Kahla Recipient of Two International Awards

By Staff -- HOTELS Magazine, 8/1/2000

KAHLA, GERMANY In 1998 and 1999, Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH received six awards for its porcelain concept “update” by Barbara Schmidt. Four of the awards were national and two were international. The two international “Good Design Awards” were given by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, USA, and by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO), Tokyo.

The Good Design Competition and Exhibition was organized in Chicago in 1950 by Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr. Kahla’s “update” was exhibited at the museum between November 4, 1999, and March 31, 2000, and will be placed in the museum’s permanent design collection. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry in Japan first instituted the award in 1957 as the Good Design Selection System, and in 1998 it was reborn as the Good Design Award sponsored by JIDPO. Judges from JIDPO commented that “the tableware set ‘update’ is captivating through its purism and honesty. It is a set that one would like to use for any occasion.”

Ecolab, Freshloc Form Alliance
PLANTO, TEXAS Ecolab Inc., a leader in food industry sanitation, and FreshLoc Technologies Inc., an innovator in wireless food-safety technology, announced a strategic alliance.

FreshLoc monitors temperature, humidity and other conditions surrounding fresh food, and immediately and automatically alerts responsible personnel when conditions are not in safety tolerance limits—in time to take action. Ecolab, a US$3-billion leader in providing equipment and products around the world (more than 150 countries) to keep food clean and safe, is an ideal partner for FreshLoc.

“Food safety is no longer solved by a single technology. We are very pleased to combine Ecolab’s superior chemical technology with our unique wireless technology,” says Doug Foster, president and COO of FreshLoc.

AremisSoft Introduces Workspace
SURREY, ENGLAND AremisSoft Corp., a leading international supplier of enterprise-wide software and Internet-enabled solutions, is following e-commerce with m-commerce, or mobile commerce. This revolutionary vision has become a reality with the opening of Workspace, a joint initiative involving AremisSoft, BT, Granada. Workspace provides a unique environment for business travelers to send e-mails, access the Internet, make telephone calls and hold meetings while on the road.

Miliken Carpet Opens Dallas Design Studio
DALLAS, TEXAS Milliken Carpet has opened a 3,400- sq.- ft. (306- sq.-m) state-of-the-art Design Studio in the Oak Lawn Design Plaza to give area designers Milliken’s full range of design capabilities for hospitality and commercial carpets. The showroom was designed by Duncan & Miller to capture Milliken’s forward-thinking style and to stimulate creative thought. A unique aspect of the studio is the access designers will have to the company’s proprietary CAD design technology. The company’s Millitronw dyeing ranges, located in LaGrange, Georgia, will be linked via computer so designers will have full technological capabilities to create their customized designs.

Companies/People

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The DECOSIT trade fair for upholstery fabrics will be held at the Brussels Expo from Sept. 10-13th...
On Command Corp., San Jose, California, announced that the installation of its high-speed service has been completed in more than 50,000 hotel rooms across the United States...
Panasonic Commercial and Residential Products Group, Secaucus, New Jersey, will supply more than 200 high-tech hotel room mini-bars to Chicago’s 203-room Park Hyatt ...
Pacific Direct, Surrey, England, has joined forces with The Virgin Cosmetics Company to launch their Virgin Vie brand into the international hotel market...
The 415-room Monarch Hotel, Washington, D.C., has selected London-based Molton Brown for their bath amenities ...
The Ali Group, Milan, Italy, acquired the Moffat Group Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia...
Oneida Ltd., New York, announced Peter J. Kallet, president and CEO was elected chairman of the board of directors. Kallet will continue to serve as president and CEO...
Lawrence Lurie joined Teledex LLC, San Jose, California, as vice president of worldwide sales... Tony Wideen appointed western regional sales manager for Durkan Patterned Carpet, Dalton, Georgia.