The demands on functionality and efficiency when it comes to application-specific downdraft recirculating air and filtering have grown. The focus is on the module solutions which dock into the ventilator, which equalise the vapour flow in a controlled manner, clean it using effective filter box technology in the base area and allow the filtered air to flow out via aerodynamically shaped outlet grilles so that it is barely perceptible. With COMPAIR^® GREENflow we have also taken on a pioneering role in recirculating air technology.

Anyone concerned with kitchen ventilation technology, either professionally or privately, will find valuable background information and many practical tips on our new service portal www.compair-flow.com. For kitchen planners, architects, craftspeople and consumers, we have designed clear topic pages that are tailored to their specific information needs – including illustrations, tables and videos.

Two brand-name products from Naber are among the winners of the German Innovation Award: the modular utensil container Cox Work^® and the particularly robust kitchen ventilation system COMPAIR STEEL flow^®.

For the utensils box Cox Work^®, which was put on the market last year, the kitchen specialist Naber has now been awarded the internationally renowned iF Design Award 2018.

'Cox Work' – thanks to its sophisticated handling features, the convincing storage and organisational solution has now also attracted the attention of the expert jury ICONIC AWARDS 2018: Innovative Interior. Impressed by the smart multi-talents of the flexibly employable utensils box, the jury rewarded our development commitment with the label Winner.

Functionality for every day and every weather, without being commonplace. Thanks to its innovative design, the E-Jal Col^® stainless steel exterior blind is worlds apart from its predecessors as a facade element. The Innovation Prize 2017 of the BMK jury has now been followed by the German Design Award "Winner" of the Design Council in the category Building and Elements. An award that not only enjoys the highest recognition in design circles worldwide, but is also seen as a trend-setting innovative achievement in professional circles and markets.

So as to also be able to implement unusual design wishes, new motifs, materials and more flexible adaptability in assembly are the focus of the extended Naber niche rear wall programme. Trendy SENSEit decors - material imitations of concrete and rust – stylistically and haptically enrich the extensive Naber niche rear wall programme. The option of the various materials aluminium composite, material imitations and the new acrylic glass, as well as the two material thicknesses 3.5 mm and 16 mm, create a multitude of options for niche design.

COMPAIR^® STEEL flow is the integral kitchen ventilation system made of metal from Naber. Whether a recirculation or extraction solution is planned, COMPAIR^® STEEL flow gives you all the necessary connections, adapters and intermediate sections down to various wall conducts, such as the E-Jal Col^® including the innovative THERMOBOX – suitable for low-energy buildings. This is guaranteed by the blower door certificate. You can thereby ensure innovative air duct technology for all new build and modernisation plans.

An exclusive and high-quality presentation idea as an eye-catcher and driver for the exhibition. Designed as a portable, transparent wall conduct with an unobstructed view of the THERMOBOX ShutterTec retention system which prevents flow and heat losses.

The Naber developers have won Silver in the category kitchen accessories for further outstanding performance in the ventilation technology segment. On the occasion of the Living Kitchen, the BMK jury awarded the wall conduct outside blind E-Jal Col^® the Innovation Prize 2016/2017.

THERMOBOX started the new year with the world’s most important sustainability award, the American "Green Good Design Award 2017" in the category "Products". This is awarded each year by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies for particularly environmentally friendly projects.

The noises produced when using a kitchen can be passed by structure-borne sound transmission to the adjacent room or the neighbouring apartment. Sounds like chopping or banging, putting down pots and hard objects on the kitchen worktop are transmitted through the furniture and wall into the adjacent units. Further disturbing noises occur when putting away dishes, pans, bottles or cans in cupboards, drawers and pull-outs.