The XSmall, automatic coffee machines, won the Plus X Award 2009 - the largest technology-based contest of its kind in Europe – for Design category. Plus X Award was set up to give recognition to products that excel, in technological terms, in the categories telephony, hi-fi, electric household appliances and electronics for the home, IT equipment, photography and in-car entertainment.
The jury, including journalists and experts, awarded six prizes: Plus X for Design, Plus X for Innovation, Plus X for Ecology, Plus X for Ease of Use, Plus X for Ergonomics, Plus X for High Quality.
Plus X Award is a prestigious distinction for the smallest Saeco’s automatic coffee machine for home use.
The winning products of the Plus X Award 2009 will go on display in Berlin for the IFA (International Electronic Trade Fair, 4th-9th September 2009) in the “Hall of Fame” dedicated to the most innovative products in the technological field. www.plusxaward.com
Saeco Talea Ring Plus was signalised with „GUT“ and is one of three best in the category of fully automatic coffee machines. It came on 2nd place with 2,3 points. Among others, the espresso machines were tested on function, reliability, usability and environmental characteristics. The espresso made by the Talea Ring Plus scored especially in the category „Espresso and Cappuccino, which is focused on the flavourful attributes such as crema and consistence. The milky froth of the Saeco Milk Island guaranteed a creamy froth and so also the cappuccino convinced the jury.
The iF product design award is one of the world's three leading design awards and can look back proudly on a 50-old-year history. Every year at the Hannover Exhibition Centre some 2,700 products from around 35 nations are judged by renowned experts, with the best of them receiving an iF seal of outstanding design quality - a worldwide brand with high recognition value, guaranteeing its owner a place on the cutting edge of contemporary design. http://www.ifdesign.de/
Saeco Talea won the 2007 Plus X Award for the Design. The Plus X Award honours manufacturers for the quality advantage of their products. The Plus X Award distinguishes products that are viable for the future. And it does so in categories that are of interest to many consumers: Innovation, design, ease-of-use, ergonomics and ecology. http://www.plusxaward.com/
Talea Touch (Model 2007), Saeco's automatic espresso coffee-making machine for home use, with the Milk Island - link to Bubble, a special accessory able to transform milk into a soft froth, has won the prestigious 'red dot' award for design excellence. The 'Red dot design award' is one of the most noted international awards in the design sector, and has been supported since 1955 by the Essen Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen (Germany) and yearly assigned to products that stand out for innovative design. An international jury of top experts in the sector has this year evaluated 2,458 products from 43 countries.The initiative concludes with an official ceremony for the consignment of the awards, to take place in Essen on 25th June 2007, and the inauguration of a large exhibition of the winning products. Talea with Milk Island will thus have a place in the 'Red dot design museum', the largest exhibition of contemporary design in the world.