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CP Hart revamps flagship showroom in Waterloo
CP HART bathrooms has updated its flagship showroom in Waterloo with brand new products, four wellness-themed displays
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guest designers, the UK’s first Pod and PUC Studio and the only Dornbracht design specification studio in the UK.
Speaking at the showroom launch, chairman Richard Reynolds said: “Our collective aim as a business is to introduce the most innovative and exciting bathrooms that we can into the UK. As much as we can, we specify and make our products here in the UK. But, of course, we are also committed to showing products from our international brand partners.” Four designers were each given a display space in the showroom and asked to create an area under the theme of ‘wellness’. Each display is unique, although there are common themes like sustainability or the holistic elements of wellness about how all senses should be considered. The display created by architecture studio Bradley Van Der Straeten spirals from the pink freestanding basins around the curved corner to a shower area with a raised bath.
Japanese wellness was explored in the display by Karen Howes, founder of Taylor Howes Designs. This bathroom (pictured far right) features a curved display that creates zones and flows from the sauna area to the freestanding bath to the walk-in shower.
In contrast, Eva Sonaike designed her space (pictured top right) with a colourful and bold West African aesthetic. The display features
PHG charity cycle ride raises £124,000 to help the environment
MORE THAN 70 riders from the plumbing, heating and bathroom industry raised over £124,000 with a 150-mile charity cycle ride hosted by buying group PHG. The Plumbing and Heating Group (PHG) event took place over two days and saw the riders complete the course from Harrogate to Catterick Garrison, through the Yorkshire Dales and
back again Yorkshire Moors
Proceeds from the PHG Revolution 150 Charity Cycle Ride provided vital
16 over the North funds for the marine conservation
charity Surfers Against Sewage and The Woodland Trust, which is concerned with the creation, protection and restoration of native UK woodland heritage.
PHG chairman David Pochin said: “This unique event in our sector brought together PHG members and suppliers over two days to take on the challenge of the Yorkshire Dales and Moors and everything the weather could throw at them to raise money for two fantastic and very important
charities. The determination shown by all the cyclists to complete the event was inspirational. PHG thanks everyone involved in making the event a huge success.”
Speaking on behalf of PHG member Plumco, managing director John Smith said: “The whole Plumco team were delighted to take part in such a unique event. Although it was a very tough ride, it was extremely rewarding.” The PHG buying group has 15 members with 276 branches throughout the UK.
· January 2022
Haier Europe to boost stock availability with two new factories
a biophilic ceiling, green tiles, and Sonaike’s bespoke purple geometric wallpaper.
At the entrance to the showroom is a narrow display by Charu Gandhi, the founder of design studio Elicyon. It has a striking design with a canvas tent ceiling and natural elements like the jade green onyx that has been used to create a showering space and also a feature wall behind the copper bath. The Dornbracht Design Studio is the the brands first specification area in the UK. The site is designed to showcase a wide variety of products from the showering collections and tap samples that can be easily touched and moved by designers visiting the space. The CP Hart Pod and PUC Studio is said to be the first of its kind in the UK. There are four prefabricated modular
(Pod) bathrooms in three price brackets – good, better, best – to showcase how these popular systems can be used in all types of construction, including
luxury homes and hotels. There are also two displays of Prefabricated Utility Cupboard (PUC). New collections from Ideagroup, Duravit, Toto, Armani Roca, Gessi, Axor and Duravit also feature alongside exclusive CP Hart vanity units.
HAIER EUROPE has invested €85 million (£73 million) to create two new factories in Eski ehir, Turkey. The appliance brand hopes this will “improve production capacity, product availability and range flexibility”. The first factory has 43,000sq m of space and has the capacity to produce 1.5 million tumbler-dryers a year across Haier Europe’s three brands – Candy, Hoover and Haier. The new plant employs 900 people. A new dishwasher factory is set to open in 2022 and will have a one million unit capacity and employ around 700 people. Yannick Fierling, chief executive officer of Haier Europe, said: “The new production facilities are a key step in elevating Haier to the top-three players in the industry in Europe by integrating artificial intelligence, IoT, and connectivity into high-end products and home solutions. “We want to consolidate this mission by counting on a competitive industrial footprint and strong R&D and hi-tech capabilities, systems and platforms for the entire value chain.” The facilities are said to serve both its domestic Chinese and global markets. It is said to be an “important step in delivering the brand’s vision to be the first consumer choice for the smart home”.
The factories have a variety of state- of-the-art facilities, such as a fully automated painting line and the fully digital quality check.
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