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NEWS WATCH Foodservice Displays Innovations Twirl Pasta automatic pasta cooker. C utting-edge commercial foodservice appliances were showcased in the interactive Kitchen Innovations demonstration area at the National Restaurant Asscocation Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show, held in Chicago in May. The 25 winners of the 2008 Kitchen Innovations Award were appliances designed to improve the productivity of foodservice operators, and also addressed their growing needs for enhanced food safety and conservation of energy and water. Some of those award recipients were: Advanced Composite Materials, for its Silar microwave grill, a ceramic composite microwaveable oven insert that enables high-speed grilling and baking of paninis, sandwiches, subs and madeto-order fresh pizzas. Ecolab, for its Apex TSC dish machine, the first all-solid, low-temperature dish machine to use EPA-registered solid sanitizer, and an attached controller to optimize operational efficiency and reduce environmental impacts within the dish room.  Electrolux Professional NA, for its S90 full-surface induction range that has four adjustable temperature zones and a 33-in.-wide surface that allows up to 16 pots simultaneously. Garland, an Enodis Company, for its HE Broiler, a charbroiler that features continuous sparking to ensure constant flame and has no standing pilots. Paloma Industries, for its Pulse Combustion gas fryer, whose pulse combustion burners accelerate transfer of heat into the frying medium to provide short cook time and rapid oil temperature recovery during cook time. Twirl Pasta Co., for its Twirl Pasta/ Cucina 2000: A fully automated foodservice concept with self-service and operator models that uses patented MOON OVER INDIA. Indesit, an Italy-based equipment and process technology to perfectly cook and dispense fresh pasta meals in 80 seconds. Vulcan, for its C24EA3-C24EA5 counter steamer, whose smart-drain/ power-flush system cuts the accumulation of mineral deposits and need for frequent de-liming. For the complete list of Kitchen Innovations winners, visit: www.restaurant. org/show/exhibitorlist/ki/index.cfm  will be relocated to a new facility in Reynosa, Mexico, over the next 12 to 18 months. The DCS move is expected to be completed by the end of the year, and individual manufacturing lines will be shifted separately to reduce the impact on warehouse inventory. According to news reports, Fisher & Paykel also plans to move manufacturing operations from those three facilities to new sites in Thailand and Italy. ON THE WIRE. A forum has been created to promote and influence a single worldwide standard for networking digital content over home wiring. Infineon Technologies, Intel Corp., Panasonic, and Texas Instruments created the HomeGrid Forum. It is a companion to the ITU-T G.hn working group that supports the interests of service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers, PC OEMS and other networking companies to create a single MAC and PHY protocol. The protocol is used to transport multimedia across a home’s existing wiring, including coaxial cable, power lines and phone lines. The forum is developing the technological requirements for the standard. Overall, three work groups have been established: the ITU-T G.hn contribution work group, a compliance and interoperability work group to ensure that any product with a HomeGrid logo will work reliably, and a marketing workgroup to promote HomeGrid certified products worldwide. The Forum is recruiting additional members. For more information, visit www.HomeGridForum.org/join. 8 applianceDESIGN June 2008 manufacturer of household appliances, launched sales in India of its home appliances range, including the company’s flagship brand, The Moon clothes washer. Indiabased ETA Star Appliances, a subsidiary of the ETA Ascon Star Group, will market and distribute the appliances, under the Indesit brand name. The appliances will consist of a range of front loading, fully automatic washing machines of 5 to 7 kg capacity; frost-free large capacity refrigerators, both double door and combi-type; a range of dish washer models; and other kitchen items including chimneys, hoods, ovens and stand-alone cooking range models in various sizes. NEW CO2 COMPRESSOR. Emerson F&P MOVES. New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel Appliances is consolidating manufacturing operations at its range and DishDrawer factory in Dunedin, New Zealand, a refrigeration plant in Brisbane, Australia, and a DCS manufacturing plant in Huntington Beach, Calif. The manufacturing operations Climate Technologies, St. Louis, Mo., introduced Copeland Scroll compressors designed for use with CO2 (carbon dioxide) refrigerant in subcritical cascade cycle applications. CO2 refrigerants have no global warming or ozone depletion and might be an alternative to other refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants that are considered to work more efficiently, but have some global warming potential. In testing, researchers at Emerson Climate Technologies found www.applianceDESIGN.com http://www.restaurant.org/show/exhibitorlist/ki/index.cfm http://www.restaurant.org/show/exhibitorlist/ki/index.cfm http://www.HomeGridForum.org/join http://www.appliancedesign.com

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