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Korea's Smart Household Goods with High Quality
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The trend toward health-oriented “well-being” food and lifestyle is becoming increasingly fashionable these days in many countries. Furthermore, LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) is rapidly expanding its market presence in a number of countries, targeting consumer groups who care deeply about the environment, health, sustainability and social justice.
Thus, companies in various industries ranging from fashion, to food and home appliances, are striving to attract such people who pursue a slower and more healthful lifestyle. To catch up with the growing awareness about LOHAS, Korea’s household goods companies are making conscious efforts by upgrading the functions, designs and quality to answer consumers’ needs for well-being lifestyle.
These endeavors have helped the Korean manufacturers come up with innovative products making daily life more comfortable and safe. The following companies are making such smart and green household goods that are unparalleled in product quality and features, gaining growing popularity among consumers at home and abroad.
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Spray-Type Mosquito Repellent
Mosquitoes not only annoy people but can also spread serious diseases such as Lyme disease, human babesiosis, Thus, a wide variety of types of insect repellents are available in the market particularly for people enjoying outdoor activities in summer.
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Insect Trap
Eregreen specializes in developing and providing insect traps using a safe and eco-friendly method. The company’s insect traps are winning praise for their high-performance, safety and refined design.
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Cooling Cushion
TEMPFEEL Technologies Inc. has successfully developed its own TEMPFEEL Smart Material following years of R&D endeavors. SMART (Sensory Management against Rapid Temperature Change) technology is a kind of thermal balancing technology.
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Intelligent Air-Purifying Robot
Since Moneual Inc. introduced Home Theater PC cases in 2001, it has engaged in developing and manfuacturing innovative all-in-one cases and systems and barebone systems, seeing its sales revenues rapidly increasing at home and abroad. The company has added robotic household electronics to its product line-up begining from 2010.
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Portable Power Meter
Standby power is electric power consumed by electronic appliances while they are switched off or in standby mode.
Power Manager from Dawon DNS, a manufacturer of power meters, is a portable smart power meter with standby power block mode. It checks the actual electricity consumption of an electronic product in real time, and saves electricity consumption by shutting off the standby power automatically when left on unnecessarily.
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Cooker
Founded in 1972 in Korea, Sammi Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer and exporter of quality kitchenware. Combining its leading-edge technology with trendsetting designs, the company has come up with Sammi OvenCook, which can bake and roast food like an oven does. It allows heat from the bottom to spread up the sides to reach the lid, so heat is evenly distributed within while baking or roasting food.
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Colorful Silicone Kitchen Tools
Since it was founded in 1954, PN Poong Nyun has produced kitchen appliances. It introduced pressure cookers as the first company in Korea to do so, and now dominates the pressure cooker market with a market share of 70% in Korea.
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Corn Starch Tableware for Kids
Mother’s Corn is a corn starch tableware brand specially intended for infants and kids. The brand has fundamentally eliminated harmful factors, such as carcinogenic substances and heavy metals from the manufacturing stage to provide the safest products for kids.
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Natural Magnesium Pan
HAAN has launched eco-friendly and harmless magnesium frying pans to target consumer groups that care about both the environment and health. The HAAN magnesium pans are made by using the eco-friendly magnesium from the world’s leading steelmaker POSCO. Magnesium that constitutes 2.7% of the Earth’s surface can be 100% recycled.
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TPU Arkshell Cutting Board
Launched by Sposis Co., Ltd, Biomaid is an eco-friendly kitchenware brand that fits the LOHAS lifestyle. LOHAS, which is an acronym for ‘Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability,’ is rapidly expanding its market presence in a number of countries, targeting consumer groups who care deeply about the environment, health and sustainability.
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