26.01.2010
Alno kitchen trends 2010: concentrating on what’s essential
Alno kitchens create communication areas for modern people
Pfullendorf, January 2010 - Trend and opinion researchers have communicated once again this year that kitchens are increasingly becoming the focal area of everyday life. Cooking, eating and talking together - lots of things take place in the kitchen. And kitchens are increasingly becoming a component of open and integrated living and dining rooms.
“What is important when furnishing these communication areas is that the focus is on people. In a highly-complicated and networked world, this can mean the following for the kitchen as an area of retreat: slowing down, jettisoning excess and concentrating on what’s really essential”, claims Berthold Müller, Alno Product Manager.
Alnocharme: clear, straightforward, high-quality The new Alnocharme kitchen range interprets this philosophy in the form of clear lines, a cubist overall image and practically dispenses without colour altogether. The high-gloss laminated fronts with minimum radius on the edges ensure its typically smooth appearance. They are exclusively available in both white variants - white and magnolia white. The material lends the fronts a reflective effect and a high degree of resistance to scratches. A sophisticated edge-gluing technology generates visible and high-quality precise glued joints. With the result that these fronts are particularly suitable for use in kitchen cabinets without handles.
Alnosilk and Alnobliss: it doesn’t always have to be high-gloss The ultra-matt and easy-care fronts in the new Alnosilk and Alnobliss ranges represent an alternative for understatement fans. The colours are also dominated by restraint: white, magnolia white and stone grey.
Design or no design “As the kitchen is transformed into a meeting place and therefore a representative room, many people desire furniture here which also reflects their own demands as regards surprising, impressing and distinguishing themselves from the vast majority”, claims Berthold Müller. Alno can comply with these requests, too:
Alnoshine features high-gloss foil fronts with edges that shine as if they were made of glass. The Alnostar Shine range represents the handleless variant. These ranges are available in white and magnolia white.
And for those who prefer even more opulence, Alnoflash offers new fronts featuring metallic foils in two colour shades: champagne metallic and silver metallic.
In terms of the award-winning Alnoart Pro glass front range, 2010 will also see the launch of shimmering metallic fronts in champagne metallic and graphite metallic. And the Alnostar handleless range will also be extended to include Alnostar Shine and Alnostar Charme representing additional handleless variants.
Christoph Fughe, Sales Director Germany, on Alno’s product alignment: “Our kitchen trends once again illustrate the claim we pursue with our products and ranges: Alno kitchens offer concepts which focus on people while it goes without saying that there is also a focus on traditional quality right down to the very last detail.”
About Alno AG:Alno AG is one of the leading German manufacturers of kitchens. Four production sites in Germany and one in Dubai serve both the domestic and international markets with a full range of kitchen styles. In addition to the core Alno brand, Wellmann (classic-modern style), Impuls (minimalistic style) and Pino (entry range) all belong to the Alno Group. With approximately 7000 distribution partners in more than 64 countries, Alno AG is active across the world. In the financial year 2008 around 1900 employees achieved a turnover of around 511 Million Euros and an operational result of 19.266 Million Euros (EBITDA). The share of turnover generated from exports amounted to 33.7%.
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Contact:ALNO AG Director Corporate Communications Andrea Wolf
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