Glenville, Pa (May 2009) -  Metallo Arts has recently announced the introduction of it’s new Outdoor Living Collection, expanding it’s expertise from the Kitchen and Bath Industry to the outdoors. This new line of zinc planters and integrated seating, garden benches and tables, sculptures and other accent pieces was born after the company was contracted by a Manhattan landscape architect to design and construct large zinc planter boxes for an outdoor terrace. The company built a few slip-cast sample planters and it became obvious that this new design idea could become much more than originally anticipated. After just weeks of mass production, bulk shipments of these planters were leaving their Glenville warehouse at an unbelievable rate, proving to them that an outdoor collection was an excellent idea and long overdue.

Since the introduction of their new website this past month featuring a section all about the new collection, Metallo Arts has gotten numerous inquiries about their outdoor furnishings. “These planters are going to be huge!” Christopher Plummer, founder and CEO of Metallo Arts remarked in the  shop one afternoon. “I think a lot of the reason that these planters have proven themselves so popular is because of the unique characteristics that they offer. Zinc wears really well and has a charming patina that concrete planters don’t offer. Our planter design is also modular which offers different achievable affects. They can by stacked or sat side by side. It’s a really neat concept,” Vice President of Design and Development for Metallo Arts, Nathaniel Tainter says about the new collection.

As a company of artists, Metallo Arts is constantly brainstorming to find new ways of introducing fine art into every home.  Their production style and custom range hoods were just the start. In late 2008 the company partnered with Delaubrac and became a distributor of their high end French ranges. The company soon took over the kitchen industry and began offering zinc, pewter, bronze and copper countertops along with specialty metal cabinetry. Within just two years, even in the midst of a recession, the company was able to expand it’s products and services far beyond it’s original foundation of one prototype of range hood. Now this outdoor collection is just the start of yet another venture for this ever expanding company.

About Metallo Arts:

Headquartered in the small town of Glenville, Pa, Metallo Arts designs and manufactures range hood, countertops and cabinets created for homeowners with an eye for detail. A highly specialized company, Metallo Arts approaches each project as a work of art using only the best materials and never compromising quality or service

For more information about Metallo Arts, call 717.739.1088 or visit www.metalloarts.com.

Press Contact: Randi Chandler 717.739.1088.

The new “outdoor living” collection of zinc planters and benches, slip-cast zinc and pewter countertops, a new line of metal cabinetry and information on recent exterior projects are all additions to the new Metallo Arts’ website. A few sections, such as information on custom and production style range hoods which were the company’s original foundation, were pulled over from the old site as well. Randi Chandler, Senior Account Executive for CLiP Trending, discussed her optimism about the website. “We have gotten a lot of positive feedback from long-time clients as well as from people who are calling in and saying that they just stumbled across the site while surfing the web. I think that the importance of having a good web presence to represent your company is underestimated, and response from Metallo’s web redesign is proof of just that.”

Because of the positive response that Metallo Arts has received through the new website, CLiP Trending has pushed for the company and it’s employees to utilize other online tools and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter even more to help reach out to the design community and spread fresh ideas and inspiration to others. Metallo Arts has surely taken hold of this new concept with regular blogging and updates on sites such as these. Look for Metallo Arts on Facebook, keyword Metallo Arts.

About Metallo Arts:

Headquartered in the small town of Glenville, Pa, Metallo Arts designs and manufactures range hood, countertops and cabinets created for homeowners with an eye for detail. A highly specialized company, Metallo Arts approaches each project as a work of art using only the best materials and never compromising quality or service.

For more information about Metallo Arts, call 717.739.1088 or visit www.metalloarts.com

Press Contact: Randi Chandler 717.739.1088.

Glenville, PA (May 2009)

This new method of fabrication allows much more complex and ornate edge profiles than counters produced with sheet zinc or pewter. Because the need for specialized molds is eliminated with the low-temperature slip casting method, Metallo Arts is able to produce ornate edge details along rounded bar faces and radiused corners that would otherwise require a custom mold, costing many thousands of dollars if done with these traditional casting methods. Cast metal also virtually eliminates the unsightly visible seams which are typically seen in sheet zinc counters at corners and joints between sheets.

Metallo Arts’ collection of ornamental edges - which includes such classical motifs as a meander and rosettes pattern, acanthus scrolls, and oak leaves - is a great illustration of the possibilities of slip cast metal countertops. But cast metal works equally well in simpler, more modern countertops, table tops, and bars. The texture of cast metal - slightly rough, with pitting and mottling - is pleasant to touch, easy to clean, and develops a deep and rich patina as it ages. Christopher Plummer says that the few clients who have received his slip-cast countertops have been uniformly awed. Jay Lowe, a long-time client of Metallo Arts, used one of the first of Plummer’s slip-cast counters as a back bar in an entertaining room. “I returned home from a business trip and my wife said, ‘Come and look at my counter!’ When I walked in and turned on the lights I stood there in disbelief, gawking like a deer in headlights. I was completely stunned and couldn’t believe what I was looking at,” he said enthusiastically when asked about his counter, only to add, “Chris is the best, a secret that is now being exposed to the rest of the world. Too bad for me.”

For more information about Metallo Arts, call 717.739.1088 or visit www.metalloarts.com

About Metallo Arts: Headquarted in the small town of Glenville, Pa, Metallo Arts designs and manufactures range hood, countertops and cabinets created for homeowners with an eye for detail. A highly specialized company, Metallo Arts approaches each project as a work of art using only the best materials and never compromising quality or service.

Press Contact:

Randi Chandler (717)-739-1088

Blomberg introduces its product range at K/BIS (Kitchen / Bath Industry Show) in Atlanta on May 1-3. The Blomberg brand, whose mission is to be in harmony with every aspect of life, offers harmonious solutions for customers with its products. With technological, practical and environmentally friendly features and aesthetic design, the brand aims to reach its customers with the motto “In Harmony with Your Life.”

The implications of the motto “In Harmony with Your Life” can be seen in the details of the products. The brand, which aims to add conformity to life with the subtexts “In Harmony with Nature, with Your Home” and “With You,” also carries this mission to its products.

Blomberg is “In Harmony with Nature” through its environmentally friendly production facilities and products. All products are RoHS compliant, being made of 99.9% lead-free materials and 95% recyclable components. Blomberg products are either Energy Star or EnerGuide qualified for minimum energy consumption.
Blomberg products are also “In Harmony with Your Home” through an aesthetic design that complements a variety of styles. The laundry products are in harmony with each other, and so are the refrigerator and dishwasher models by means of a common design language. The mirror refrigerators, which drew attention during the show, offer a different design alternative. The elegant black mirror fascia of Blomberg refrigerator MDND 1880 was also recognized by appliance DESIGN’s 22nd Annual Excellence in Design Awards Competition, where it received a Bronze award in the design category.

Blomberg products are also “In Harmony with You” through practical, reliable, and sanitary features. Among these, are the hygION silver coating of refrigerators, the auto wash program in dishwashers, and the sensorinse suds detection system featured in Blomberg washing machines.

With its new product series that is in harmony with life Blomberg aims to make the lives of its customers more comfortable so they can relax and enjoy life.

Note for the editor:

About Blomberg brand

Blomberg Trademark, purchased by and integrated into Arçelik Company in 2002, provides elegant and innovative designs and customer-oriented solutions with its experience of more than 125 years. Blomberg products combine functionality with artistry, and have innovative, practical, aesthetic and environmentally friendly features that are in harmony with your life. For further information about Blomberg brand and products, please visit our website at www.blomberginternational.com.

Kitchen and Residential Design, St. Petersburg, FL-based kitchen designer Paul Anater’s daily design blog; and Blomberg, the German manufacturer of luxury dishwashers, clothes washers and refrigerators, have teamed up to commemorate Blomberg’s attendance at 2009’s K/BIS, the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show.

Beginning on Wednesday, 15 April 2009, kitchen design fans are encouraged to direct their browsers to the landing page of Paul Anater’s daily design blog, Kitchen and Residential Design. Once there, they can enter for a chance to win a Blomberg DW361 by leaving a comment that says “I want a Blomberg Dishwasher!” Interested parties can also register for the drawing at Blomberg’s K/BIS booth, C1918 in the Georgia World Congress Center.

On the afternoon of 3 May 2009, all of the entrants’ names from both KitchenAndResidentialDesign.com and the Blomberg trade show booth will be added together and a winner will be selected at random. The winner will then have the option to select a Blomberg DW361 with a stainless steel front panel or a Blomberg DW36100, a panel-ready model. If the lucky winner selects the DW36100, he or she will then qualify for an additional prize of a $1500 custom dishwasher panel from Metallo Arts, Inc.

This is a prize with a potential value of $2500, and what a way to welcome Blomberg to KBIS!

Notes for the editor:

About Blomberg

Blomberg is new to the US, but they’ve been a German brand since 1883. Blomberg is owned by Arçelik, the Turkish conglomerate who sell appliances in over 100 countries around the world.
All Blomberg dishwashers have stainless steel interiors and all of them feature an in-line water heating system. Unlike most American dishwashers which have heating elements inside of them. These elements waste energy, make the wash cycles take too long and prevent a dishwasher from attaining an optimal temperature. An in-line heating system has no heating element, instead the water is heated directly as it’s piped into the machine. This maintains a water temperature of 165 degrees while using far less energy. No heating element also means that you can place plastic ware in the lower rack.
Blomberg dishwashers are the quietest on the market due to their unique, three-layer insulation system. Their dishwashers have an on-board water filtration system and some models have a built in water softener. The racks inside are fully adjustable and in a tip of the hat to appliance installers everywhere, a Blomberg dishwasher’s rear leveling legs are adjustable from the front of the machine. If you’ve ever wrestled with a dishwasher installation, that’s a very welcome feature. www.blomberginternational.com

About Kitchen and Residential Design

Paul Anater’s daily design blog, Kitchen and Residential Design, is seen by more than 3,000 people each week. Every day, Paul addresses an aspect of design with an emphasis on kitchens. Readers turn to his blog for advice on everything from appliances to counter materials, from cabinetry to lighting, from wall colors to flooring. Through his blog, he seeks to dispel the myths and misinformation that surround the design process and to share a few laughs (and snarky commentary) about life along the way. www.kitchenandresidentialdesign.com

About Metallo Arts

Metallo Arts is an independent appliance manufacturer with roots in the fine arts. The company first made waves two years ago with the launch of a unique line of heavy-gauge steel range hoods with designs inspired by architectural metalwork. Since then, the company has maintained an intensive schedule of development, releasing new product lines several times a year. Most recently, the company has branched out into kitchen surfaces with its unique “slip-cast” pewter and zinc countertops; and outdoor furniture with its garden benches and zinc planter boxes. www.metalloarts.com

As you prepare your spring home stories, please consider an interview with either Christopher Plummer, the artistic driving force behind Metallo Arts; or Paul Anater, the kitchen designer whose blog has people talking or Bernie von der Leith, the marketing genius who brought the Blomberg brand to North America.