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PRIZER WORKS TO ACQUIRE PREMIUM KITCHEN HOOD VENTILATION COMPANY ABBAKA

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Prizer Works, owner of BlueStar®, manufacturer of high-performance appliances for the home, and Prizer Hoods®, a line of professionally-inspired luxury kitchen hoods, announced it has agreed to acquire ABBAKA, a leading manufacturer of handcrafted, custom range hoods. Founded by Vibeke and Frank Paone, the Sonoma California-based ABBAKA has been designing and manufacturing American-handmade luxury kitchen hoods since 1980 and is a trusted industry leader. ​“ABBAKA has been delivering innovative products to the luxury home ventilation market for more than 30 years,” said Eliza Sheffield, president, BlueStar®. “We welcome ABBAKA into the Prizer family and look forward to working with Vibeke and Frank to leverage their expertise in the market and drive increased growth.”
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SILHOUETTE UNVEILS FIRST SOLID STATE WINE DISPLAY – AND IT’S STUNNING!​

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Silhouette, a specialty wine and beverage storage distributor, today unveils the Renoir – the brand’s first thermoelectric-cooling wine display made in North America. Named after the late French painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the wine display’s picturesque front features a giant, seamless, triple pane low-e glass to fully showcase all 30 bottles within the cellar. Powered by Silhouette’s Zeronext technology, the Renoir is 50% quieter than traditional wine coolers, maintains wine temperature within a quarter degree of set temperature, and has virtually no vibration – leaving your wine collection undisturbed.
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