Leifheit's New Galaxy Plus Ironing Board Wins Award

February 6, 2006 - At this year's 2006 Housewares Design Awards event in New York City, Leifheit's reputation for innovation and design excellence in home products was affirmed as their newly introduced Galaxy Plus ironing board won the award in the competition's home organization, non-electric laundry care category.

"Our focus at Leifheit is to approach product design from a problem-solving basis, which leads us to developing new technologies and features that give consumers real benefits, such as greater speed, ease, efficiency and aesthetic pleasure," says Elke Roehrig, Vice President at Leifheit International USA, Inc. "We're delighted to be recognized by our industry for achieving breakthrough design in a product area that has generally seen little innovation, despite it's necessity in everyday living."

Ironing becomes more appealing with Leifheit's unique Galaxy Plus, the first-ever ironing board with a built-in outlet that extends the length of the iron's cord for greater mobility and ease. Galaxy Plus is a new, updated version of Leifheit's technologically advanced Galaxy ironing board, introduced at retail last year. The new iron's "Plus" feature is a convenient outlet and cord attached to the board's built-in iron resting plate. This innovative design offers greater freedom to operate the iron further away from the wall outlet without having to tug the cord.

Easy to use, simply plug Galaxy Plus into the wall outlet, and then plug any type of iron into the socket attached to the board. (For best results, a steam iron is recommended.) Additionally, Galaxy Plus features a convenient, collapsible thin rod to help keep the iron's cord from getting tangled during use.

As with Leifheit's original lightweight Galaxy ironing board, Galaxy Plus offers a state-of-the-art thermosoft ironing surface with highly effective thermal reflection properties. This high-performance ironing surface allows the iron to "float" smoothly over the board with 50 percent less exertion. The ingenious design also reflects steam and heat for faster and more effective ironing, allowing the user to iron both sides of the garment at the same time.

Galaxy Plus adjusts to a height of up to 36-inches and includes a machine washable, durable fabric cover in sky blue. Available now at retail nationwide, Galaxy Plus is $130.00 suggested retail.

For further information about Leifheit's laundry care products, consumers are welcomed to visit the company's Web site, www.leifheitusa.com, or call toll-free 1-866-MYLEIFHEIT (695-3434).

SOURCE Leifheit International USA, Inc.

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