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INTERVIEWS MIQUEL฀GARRIGA,฀GENERAL฀MANAGER฀OF฀ZWILLING J.฀A.฀HENCKELS฀ IBERIA:฀ «STRATEGIC฀ACQUISITIONS HAVE฀ REINFORCED฀ OUR฀ ORGANIC฀ DEVELOPMENT.» With฀ the฀ acquisition฀ of฀ the฀ Italian฀ company฀ Ballarini,฀ the German฀group฀Zwilling฀J.฀A.฀Henckels฀is฀moving฀forward฀with its฀ successful฀ model฀ of฀ growth,฀ previously฀ demonstrated through฀ the฀ purchase฀ of฀ Demeyere฀ and฀ Staub.฀ This฀ way, Zwilling฀is฀taking฀a฀strong฀position฀among฀ranges฀of฀cookers. JUAN฀ JOSÉ฀ ORTEGA,฀ SALES฀ DIRECTOR฀ FOR VITRINOR-MAGEFESA:฀«ONCE฀OF฀THE฀ADVANTAGES฀ OF฀ HAVING฀A฀ FACTORY฀ IN฀ SPAIN฀ IS฀A QUICK฀ RESPONSE฀ TIME.»฀With฀ twenty฀ years฀ of history฀behind฀it,฀Vitrinor-Magefesa฀is฀well-placed฀as a฀solid฀Spanish฀manufacturer. outside฀of฀ Italy)฀came฀ together฀again at฀ HOMI,฀ the฀ Milan฀ show฀ that฀ was visited฀ by฀ a฀ total฀ of฀ 81,450฀ professionals.฀ The฀ figures฀ are฀ comparable to฀those฀of฀last฀year. KITCHENWARE IN THE WORLD RUMOURS฀OF฀THE฀SALE฀OF฀WMF According฀ to฀ informat ion฀ in฀ the German฀press,฀the฀WMF฀group,฀which belongs฀ to฀ the฀ firm฀ KKR,฀ might฀ be about฀to฀be฀sold.฀Rumours฀ran฀rampant at฀ the฀Ambiente฀ show,฀ and฀ it฀ seems that฀ the฀ capital฀ that฀would฀ be฀ buying the฀German฀firm฀might฀be฀Chinese. THE฀ UNITED฀ STATES฀ IS฀ NEARLY ONE-FOURTH฀ OF฀ THE฀ WORLD MARKET The฀ United฀ States฀ represents฀ 22.7% of฀ the฀ world฀ house฀ ware฀ market, according฀ to฀ the฀ latest฀ study฀ put฀ out by฀the฀IHA,฀almost฀on฀par฀with฀Europe, which฀is฀22.3%.฀American฀consumers spend฀75.1฀billion฀American฀dollars฀on a฀market฀that฀has฀been฀growing฀every year฀since฀2010. ARC฀ INTERNATIONAL฀ RE-LAUNCHES฀THE฀ARCOPAL฀BRAND Arcopal,฀ founded฀ in฀ France฀ in฀ 1958, is฀one฀of฀the฀brand฀names฀of฀the฀Arc International฀ group,฀ very฀ well-known among฀ French,฀ Spanish,฀ and฀ Middle฀ Eastern customers,฀ even฀ after฀ i ts฀ operat ions฀ were suspended฀at฀the฀end฀of฀the฀90’s. ITALIAN฀KITCHENWARE฀EXPORTS฀GROW Italian฀kitchenware฀firms฀export฀65%฀of฀their฀sales, with฀a฀ total฀billing฀of฀562฀million฀euros,฀compared to฀858฀of฀ the฀market฀ total฀ (domestic฀and฀ foreign). This฀is฀what฀the฀data฀from฀FIAC,฀the฀Federation฀of skillet,฀pot,฀silverware,฀and฀dish฀manufacturers฀had to฀ say฀ about฀ 2015.฀ This฀ industry฀ employs฀ nearly 3,900฀people฀and฀is฀expected฀to฀continue฀to฀grow abroad฀in฀2016. THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AECOC฀ANALYSES THE฀ HOTEL฀ SECTOR On฀March฀ 1st฀ and฀ 2nd,฀ the฀ Spanish฀Association฀ of฀ Fast-Moving฀ Consumer฀ Good Companies฀ (Aecoc)฀ met฀ in฀ Madrid,฀ bringing฀together฀over฀500฀managers฀and฀highlevel฀ executives฀ in฀ the฀ hotel฀ industry฀ to analyse฀the฀recovery฀of฀the฀sector฀after฀six straight฀years฀of฀decline. The฀hotel฀sector,฀which฀represents฀over฀7% of฀the฀Spanish฀GNP฀and฀employs฀over฀1.4 mi l l ion฀ people฀ in฀ Spain,฀ suffered฀ a cumulative฀drop฀in฀the฀market฀of฀over฀20% during฀the฀economic฀crisis,฀clearly฀affected by฀the฀decrease฀in฀consumer฀confidence. HOREQ฀ CONSOLIDATES ITS฀POSITION฀ IN฀2016 The฀Professional฀Show฀of฀Suppliers฀for฀the Hotel฀and฀Tourism฀Sector,฀HOREQ฀2016, closed฀ for฀ the฀eighth฀year฀with฀a฀success in฀ participation฀ that฀ confirms฀ the฀ fair ’s consol idat ion฀ as฀ one฀ of฀ the฀ main commercial฀events฀on฀the฀fair฀calendar฀for the฀professional฀hotel฀ industry,฀ located฀ in a฀ fundamental฀ location,฀Madrid. VICRILA฀BUILDS A฀NEW฀PLANT฀IN฀MEXICO Moving฀ahead฀with฀its฀plan฀for฀international expansion,฀ Vicrila,฀ a฀ Basque฀ company located฀ in฀ Leioa-Bizkaia,฀ has฀ announced the฀building฀of฀a฀glass฀production฀plant฀in Mexico,฀through฀its฀president,฀Luis฀Manuel Fernández.฀The฀factory฀will฀be฀located฀near the฀capital,฀on฀a฀50,000-m2฀lot,฀which฀will be฀very฀well฀placed฀to฀serve฀the฀American market. 65฀-฀menaje

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