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This is a system that is truly GREEN, naturally sanitizes and protects against bacteria and harmful chemicals, replacing dangerous household cleansers.

You have seen the news stories about local governments banning the sale of bottled water because of negative impacts by the use of petrochemicals in manufacturing bottles, plus the pricing of bottled water being much more than gasoline, and is often just tap water. An example of this movement is that some of the most popular brands of bottled water come from distant places like Europe and the South Pacific, and is often not any better or cleaner than city tap water. Now you can process a pitcher of your own tap water and remove harmful bacteria and chemicals quickly and easily using a proprietary 2-stage process to purify and filter drinking water.

We are ready to show you a new generation of household appliance that is truly in step with the GREEN movement. For further information contact your B-K Representative.

                              Top of the Class

      A member of our family and participant in our family business was honored this week by Newsweek Magazine as his school was named top high school in Washington State.

The annual Newsweek magazine survey of education ranks 1,200 top U.S. public schools and this year named International School in Bellevue, Washington as number 11 nationwide. Peter Bang-Knudsen, Jr. is a third year principal of The International School and has led that school to academic excellence, producing some of the highest test scores in the Nation for two years in a row.

Peter’s wife Laura is also a Bellevue School District principal and has raised her Sammamish High School to one of the top 10% in the U.S. Laura’s two previous high schools also made the list and improved their scores after her tenure at each.

For further information see the full article on education in Newsweek May 21st or on the web.

Our C.I.A. Connection
(It’s no secret!)


     We are pleased to advise you that Vita-Mix™ is now affiliated with Culinary Institute of America, the premier chef's academy of North America. Chefs from CIA were at the Chicago Housewares Show to lend their expertise to the Professional Series Vita-Mix™ and to demonstrate the art of fine cooking using Vita-Mix™. We are now ready to ship our newest version of CIA-endorsed kitchen machines.

This is a natural connection since Vita-Mix™ is already in use in most commercial kitchens and bars. Chefs prefer this industrial strength kitchen countertop machine for heavy duty mixing, chopping and pureeing. The machine that can make perfect smoothies, margaritas, nut butters, chop herbs and grind grains into flour can also blend vegetables into steaming-hot soup in a few minutes. The machine that is rugged enough for continued use in coffee bars and fast food outlets is also a workhorse in large restaurant kitchens. It will give a lifetime of dependable service in home kitchens.

The Professional Series Vita-Mix™ is marketed exclusively through high-end specialty stores, web-sties and catalogs. It is only sold to retailers who will help maintain the high professional image and MAP retail pricing strategy of this advanced kitchen machine.

Please contact our office to see how your store can participate in our Vita-Mix™ / C.I.A. marketing program.

206-767-6970. www.bang-knudsen.com


It’s not a blender, It’s a Vita-Mix™

Here’s a much faster, safer and more efficient way to provide hot water at home. Our 1.5 Qt. capacity glass, cordless water kettle with chrome plated lid and slip-free textured handle is versatile, economical and safe to use. The H2O Plus is fast and quite while bringing water for tea to a boil, then it turns off automatically when reaching boil. A clever concealed heating element is covered in stainless steel and the heat resistant German Schott glass body gives maximum visibility and attractive design. At $69.99 retail this should be in every smart kitchen.
 

Jura of Switzerland and its U.S. partner, Capresso launched a new series of Automatic Coffee Centers during Ambiente in Frankfurt and later at the Chicago Housewares Show. The newest design in Jura’s parade of innovative home automatic coffee centers this is the first version to be available in both black and glossy white. Innovation from the Swiss manufacturer includes: Rotary programmable dial, ceramic valve technology, butterfly coffee spout, triple hot water temperatures, low noise design, bean sensor monitoring and high performance 18-bar pump. The J5 is available summer ’07 at select specialty retailers, catalogs and e-retailers. Contact www.bang-knudsen.com for further information.

OXO’s popular LiquiSeal™ travel containers continue to outsell the competition. Our new colors in plastic bodied $9.99 travel mugs are doing very well, as is the original $19.99 Stainless Mug. One-handed, one click activation and 3 silicone seals lock in liquids for no spills. Here’s a travel mug that can safely lie on your expensive leather car seats without spilling a drop. Meantime the drink is kept hot or cold for hours.
Our newest addition is the 24 oz. container with integrated 10 oz. drinking cup. It’s more than enough for you and a friend. Double wall stainless steel with vacuum insulation keeps the beverage hot/cold for hours. $29.99.

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There is so much more…schedule a meeting with our representatives to learn about Spring Specials and more new products.
206-767-6970

Sarah Christensen

Receiving the Leo Award

For Best Sales Person USA

At Jura Global Sales Conference 2006

Pictured with Sarah Christensen is

David Shull, Vice President of Sales

Jura-Capresso U.S.A.

Lucerne Switzerland Sept. 22 2006

October 14, 2006

BEST SALESPERSON AWARD

        Sarah Christensen was honored at the 2006 Jura Global Sales Conference in Lucerne, Switzerland September 29th and was presented the Leo Award for “Best Sales Person USA”.

Sarah is a senior Sales Associate at Bang-Knudsen, Inc. Pacific Market Center in Seattle, the agency represents Jura-Capresso in the Pacific Northwest. Leo Awards are given every other year to the top representatives among 350 attendees at Jura’s worldwide sales conference.
Bang-Knudsen has represented Capresso and Jura since the inception of Capresso over 12 years ago. A joint venture between Capresso and Jura sells state of the art Swiss Automatic Coffee Centers to high-end specialty stores in America. Sarah Christensen became the top salesperson by traveling to all of her customer locations and conducting training programs on how to present and sell the automatic coffee centers which retail for $800 to $3200.

The Leo Award was presented at a formal dinner gala in Lucerne by Emanuel Probst, General Manager of Jura and David Shull, Vice President of Sales for Jura-Capresso U.S.A. The three day “World of Coffee Global Sales Conference 2006” was held for sales associates from every market and of 6 invitees from the U.S.A. sales force, two were from Bang-Knudsen, Seattle: Sarah Christensen and Carol Colt.

For Further Information:
Peter Bang-Knudsen
206-767-6970
Pbang-knudsen@bang-knudsen.com
 

Swiss Army Brands Appoints Bang-Knudsen

     Swiss Army Brands has appointed Bang-Knudsen, Inc. to represent Victorinox Swiss Army brand lines of fine cutlery to the Pacific Northwest retail trade.

Victorinox, makers of the Original Swiss Army Knife has been crafting fine cutlery since the late 1800’s. The cutlery was formerly marketed to professionals under the R.H. Forschner brand and is now available to home cooking enthusiasts under the Victorinox brand. This fine cutlery is hot-drop, hand forged and ice tempered by master craftsmen in Solingen, Germany exclusively for Victorinox. Final production takes place in Switzerland, where their famous proprietary sharp edge and rigid quality control is finished.  The resulting beautifully balanced, perfectly weighed, full tang construction, an intuitively engineered comfortable handle, a high carbon, no stain, high polished forged steel blade with an edge that retains its razor sharpness. The knives are beautifully designed because Victorinox knows that function and utility alone do not satisfy the heart.

Bang-Knudsen represents three Swiss-made product lines for the gourmet home kitchen: Jura-Capresso, Kuhn Rikon, and Victorinox. Peter Bang-Knudsen stated that “the synergy between these high quality, high image Swiss brands will result in an attractive portfolio for our representatives to present to our better kitchenwares customers”.

Bang-Knudsen, Inc. represents top vendors in the gourmet housewares business and can be contacted through www.bang-knudsen.com  or at their permanent showroom in the Pacific Market Center.

Frankfurt Ambiente Feb. 06      

      We visited Germany to attend two industry trade fairs, Ambiente in Frankfurt and Domotechnica in Cologne. While there we had a chance to check local department and specialty stores.

Ambiente is the largest consumer goods trade show in the World and is frankly overwhelming in size and content. It is a truly International show with vendors and buyers from all nations. Europe is the most heavily represented but Asian presence is growing. American buyers and vendors are also increasing in attendance. Generally speaking this is where new designs and fashion colors from Europe are seen a year or more before they appear in U.S. stores. Nevertheless European styles and taste don’t always appeal to Americans. In over 12 large exhibit halls one may view everything from furniture to jewelry. We concentrate on 3 halls containing housewares and tabletop products.

Visiting retail stores in German cities is just as interesting as walking the shows. Kaufhof and Lorey are two upscale stores in the center of Frankfurt’s shopping street. Since we are interested in coffee machines we notice that Automatic Coffee Machines ranging from $700 to $5,000 get the most prominent display space. This category is outselling traditional drip coffee makers in Europe. Jura, Saeco and Nespresso are leading brands, with Jura getting the most display space. Over 24 different models of this brand alone are on display and ready to demonstrate at leading stores.

OXO Hardware

OXO GoodGrips™ has launched a new range of hardware tools for the home DYI enthusiast. Tools were developed through interviews with home DYI folks as well as professional contractors, then OXO applied its universal design concept and the result was sensible new designs in basic hand tools.

The OXO GoodGrips™ hardware line is available in open stock tools or gift sets. Complete information on OXO Tools is available on line at:

http://www.oxo.com/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=10100

OXO Hardware may be ordered by qualified OXO GoodGrips™ dealers through Bang-Knudsen. Contact us for more details at www.bang-knudsen.com .    206-767-6970

For outdoor and indoor gardeners we have a full range of OXO™ Garden Tools, including a new range of indoor and outdoor watering cans.  OXO’s Gel-e™ Garden Tools incorporate a gel material in the tools’ soft, non-slip handle, providing cushioning when digging.  High quality stainless steel makes these tools rust-free.