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Geislingen/Steige – The WMF Group increased its sales significantly in the 2015 financial year by +4 percent to EUR 1.061 billion, according to provisional results. This growth was mainly due to the strong increase in the international business and persistently high global demand for professional coffee machines. International sales reached 50 percent of total sales for the first time.

Birkenfeld - A tradition in England, five o'clock tea has long since become an established trend on the international catering and hospitality scene. Giving the centuries-old Great British lifestyle its due in modern times calls for perfection not only in the choice of the infusion and its aroma, plus all the accompanying delicacies. Style-perfect afternoon tea also requires exactly the right framing in its presentation. The three new teatime stands in high-quality stainless steel from Hepp offer a big stage for the various delectables.

Birkenfeld - These days there are more ways and means of surface-finishing cutlery than ever before. There are the classic silver-plated finishes and individual patterning, and ranging alongside them more and more extravagant variants, such as the physical vapour deposition coatings (PVD) in different colours that are becoming increasingly popular among restauranteurs, caterers and hoteliers. WMF Hotel is meeting this sustained desire for out-of-the-ordinary flatware with a new, more delicate form of finishing: glass-bead-blasted cutlery has a silky matt character combined with a totally homogeneous surface.

Birkenfeld - Food must invariably be a feast for the eyes as well – design culture has always been part of the gastronomy and hotel & catering inweave. For decades, award-winning collections from premium manufacturer Hepp have set design standards for tableware. This year, organisers "Rat für Formgebung" have acclaimed the latest creation from the tradition-rich brand: "Sequence", the buffet collection by German designer Ms Thalia Schuster, took the German Design Award in the "Excellent Product Design – Tabletop" category.

Geislingen/Steige - This autumn, WMF Group will enter into a long-term partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. The aim of the cooperation is to help children suffering from malnutrition and provide them with healthy nutrition. According to estimates by UNICEF, 165 million children around the world are affected by severe malnutrition. Together with UNICEF, the WMF Group wishes to ensure that the right of all children around the world to develop healthily is a reality.