Bosch Showcases Product Line at the 2006 Housewares Show

March 10, 2006 - From an emerging line of fully-automated gourmet coffee machines that bring the professional coffee house experience home, to a new classification of Food Preparation products, premium appliance manufacturer Bosch showcased its latest line of high-quality small appliances today at the 2006 International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago. Among the offerings was the new Benvenuto Built-in Fully Automatic Coffee Machine, the latest addition to the popular Benvenuto line.

"The current lineup of Bosch small appliances gets us back to basics and allows us to focus on what we do best -- giving consumers the best in high-performing coffee, floor care and food preparation that embodies our heritage of German engineering and European styling," said Steve Fox, director of consumer products. "Our wide array of powerful countertop appliances and floor care products bring truly unique and inventive features that meet the distinct needs of the American consumer."

Bosch Benvenuto Built-in Fully Automatic Coffee Machine
The new Bosch Benvenuto Built-in Coffee Machine rounds out the full Bosch kitchen and is the perfect amenity for consumers seeking a sleek, built-in look. In addition to giving coffee aficionados the opportunity to welcome an entirely new coffee experience and flavor matched only by professional baristas, this latest coffee product from Bosch integrates seamlessly into any style of kitchen cabinetry, saving space and adding value to the home. The superior taste of the built-in Benvenuto is ensured by the unique AROMASWIRL System, which uses high pressure to completely surround each granule of coffee for maximum flavor extraction.

With its six levels of grinding capability to provide the freshest coffee, self-cleaning features and ability to maintain water temperature throughout the brewing process, the built-in Benvenuto embodies what experts agree are the key features for guaranteeing the best cup of coffee.

The Benvenuto Built-in Fully Automatic Coffee Maker will be offered at specialty retail outlets beginning in the second quarter of 2006.

Bosch Food Preparation
Bosch has been perfecting its Kitchen Machines, part of its new Food Preparation category, for decades. These revolutionary countertop cooking tools celebrated their 50th anniversary last year and remain some of the most versatile and powerful products on the market. With three different series to choose from, Bosch Kitchen Machines include contemporary designs, high performance features, high-capacity and an abundance of accessory options. The award-winning 7 Series Concept Kitchen Machines, with its 700-watt motor, is one of the most powerful on the market and is available in brushed stainless steel as a free-standing unit and built-in model as well as in all white. The 6 Series Universal Design Kitchen Machine offers three speeds and a momentary pulse function to mix, blend, chop, grind, slice and more, and also has a powerful 700-watt motor blender attachment. And the 4 Series Compact Design Kitchen Machine offers the same versatility as the 7 Series, but in a more compact design. The 4 Series boasts up to 450 watts of power in the motor, is remarkably quiet and is available in four high-performance, quality models.

Bosch Floor Care
The Bosch full line of Floor Care products combine unmatched quietness and cleaning performance to provide unsurpassed cleaning performance, creative design and more flexible handling to American homes. With their lightweight, brilliant colors, cloth dust bags and advanced hygienic filtration systems, the entire lineup combines superior motor power, high quality brushes, easily accessible attachments and unique features -- all optimally combined to give consumers the cleanest floors ever. The three series lineup includes the space-saving and value-packed Compact Series; the light, powerful cleaning powerhouse Formula Series; and the Premium Series -- the pinnacle of modern vacuum engineering.

Bosch also showcased additional small appliances from its high-quality line such as coffee grinders and the Barino espresso machine.

For more information, please visit www.boschappliances.com or call 800.921.9622 to request a catalog.

SOURCE Bosch Appliances