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GENERAL NEWS www.kitchenwarenews.com n SEPTEMBER 2018 n KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW 9 Home canning is filled with memories, pride and tradition. It is time well spent, resulting in a finished product that can be enjoyed and shared throughout the year. Available in new colors, shapes and designs, Ball[R] Fresh Preserving products f rom Newell Brands Inc. are designed to inspire canning enthusiasts to take part in canning season. The 2018 jars joining the Ball Fresh Preserving family include the new Amber Jars from Ball's Collection Elite[R] Design Series deliver the performance-driven benefit of blocking 99 percent of food- damaging UV light to help maintain the flavor, f ragrance, and nutrients of foods, herbs, and spices. Ball Amber Jars are available in pint, quart and half-gallon sizes. For experienced canners looking to grow their Ball Jar collection, Newell Brands recently added a Collection Elite 32 oz. Sharing Jar to its portfolio. Knowing that 71 percent of gardeners share more than half the food they grow, the Collection Elite Sharing Jar has become a favorite for giving. For every package of Sharing Jars purchased, Newell Brands will donate four meals to Feeding America. The new Ball Stars and Stripes Keepsake Jar features the classic Ball logo as well as a new, festive Stars and Stripes embossment to provide a fun, patriotic touch in time for the summer. Newell Brands has enlisted experienced canner and Food Network host Damaris Phillips to help promote home canning throughout the season. Phillips and the Ball Fresh Preser ving team will demonstrate the ease and simplicity of canning, encouraging both experienced and new canners to take part in the canning process. "When I think of summertime as a kid I think of my Grampy's gardens full of tomatoes, buckets heaping with blackberries and counter tops lined with an assortment of Ball Jars, ready to can the flavor of summer," said Phillips. "The tradition of canning is still very close to my heart; that's why I'm so excited to team up with the Ball Home Canning experts at Newell Brands to share how truly rewarding the process can be. Whether you are making a few jars of pickles or a big batch of tomato sauce to savor all year long, every bit of effort is totally worth it when you're ankle deep in snow but dinner still tastes like it's July!" KN New Ball Jar Innovations Introduced for Canning Season Neato Robotics, a leader in smart robots for the home, is now making Neato Multiple F loor P lan Mapping and Q uick Boost Charging available on the Neato Botvac D7 Connected. With the launch of multiple floor plan mapping, users can now use the Neato app to create a new floor plan on their second, or even third floor of their home. Once created, 'No-Go' Lines c an be added to tell the robot which places to avoid cleaning floor by floor. For added convenience, Neato is now offering the charge base as a stand-alone accessor y, so consumers c an easil y charge and initiate cleaning on any floor. This new software update enables the creation of multiple floor plans, offering consumers more f reedom and flexibility to create a more personal cleaning plan for their home. Neato is taking personaliz ed cleaning to the next level and uniquely supporting 'No-Go' Lines for multiple floors. W ith the abilit y to c lean different floors across the home also comes the possibility that the robot may need to recharge to finish the job, and to reduce overall c leaning time, Neato is introducing Neato Quick Boost charging to allow the Neato Botvac D7 Connected to calculate how much power it needs to finish its cleaning run and top up accordingly. The robot will return to its base automatically, get a quick boost, and resume cleaning the rest of the floorplan. "This sof tware upgrade marks a significant step for ward at Neato in our commitment to personalized cleaning," said Neato CEO Matt Petersen. " W ith Multiple F loor Mapping and Neato Q uick Boost we saw an opportunity to respond to a consumer need quic kl y, whilst making the robot smarter with these significant software updates. At Neato, we know that some of our consumers have large homes to clean, and more than one floor. They need to be able to have the f reedom to create a more personal cleaning experience, and to have a product which has the charge and abilit y to c lean the whole home automatically." Neato Multiple F loor Plan Mapping and Q uick Boost Charging features are now available today on the Neato Botvac D7 Connected. The Neato Botvac D7 Connected is listed at a suggested retail price point of $799 and available both online and in retail partners in North Amer ic a and Europe. V isit www.neatorobotics.com to find out more. KN Neato Takes Personalized Cleaning to the Next Level Aquio is a new line of ultra-fashionable bottles incorporating premium sound. Each Aquio bottle incorporates designer acoustic fabric and a detachable Bluetooth speaker powered by iHome, a market leader in high quality personal audio. "Our mission is to reduce the world's reliance on disposable plastic water bottles by making reusable bottles fun and fashionable. We designed Aquio to save the world from boring bottles, represent best- in-class hydration technology and have the added cool factor of a detachable iHome Bluetooth speaker," said Nisan Davydov, Aquio and iHome Marketing. "From the materials used, to how it feels in your hand, even its stylish look and impressive sound quality, everything about our Aquio hydration bottles exudes premium quality. Customers will love the modular design of the product, as it gives them the option to use the bottle and speaker separately or together in addition to changing the colors up." Designed in the USA, Aquio is BPA free and manufactured with high-quality, double-wall stainless-steel that keeps drinks ice cold for up to 24 hours or steaming hot for up to 14 hours. Powered by iHome, the modular speaker, with speakerphone capability, is waterproof, sand proof and weather resistant. Available in four fashionable colors - midnight, seafoam, merlot and blush - Aquio is perfect for those who lead an active lifestyle and love taking their music with them on a hike or to the beach. Aquio retails for $69.99 and is being sold at Barnes & Noble, Urban Outfitters, Best Buy, Amazon.com and aquiobottles.com. KN New Water Bottle Incorporates Mobile Speaker Ironwood is a modern, design-focused approach to cast iron cookware. Its inaugural product, the Ironwood Skillet, was designed with both performance and presentation in mind. "There is no reason a cast iron skillet needs to look like an outdated farm tool," said Ted Burdett, Ironwood's Principal Designer. "Our goal with ironwood is bring the durability and natural beauty of cast-iron skillet into the 21st century." Ironwood incorporates all the new aspects of the modern skillet manufacturing (machined smooth, lightweight and pre- seasoned), but the design is deliberately focused on usability and presentation. Each skillet comes with its own solid wood trivet and serving spoon. The trivet and skillet nest with one another for stability and heat protection, and the wooden serving spoon nestles into the form of the skillet handle. The suggested retail price is $75 for the skillet and $110 for the skillet set (skillet, spoon and trivet). KN Ironwood Cookware Launched on Kickstarter

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