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16 Saturday, March 02, 2013 LAICA INTRODUCES NEW WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH UNIQUE BI-FLUX MINERALBALANCE FILTER By Nelson Farfan, Global Vice President of Marketing and Sales, LAICA S.p.A LAICA's international success is motivated by one driving principal: the love of water. For more than 20 years, LAICA's commitment has been to provide the highest quality, safest and most effective water filtration products on the market. The company offers a variety of pitchers from basic to the most innovative, providing customer's great natural tasting water, while maintaining its unaltered safety. LAICA's filter cartridges are designed and manufactured in Italy to offer the best filtration with the highest level of quality and safety. LAICA cares about the quality of the water after filtration. The LAICA water filtration system reduces the unwanted substances, like heavy metals, (if present in tap water) and improves the taste and smell of the water without removing substances GLOBAL ARROW MAKES A BOW AT IH+HS Home decor accessories with Japanese design sensibility that draws on inspiration from Europe and New York are a specialty of Global Arrow USA, Inc., which is making its first bows this year at the International Home + Housewares Show with multiple lines of home decor accessories as well as bedroom slippers. The company is headquartered in Japan, where the product design team is based. The products include items rang- ing from cleaning brushes and plastic baskets and hangers for organizing a closet to decorator items like table runners and fabric flowers. Many of the items would be suitable for gift baskets or as welcome gifts for house guests. Coming to the International Home + Housewares Show this year are lines of unbreakable acrylic toiletries bottles, house slippers decorated with fabric flowers, and fabric pockets designed to CORE HOME ADDS TO KITCHENWARE OFFERING WITH CORE KITCHEN Core Home is proud to be launching a new line of innovative kitchen tools and gadgets called Core Kitchen. As a complement to its wood housewares, this collection expands into the kitchenware area with a vast number of tools, gadgets, cutting boards, knives, accessories and more. Core Home found that a growing trend in housewares was the use of colors and mixed materials. Keeping with its function meets design initiative, this line was designed using a wide range of materials in unique shapes and sizes in order to capitalize on this trend. Core Kitchen features a large variety of tools constructed from nylon, silicone and stainless steel. The collection uses high quality construction that combines optimum kitchen performance with attractive aesthetic, providing everything a home cook needs for mixing, flipping, whisking and straining. In addition to tools, this line features bright colored cutting boards. Made from recyclable polypropylene, these cutting boards are nonporous and odor-resistant, making them perfect for slicing meats and poultry or chopping vegetables and paring fruits. They are designed with great functional features such as Core Kitchen's signature non-slip Grip Strips keep the boards in place while in use. Adding color to the kitchen counter, Core Kitchen includes a collection of interesting glass prep boards. These versatile countertop companions can be used as cutting boards, serving plates, or trivets. Created using tempered glass, these prep boards are hygienic, shatter resistant and non-slip with skid resistant rubber CORK POPS: THE MUST-HAVE WINE ACCESSORIES FOR 2013! At home, entertainers everywhere are constantly on the lookout for fun, yet functional accessories to add to their repertoire of bar components and conversation starters. This year, Cork Pops presents a trilogy sure to be on everyone's must-have list. Any wine lover who has taken a sip of their favorite white wine only to be greeted by the lukewarm flavor of oncecrisp Chardonnay knows how disappointing that experience can be. To elim- inate such disappointment, Cork Pops, recently unveiled the VinOice, a rod containing a food-safe gel that freezes in 30 minutes is encased in stainless steel and comes with a sleek drip-free pour spout. The VinOice is simply chilled in the freezer and then inserted into the neck of the wine bottle. It then maintains the wine's ideally chilled temperature for up to an hour. The product retails for $28. The Legacy wine opener from Cork Pops uses a low pressure air cartridge to Kitchenware News & Housewares Review Show Daily important for health such as mineral salts. The minerals present in water are essential for human health (Stated by the World Health Organization). The exclusive mineralbalance™ formula helps to preserve the balance of calcium and magnesium that is naturally present in tap water. The overall average hardness (sum of the elements calcium and magnesium) of the filtered water, during the entire life cycle of the cartridge, does not undergo substantial variations with respect to the hardness of the water before filtration. The exclusive bi-flux™ system also be hung from a door handle or hook to hold pocket change and other small items overnight. All of the items are manufactured in China and shipped to Japan, where they're already very popular, and to California for distribution to American customers, where they'll be appreciated for the uniqueness of the design aesthetic behind them. For the past few years, Global Arrow products have been exhibited at the New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles keeps pH balanced for healthier, better tasting water. The World Health Organization confirms that pH is an essential parameter for the qualitative evaluation of drinking water and states that the optimal range is between 6.5 and 9.5. The patented LAICA bi-flux filter has numerous International certifications and recognition of independent research institutes that certify its highest quality throughout the world. For more information, visit booth S1640 at the International Home + Housewares Show. After the show, be sure to visit www.laica.com, call 0039-0444-795314 or email laica@laica.com. International Gift Fairs, where their Japanese style combined with European flair has been greeted with great interest. Global Arrow looks forward to repeating that success at the International Home + Housewares Show. For more information, visit Global Arrow during the show at booth #N6855. After the show, visit www.globalarrow-usa.com, write to 18141 Beach Blvd., Room 150, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92648 or call 714-375-0555. feet. In addition, these fun boards are odor, stain and heat resistant, making them perfect for all types of food preparation, serving and as a countertop display. The next logical step for Core Kitchen was to design knives that can be used with their cutting boards. The ergonomic non-slip grip of the knives in this collection makes slicing, dicing and chopping a breeze. Made from high carbon stainless steel, the blades stay sharp and have a non-stick coating to keep foods from sticking. All knives in this collection come with a safety sheath to protect the blade, and most importantly, the customer's fingers. With so many knives in different patterns and colors to choose from in this collection it will be hard to buy just one! Finally, Core Kitchen rounds out its collection with a range of cast iron kitchen accessories. These trivets, napkin holders, paper towel holders, spoon rests and cookbook holders are a beautiful addition to any kitchen. With the traditional essence of cast iron in modern designs and colors, this collection reinvents a timeless classic like you have never seen before. Fun shapes, vibrant colors and interesting materials make Core Kitchen a line that every retailer will sell successfully. Core Home is excited to be launching this collection at the International Home + Housewares Show. easily remove the cork from any bottle of wine. The fun "pop" when the cork is removed livens up any occasion. The latest design also incorporates a foil cutter making it a handy 2-in-1 essential accessory. The product retails for $28. The VinOair Premier is another musthave home entertaining item and achieves the instantaneous perfection in an in-bottle aerator and non-drip pourer. This handy gadget allows air to circulate with the wine while pouring in order to provide a smoother, more velvety taste in an instant! No more waiting hours for a great bottle of wine to decant. VinOair Premier also features a black chrome gravity hinge that opens and closes with each pouring. The hinge allows the opening of the bottle to be covered in order to keep fruit flies and other bugs out of the wine bottle while ensuring the highest level of sanitation. The product retails for $28. To see the full range, visit Core Home at booth 1885 in the South Hall. For more information, email info@corehome.com or call 646-845-6000. Please visit Cork Pops at the 2013 International Housewares Show March 2-5 in Chicago at Booth S2973. After the show, visit www.corkpops.com or call the corporate phone number 800-322-6757.