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NRA attendees are invited to join Madeline Triffon and the EveryWare Global team in booth #7207 for wine tasting demonstrations on Saturday from 3-5 pm and both wine and beer tastings on Sunday from 3-5 pm.
Vertex China has announced James Schulze is joining the company as President/C.E.O. Vertex China is a leading supplier of chinaware to upscale restaurants, cruise lines, casinos, hotels, commercial catering and the leisure hospitality industry. Vertex’s award winning line is known for outstanding quality, first-class innovation, cutting-edge design and exceptional value. Innovating since 1984, Vertex China is constantly evolving to inspire the next generation of tabletops. Mr. Schulze began his foodservice career in 1996 as a tabletop manufacturer’s representative in Chicago. Since that time Mr. Schulze has risen as a leader in the foodservice tabletop industry and is thrilled to help lead Vertex to its next successful chapter in its history. Schulze also has been a contributor to this publication in the past. For more information on Vertex China and its lineup of hospitality dinnerware, go here: http://www.vertexchina.com/ We can think of lots of reasons to head to the 2015 NRA Show, but here's 10 of more of them from industry veteran and long-time attendee, Jim Sullivan...... 10. Be where your competitors are. 9. Be where your competitors are not. 8. Get out in front of change. 7. Learn more in 4 days than you could in a year.
6. Get brilliant at the basics. 5. Eat. Drink. Be Merry. 4. Action in the Aisles. 3. The restaurant industry is the original social media. 2. Share it while you’re there. 1. Recharge. Rejuvenate. Refocus. To read Jim's entire article, go here: http://show.restaurant.org/BrainFeed/Read/Top-10-Reasons-to-Attend-NRA-Show Jim Sullivan is the CEO & Founder of Sullivision.com and a long-time attendee of the National Restaurant Show. You can visit his website at www.sullivision.com and follow him daily on Twitter @Sullivision. Another new product the we are excited to see and learn more about at this weekend's NRA Show is ARBORESCENCE, the French company Revol's first full dinnerware collection, that is inspired by nature. The generous and audacious nature is a source of inspiration that drives Revol's quest for harmony of shapes, materials and colors. The company's surrounding environment in France and almost 250 years of experience in the craft have brought ARBOESCENCE to life.
Since 1768, Revol has mastered its craft and combining both tradition and modernity. Nine generations of family owners have been leading this French producer in a quest of perfecting shapes, colors and textures of porcelain to please and surprise professional chefs around the world.
To learn more about Revol and its new ABORESCENCE visit them at this week's NRA Show on booth #5821 or go here: Revol Porcelain: New ABORESCENCE Dinnerware, Enhancing Guests' Senses Recently, German porcelain specialist SCHÖNWALD continued its introduction of its new collection ALLURE made of the innovative Noble China porcelain body, with its launch into the UK market. As a special highlight of the event, which was held in the top two floors of Gherkin Tower, ALLURE’s designer, Mr. Carsten Gollnick, presented the collection which was developed to meet the demanding requirements of top restaurants and hotels. The presentation was followed by a 4-course dinner prepared by Matt Edmonds, chef at restaurant Searcy The Gherkin. The dinner was served on selected items of the ALLURE collection.
In developing this service, SCHÖNWALD set great store by ensuring that the visual statement made by the collection would perfectly present Noble China’s advantages: delicate yet highly chip-resistant, combined with great reflective quality and the warm shimmer of the characteristic creamy-white colour of this new type of porcelain. This has been achieved in an exemplary way thanks to a sensitive, urbanely elegant design. The striking surface faceting provides a distinctive contrast to the classic simplicity of the lines. This faceting has even been used inside bowls and cups, thus creating an attractive interplay of light and shadow.
To learn more about SCHÖNWALD and its new ALLURE collection, go here: SCHÖNWALD Presents U.K. Launch of New Porcelain Collection ALLURE at Searcys The Gherkin
Since 1726 Orrefors Kosta Boda has been striving to create innovative design with genuine craftsmanship. The company has experienced great success in Europe in the hospitality market and is now focusing on the U.S. hospitality market as evidenced by its showing at this week’s upcoming NRA Show, along with new marketing and collateral materials. Success in hospitality at Orrefors Kosta Boda has been driven by offering beautifully designed products including drinkware, lighting, giftware & vanity items that are perfect for discerning hotels and restaurants worldwide; exemplified by Noma (Copenhagen, Denmark) rated one of the world’s best restaurants, Oaxen Krog & Slip (Stockholm, Sweden), Linnéa Art Restaurant (Gothenburg, Sweden), and PM & Vänner (Växjö, Sweden).
To learn more about Orrefors Kosta Boda in hospitality, check them out at Booth #5648 at this weekend's NRA Show .... or go here:
Orrefors Kosta Boda: Designing and Crafting Elegant Stemware and More Fiskars Corporation, a leading global supplier of consumer products for the home, garden and outdoors, has agreed to acquire the WWRD group of companies and its portfolio of iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands, which include Waterford, Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and Rogaška. Fiskars continues executing its growth strategy and becomes a leading global branded consumer goods company in the luxury and premium home and lifestyle products market, with a clear focus on tabletop, giftware and interior décor. For Fiskars Living business, the WWRD acquisition will create a strong presence in the U.S., and will further enhance Fiskars’ market position in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Fiskars has on May 10, 2015 agreed to buy 100% of the shares in the holding company of the WWRD group, including its brands and business operations from the U.S.-based private equity firm KPS Capital Partners. Fiskars will also acquire certain intercompany receivables. The purchase price payable is USD 437 million (EUR 406 million) on a cash and debt free basis, subject to a post completion adjustment based upon the level of net working capital and cash and debt in the acquired business on a closing date. Fiskars will finance the acquisition by monetizing its holdings in short term interest rate funds. The transaction is subject to the completion of the antitrust filing under the U.S. Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR Act), and it is expected to close in the beginning of July 2015. According to unaudited special purpose carve-out financial information, the net sales of WWRD equalled USD 432 million (EUR 402 million) and preliminary EBIT USD 33 million (EUR 31 million) at company’s constant currency rates in fiscal year ending on April 4, 2015. The estimated geographic distribution of the aforementioned net sales is Americas 44%, Asia-Pacific 35%, and Europe 21%. Fiskars’ outlook for 2015 published in Q1 2015 interim report on April 30, 2015 does not take into account the impact of the now disclosed acquisition on the company’s net sales or operating profit for 2015. Potential implications on Fiskars’ outlook for 2015 will be announced later when a reasoned estimate can be made. Upon the closing of the transaction, Fiskars and WWRD will start building a successful future together as part of a strong family of highly renowned brands. The management of WWRD will report to Mr. Kari Kauniskangas, President and CEO of Fiskars Corporation. “We are delighted to be bringing together WWRD’s portfolio of iconic luxury home and lifestyle brands with Fiskars’ highly regarded Living brands of Iittala, Royal Copenhagen, Arabia and Rörstrand, which are renowned for their Scandinavian design and heritage. After the acquisitions of Iittala Group Ltd. in 2007, Royal Copenhagen A/S in 2013 and now WWRD, Fiskars Group is set to become a leading global branded consumer goods company in the area of luxury and premium home and lifestyle products focusing on table top, giftware and interior décor,” says Kari Kauniskangas, President and CEO of Fiskars Corporation. to learn more, go here: http://www.fiskarsgroup.com/media/press-releases/fiskars-corporation-acquires-the-renowned-wwrd-and-extends-its-portfolio-with-iconic-luxury-home-and-lifestyle-brands#sthash.I7i1DfUg.dpuf
"Dining is about creating memories," says Orion Trading's Jim de Girolamo. And when you hear of how Orion and de Girolamo view the creative process for Orion's unique product line, it's easy to understand how Orion Trading's products play into that concept. Orion Trading and de Girolamo start the creative process by listening to chefs to understand what the chef is looking for. Those thoughts and ideas are then translated into a solution from one of Orion's many artisan craftspeople. These handcrafted products, embodied with the chefs ideas and the artisan's touch, then becomes "alive" with both creative spirit and practicality, according to de Girolamo. From this, the process continues with the chef or restaurant developing an entire tabletop with these products, much like a set director on a movie would set a stage in preparation for a production. The dining guest then becomes the main actor on the stage who is then served and enjoys their meal....but, more importantly, creates a long-lasting memory. It's that memory of a thoroughly enjoyed meal – a memorable dining experience - that keeps the customer coming back, again and again. And, within that dining memory, the tabletop has played a sometimes subtle, but crucial role. With that type of approach to product development, it's no wonder Orion Trading and its unique collection of tabletop products, including a new line of stoneware dinnerware, has such a growing list of fans among the chef community.
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