NOVEMBER 2012 The histo­ry of today’s SILAG Han­del AG star­ted in 1985 with the foun­ding of Nivel­la cutlery-parts pro­duc­tion in Solin­gen: 27 years later, it stays true to its roots and sells around 1 mil­li­on pans of its own brands “Nivel­la”, “Stein­ber­ger” and “Küchen­Meis­ter”. Even back then the company’s main goal was to satisfy cus­to­mers with the hig­hest qua­li­ty pro­ducts. None of this has chan­ged even today. Tra­di­tio­nal­ly, the maxim “We offer qua­li­ta­tively high-value cook­wa­re in func­tio­n­al and tas­te­ful designs for house­holds and for ambi­tious chefs” app­lies to SILAG. This is a good basis for enjoy­ment in coo­king. The varied ran­ge of hard­ware sets the bar high, espe­cial­ly for house­holds. The ran­ge … Con­ti­nue rea­ding →

JULY 2012 SILAG recei­ves the „Red Dot Award: Pro­duct Design”, cove­ted the world over, for the gar­den wate­ring design of the future. The North-Rhine West­pha­lia Design Cent­re reco­gnis­ed the SILAG pro­duct „Car­re­ra Green­mas­ter Hose Con­nec­tor” in July 2012 with the „Red Dot Award: Pro­duct Design 2012”, a qua­li­ty seal ack­now­led­ged and cove­ted the world over. In addi­ti­on to tal­king pure­ly about style, reco­gnis­ed experts also tes­ted the feel of the pro­ducts and their func­tio­n­a­li­ty and exami­ned the eco­lo­gi­cal sus­taina­bi­li­ty. The ver­dict of the inter­na­tio­nal Red Dot Jury: “An ergo­no­mic and needs-driven ease of mana­gea­bi­li­ty is what is visua­li­zed as a cohe­rent who­le in this hose con­nec­tor.” The design con­cept (desi­gner Prof. Dr. Klo­se, Wup­per­tal) … Con­ti­nue rea­ding →

JULI 2012 Gra­vi­ty ver­sus motors. Moving car ver­sus a fal­ling one. Two one-thousand met­re cour­ses – one on asphalt, the other in the air. Engi­nes against gra­vi­ty. Gali­leo with Pro7 and Heli­Jet Char­ter GmbH with the S‑76 car­ri­ed out the extre­me expe­ri­ment. Which is fas­ter, a dri­ving or a fal­ling car? See for yourself: Pro7 Gali­leo fake-check-extreme-falling-vs-driving-car-clip

FEBRUARY 2012 The Solin­gen Inves­tor and busi­ness­man Sieg­fried Lapa­wa com­mit­ted hims­elf in grand style to the struc­tu­ral reno­va­ti­on of the lis­ted buil­ding the “Tra­di­ti­on House” in Solin­gen, which used to be the “Tück­man­tel House”. Invest­ment of €6.5 mil­li­on even­tual­ly flowed into the reno­va­ti­on, exten­si­on and pre­ser­va­ti­on of his buil­ding pro­ject. The­re were many obsta­cles to be over­co­me. “For me it is a lar­ge but important invest­ment in pre­ser­ving the cul­tu­ral essence of my home town”, exp­lains Sieg­fried Lapa­wa. He has now been thank­ed for that. The Ber­gi­sche Histo­ry Asso­cia­ti­on of Solin­gen, repre­sen­ted by the his­to­ri­an Mrs. Dr. Bea­te Bat­ten­feld, awar­ded him this year’s Lis­ted Buil­ding Pro­tec­tion Pri­ze 2012 for the­se efforts. Over two thousand squa­re metres of pre­mi­um space … Con­ti­nue rea­ding →

JANUARY 2012 In July last year, a fire of unknown cau­se devas­ta­ted the Hol­land Casi­no in the heart of Sche­ven­in­gen – pro­bab­ly the best-known of sea­si­de towns, a few kilo­me­tres from the seat of the Dut­ch roy­al fami­ly, The Hague. The first thing you noti­ce on the beach at Sche­ven­in­gen is the 381 metre-long pier. Becau­se of the gre­at dest­ruc­tion by the fire, it was deci­ded to demo­lish the old buil­ding. The rub­ble thus crea­ted, clas­si­fied as hazar­dous was­te, was to be taken by special-purpose ves­sel for recy­cling. Howe­ver, becau­se the water was too shal­low, the ship could not approach the jet­ty. The solu­ti­on was a freight heli­co­p­ter ope­ra­ti­on. Decem­ber 2011: rough … Con­ti­nue rea­ding →