AWARDS | INTERZUM 2019
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To be among the honours can be potentially life-changing or merely reaffirming. But to win several in the same year is a mark of excellence
For several companies it was double joy, having been awarded, not one, but two awards. BekaertDeslee, the market leader in mattress development won a High Product Quality award for its Seaqual mattress textiles upcycled from ocean plastics and a Best of the Best for its patent-pending textile-knit innovation Xcite. "It is not the fi rst time that BekaertDeslee is in the
international spotlight. Change and continuous improvement are at the heart of this company,” it said in a statement. “Creating
innovative technologies is
what drives us. We celebrate curiosity as an attitude, gather deep insights on user value and consumer trends and we love to create products, services and business models."
Xcite combines comfort and design and, according to the company, it gives an elevated view of what a mattress could look and feel like. By creating a mattress that not only
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feels smooth but also breathes and ventilates, it has brought innovation to the next level. The alternation of open and bulky zones ensures the combination of a perfectly soft, comfortable and ventilating mattress. Two products from the Westphalian fi ttings manufacturer Hettich were also among the prizes, with the ViZard by ambigence integrated fl ap fi tting - one the company says paves the way for a new generation of purist furniture - being named Best of the Best. And the ComfortSpin turntable won a High Product Quality award, after impressing judges with the way it rotates cabinet contents through 360 degrees, solving an everyday storage problem. As a result, food need no longer decay in the refrigerator merely because it's kept at the back and out of sight. And the time-consuming process of moving items in bathroom cabinets or larder units is also now also set to become a thing of the past.
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