise buildings in the Nydala residential area in Malmö became the first in the world to wash with deionized cold water and without detergent in 2016. That was when Malmö’s municipal […]