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THE INTERVIEW ALFONSO฀ BRAVO,฀ SALES฀ DIRECTOR฀ AT RHOINTER฀ ESPAÑA,฀ S.L.฀ :฀ «We฀ are฀ meeting all฀of฀ the฀goals฀we฀had฀set฀ for฀ourselves.»฀After carrying฀ out฀ important฀ operations฀ to฀ reintroduce brand฀ names฀ on฀ our฀ market,฀ Rhointer฀ takes฀ a positive฀point฀of฀view. SILVERWARE฀ RECOVERS All฀ table฀products,฀silverware฀among them,฀have฀ taken฀a฀ little฀ longer฀ than other฀ house฀ wares฀ to฀ show฀ the recovery฀of฀demand.฀But฀the฀time฀has come.฀The฀market฀ confirms฀ that฀ the prospects,฀ although฀ modest,฀ are improving,฀ especial ly฀ in฀ the professional฀sector,฀the฀hotel฀sector, which฀ is฀ where฀ sales฀ are฀ really฀ the strongest.฀฀However,฀private฀demand is฀also฀ improving. SMALL฀ UTENSILS: CREATIVITY฀WINS฀OUT Cross-disciplinary฀and฀eclectic,฀small kitchen฀utensils฀are฀one฀of฀the฀kitchen items฀that฀have฀suffered฀least฀during the฀financial฀crisis,฀as฀sales฀managed to฀hold฀their฀own.฀Nevertheless,฀they face฀ a฀ very฀ significant฀ presence฀ of imports฀and฀growing฀competition฀from low-cost฀ products.฀ For฀ this฀ reason, differentiation฀ (in฀ a฀ saturated฀ segment)฀ is฀crucial฀ for฀competing. RECYCLING฀ PROMOTES IMAGINATION In฀ spite฀ of฀ its฀ youth,฀ the฀ recycling฀ bin sector฀is฀fully฀consolidated,฀with฀a฀wide range฀of฀products,฀qualities,฀capacities, materials,฀ and฀ designs.฀ The฀ many solutions฀provided฀by฀the฀market฀satisfy practically฀all฀needs฀and฀make฀the฀always tedious฀task฀of฀separating฀waste฀easier. The฀most฀evident฀trend฀is฀the฀increase฀in the฀ capacity฀ of฀ containers—there฀ are more฀and฀more฀models฀with฀a฀volume฀of over฀25฀ litres. FAIRS HOSTELCO฀ 2016 INCORPORATES฀ NEW฀ SECTORS Hostelco฀has฀come฀of฀age฀in฀2016.฀It฀will฀be฀held฀for the฀18th฀year฀from฀23rd฀to฀26th฀October฀at฀Barcelona’s Gran฀ Via฀ fairgrounds,฀ bringing฀ together฀ the฀ latest trends฀ and฀ innovations฀ in฀ equipment฀ and฀ services for฀ the฀ food฀ industry,฀ the฀ hotel฀ industry,฀ and community฀ facilities. EXCLUSIVELY฀ HOUSEWARES KEEPS฀ INNOVATING On฀14th฀and฀15th฀June,฀Exclusively฀Housewares,฀the annual฀ fair฀ held฀ in฀ London,฀ once฀ again brought฀together฀a฀healthy฀representation of฀ firms,฀ always฀ with฀ the฀ singular฀ format that฀ characterises฀ this฀ event.฀ Organised by฀ the฀British฀Home฀Enhancement฀Trade Associa-tion฀ (BHETA),฀ it฀ includes฀ about 120฀ suppliers฀ in฀ the฀ industry฀ of฀ house wares,฀ cooking,฀ and฀ table฀ wares,฀ taking place฀ at฀ the฀ Business฀ Design฀ Centre฀ in London฀every฀month฀of฀June. SIXTY฀ FINALISTS IN฀GIA’S฀GLOBAL INNOVATION฀AWARDS The฀ IHA฀Global฀ Innovations฀Awards฀(gia) chose฀ sixty฀ finalists฀ this฀ year,฀ in฀ twelve categories,฀ from฀over฀500฀competitors.฀A panel฀ of฀ experts฀ in฀ the฀ industry฀ and specialised฀shops,฀as฀well฀as฀ the฀media, selected฀these฀products,฀which฀represent the฀ best฀ choices฀ of฀ design฀ and฀ functionalism฀ for฀ the฀North฀American฀market. HOUSEWARES TAKE฀OFF฀AT฀ALIMENTARIA Although฀ in฀ very฀ early฀ stages,฀ there฀ are already฀ some฀ brands฀ in฀ the฀ sector฀ that have฀decided฀to฀attend฀the฀Alimentaria฀fair. Gastronomy฀and฀house฀wares฀increasingly go฀ hand฀ in฀ hand,฀ and฀ so฀ it฀ isn’t฀ crazy฀ to think฀ that฀ this฀ initiative฀ might฀ spread฀ in coming฀years. HOMI฀PREPARES฀ ITS SEPTEMBER฀ EDITION From฀ 16th฀ to฀ 19th฀ September,฀ 2016,฀ the Milan฀Fair฀will฀once฀again฀welcome฀HOMI, which฀has฀confirmed฀ itself฀as฀a฀breeding ground฀ for฀ quality฀ and฀ new฀ opportunities to฀ develop฀ the฀ «Made฀ in฀ Italy»฀ brand,฀ a container฀of฀projects฀of฀great฀value฀laying the฀ groundwork฀ for฀ creating฀ specific development฀opportunities฀for฀companies. HOUSE฀&฀GIFT฀FAIR฀RETURNS WITH฀NEW฀PROPOSALS Founded฀25฀years฀ago,฀the฀House฀&฀Gift Fair฀in฀Sao฀Paulo฀brings฀together฀the฀entire chain฀ of฀ production฀ in฀ the฀ industry฀ of appliance฀ and฀ decorative฀ items;฀ the฀ fifth largest฀ such฀ fair฀ in฀ the฀ world,฀ i t฀ is considered฀ the฀main฀ fair฀ in฀ the฀ sector฀ in Latin฀America. 65฀-฀menaje

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