FRONT PAGE AMBIENTE GROWS IN A YEAR OF TRANSITION Ambiente has managed to triumph in a year of maximum expectation resulting from the major changes in the organisation of the offer and the no less significant changes announced for the future. The fair has grown in the number of exhibitors and, above all, in the number of visitors; and this has pushed issues related to changes in pavilions, distances, links and distribution into the background. NEWS CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP IN TAURUS GROUP At the end of 2018, the general managers of the Taurus Group, Joan Basagaña and Raúl Ubric, acquired ownership of the company. Within the context of the operation, Ramón Termens continues to hold the presidency and the composition of the Board of Directors also remains unchanged. The operation guarantees the continuity and growth undergone by the Taurus Group in recent years, which has made it a leading company in the sector. The forecast for the end of fiscal year 2018 was a turnover of around 250 million Euro, which represents a growth of more than 10%. ADI ENTERS INTO A DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH CURVER ARC Distribución Ibérica has entered into a collaboration agreement with Curver, which was signed on 10 February during the Ambiente fair in Frankfurt, where both companies were represented by their respective CEOs: Juan Vidal, from Arc Distribucion Ibérica; and Mª Jesús Esteve, from Curver for Spain, Portugal and Italy. The aim of the agreement is to expand the brand’s presence in the Spanish and Portuguese markets, for which purpose ADI, given its deep penetration in the retail and food service segments, proves to be the partner with the greatest potential. abstracts HOMI REFORMULATES ITS RANGE OF PRODUCTS Five years after starting out, the Milan trade fair, HOMI, has announced an important restructuring of the range, which makes it opt for segmentation. From 2020, the kitchen and table sector will only be present in January. F BOJ EXPANDS ITS BUSINESS LINES, WITH BOJ GLOBAL The Spanish company expands its product range by entering the domestic appliance market. The official presentation of the new brand BOJ Global took place during the recently held Ambiente fair in Frankfurt, a step that represents a major expansion of the activity of this company, which engages in the manufacture and marketing of accessories for wine and household goods. BRABANTIA CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY The Brabantia brand celebrates its centenary in 2019 with the relaunch of the iconic Patrice floral print, created in 1969. It reappears this spring in the company’s most successful products, such as the 11+23-litre Bo Touch bin, the 30-litre newIcon pedal bin, a bread bin with a sliding lid and a 1.4-litre jar. MARKETS COOKWARE: THE NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2019 The new cookware products put the emphasis on efficiency: their materials ensure optimum use of heat, reducing the time needed to cook food and therefore also energy consumption. All this, ensuring healthy cooking, free of fat and rich in vitamins and minerals. The newmodels also focus on durability and space saving. KNIVES, A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE The kni fe industry is current ly prospering thanks to the revival of this utensil. Today, the consumer is willing to pay a higher price for a better product, with guaranteed durability and sharpness. Bad experiences with lowpriced products could explain this change in the market, but we must also recognise the role played by the great media chefs and TV cooking programmes. 64 - menaje
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