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abstracts CURRENT EVENTS WHITFORD฀ ANNOUNCES฀ A฀ WORLDWIDE฀ CHANGE฀ IN฀ ITS MANAGEMENT฀ TEAM Whitford฀Worldwide฀has฀announced฀a฀change฀in฀the฀structure฀of฀its management฀ team฀worldwide.฀ In฀a฀ recent฀meeting฀of฀ the฀Board฀of Directors,฀Anne฀Willis฀ was฀ unanimously฀ chosen฀ as฀ President฀ and CEO฀of฀the฀company.฀She฀had฀been฀the฀manager฀of฀the฀European Department฀of฀Whitford฀for฀the฀last฀24฀years,฀as฀well฀as฀the฀head of฀ the฀Global฀Management฀Team. ARCOPAL฀IS฀BACK! After฀ the฀ mobi l izat ion฀ of฀ large฀ numbers฀ of consumers฀on฀ the฀social฀networks,฀ the฀Arcopal brand฀ name,฀ created฀ in฀ 1958฀ by฀ the฀ Arc International฀ group,฀ has฀ just฀ returned฀ to฀ the international฀ table฀market฀ with฀ some฀ of฀ its most฀legendary฀collections,฀as฀well฀as฀new launches. BERGNER฀ SIGNS A฀COLLABORATION฀AGREEMENT WITH฀ THE฀ FOUNDATION MUMBAI฀ SMILES Bergner฀is฀collaborating฀with฀a฀project฀to improve฀ chi ldren’s฀ educat ion฀ and nutri t ion฀ in฀ the฀ underprivi leged neighbourhoods฀ of฀Mumbai,฀ through฀ a collaboration฀ agreement฀ with฀ Mumbai Smiles,฀ an฀NGO฀ that฀ focuses฀ on฀ the฀ fight฀ against฀ poverty,฀ respect for฀human฀rights,฀and฀equal฀opportunities฀in฀the฀city฀of฀Mumbai฀(India), through฀actions฀ in฀education,฀health,฀socio-economic฀development, raising฀awareness,฀and฀education฀for฀development. BALLARINI฀LANDS฀IN฀SPAIN ALONGSIDE฀ ZWILLING The฀group฀Zwilling฀J.A฀Henckels,฀made up฀till฀now฀of฀high-quality฀brand฀names such฀ as฀ Zwi l l ing,฀ Miyabi ,฀ Staub, Demeyere฀ and฀ BSF,฀ has฀ grown฀ now through฀ the฀ acquisition฀ of฀ Ballarini,฀ an important฀ name฀ in฀ high-end฀ non-stick cooking฀utensils.฀ Its฀distinctive฀ features are฀ a฀ strong฀ link฀ with฀ international cooking,฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ technological฀ and creative฀ innovation฀ in฀ its฀products. The฀shop฀that฀Zwilling฀J.A.฀Henckels฀has on฀Avingude฀Diagonal฀ in฀Barcelona฀was the฀site฀of฀Ballarini’s฀introduction฀in฀Spain, at฀a฀cooking฀show฀starring฀the฀nutritional coach฀Helen฀Medal,฀who฀prepared฀a฀series฀of฀healthy฀dishes฀for฀the press฀gathered฀there. THE฀HKTDC฀TURNS฀50 The฀ Hong฀ Kong฀ Trade฀ Development฀ Council (HKTDC),฀ a฀ body฀ for฀ promoting฀ trade฀ in฀ Hong Kong,฀is฀turning฀50฀this฀year.฀Since฀its฀creation฀in 1966,฀ the฀ HKTDC฀ has฀ worked฀ to฀ create opportunities฀for฀Hong฀Kong฀companies฀globally and฀ to฀ facilitate฀ access฀ by฀Western฀ companies to฀ the฀ different฀ Southeast฀ Asian฀ markets, particularly฀mainland฀China. CASTEY฀RENOVATES฀ ITS฀CORPORATE฀WEBSITE It’s฀much฀easier฀now฀to฀find฀out฀about฀Castey’s฀different฀products and฀collections,฀as฀well฀as฀their฀main฀advantages฀and฀technical characteristics฀ on฀ the฀ company’s new฀website,฀which฀has฀simplified the฀contents฀of฀the฀previous฀portal to฀make฀them฀more฀accessible฀and user-friendly. MARKETS COFFEE฀ POTS: AS฀FASHIONABLE฀AS฀EVER In฀ spite฀ of฀ the฀ competition฀ of฀ other al ternat ives฀ when฀ i t฀ comes฀ to preparing฀coffee฀at฀home,฀traditional coffee฀ pots฀ st i l l ฀ have฀ fai thful consumers฀and฀are฀even—according to฀sources฀within฀the฀sector—making฀a฀comeback.฀Their฀advantages are฀clear:฀the฀lower฀cost฀of฀the฀utensil฀and฀each฀cup฀of฀coffee;฀they take฀ up฀ less฀ space฀ in฀ the฀ kitchen;฀ and฀ their฀ versatile฀ design captivates฀many฀ coffee฀ lovers. PANS฀FOR฀THE฀OVEN The฀ concept฀ that฀ is฀ currently฀ triumphing฀ in฀ the field฀of฀oven฀pans,฀joined฀in฀by฀most฀of฀the฀firms in฀ the฀ sector,฀ is฀ taking฀ this฀ product฀ «from฀ the oven฀ to฀ the฀ table.»฀An฀ attractive฀ appearance means฀that฀it’s฀no฀longer฀necessary฀to฀take฀the food฀out฀and฀put฀it฀on฀another฀dish฀to฀serve฀it. So฀pans฀come฀in฀new฀colours฀and฀finishes,฀and have฀softer฀ lines. GLASSES In฀relatively฀good฀health,฀the฀glassware฀sector has฀left฀the฀crisis฀behind,฀even฀though฀the฀signs of฀recovery฀are฀still฀ timid.฀The฀comeback฀of฀professional฀demand and฀the฀exploration฀of฀new฀markets฀strengthen฀a฀market฀where฀the retail฀market฀is฀still฀not฀a฀foregone฀conclusion. 64฀-฀menaje

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