Delivering fully integrated eco-efficient appliances Sabaf

DELIVERING FULLY INTEGRATED, ECO-EFFICIENT APPLIANCES

Sabaf is a global leader in the design and manufacture of components for a broad range of household appliances. The company’s fully integrated, eco-efficient technologies have continued to set new standards in the home appliance market. Furthermore, a recent acquisition has also enhanced the company’s industrial strengths and its product portfolio, as Philip Yorke reports

Founded in Italy in 1950, Sabaf has grown steadily to become Europe’s leading household appliance component manufacturer as it continues to enhance its reputation as a major player on the global stage. The Sabaf Group produces thermostats, gas cooker burners and taps, as well as special hinges for dishwashers, ovens and washing machines. Following a recent acquisition, it also offers refrigerators and vacuum cleaners. Today Sabaf is the supplier of choice for the world’s leading household appliance manufacturers.

Currently the company invests over 4 per cent of its annual revenues in research and development. The dedicated design and development of new products meets its on-going need to create increasingly safer and more eco-friendly components. This new generation of appliance components are designed to reduce harmful emissions and to make significant energy savings throughout the product’s lifecycle.

Sabaf’s unrivalled production flexibility, continuous investment in new technology, and its ability to offer a wide range of appliance components, has helped to keep it well ahead of its competitors. All Sabaf’s products are designed according to the specific needs of its clients and to accommodate the cultural differences in diverse world markets. These considerations in turn enhance the strength of the Sabaf Group.

With a turnover in 2018 of more than €160 million, the Sabaf Group is currently estimated to enjoy more than 50 per cent of the European market and over 10 per cent of the global market in its highly competitive industrial sector. Thanks to its dedication to constant research and innovation, the Group has succeeded in consistently achieving excellent financial results, and by identifying the most advanced and efficient technological and productive solutions, has managed to maintain its pole position in the domestic appliance sector. Taking technology further

Sabaf is widely acknowledged as being the undisputed global technology leader in its field. Its capacity for delivering its own brand of unique technological innovations sets it apart from others. A major Sabaf differentiator is the company’s advanced, integrated production capabilities that not only include the ability to manufacture appliance components to the highest possible standard, but also to produce the machinery that manufactures and assembles the products. This is a clear and distinctive advantage for the Sabaf Group.

Thanks to its considerable investments in the development of new technologies and innovative new products, the company has been able to keep pace with the evolution of global demand, by offering increasingly safe and more eco-efficient products.

Sabaf has also been able to help meet the changing and challenging needs of many global manufacturers who, for reasons of increased production efficiency, have ceased to produce gas-related appliance components. They have therefore sought collaboration with companies capable of producing eco-friendly components of especially high-quality and reliability. When it comes to making a decision, Sabaf continues to be the manufacturer of choice.

Expanding product portfolio

A recent strategic acquisition by the Sabaf Group will not only add to its already enviable product portfolio, but also bring new technologies to the forefront of its drive for the delivery of more sustainable

and integrated solutions. The Sabaf Group recently acquired the leading Turkish appliance component manufacturer Okida. This company was founded in Turkey in 1987 and is a leader in the design and manufacture of a broad range of specialised components for household appliances, such as cooker hoods, vacuum cleaners, refrigerators and freezers.

The chief executive of Sabaf, Pietro Lotti said, “The acquisition of Okida represents the first step towards the implementation of our business plan presented at the beginning of this year, and is in line with the company’s strategy for expanding the range of products in components for household appliances, and the acquisition of new skills in the electronics sector. The combination of quality and innovation is recognised in Okida, and Sabaf’s widespread presence among all the main global manufacturers of household appliances and allows us to foresee strong sales synergies and an overall improvement in our service to customers”.

With this strategic step forward, Sabaf has entered a new, complementary industrial sector, which will enable it to significantly expand its product portfolio in a meaningful and qualitative manner. It will also allow the company to draw on and apply skills of the electronics sector, which is becoming increasingly important to the traditional gas-cooking sector. These gains will guarantee that Sabaf’s customers will continue to benefit from the most advanced, and highest-quality integrated products and solutions.

High-performance breakthrough

Sabaf’s extensive product portfolio includes gas burners for ovens and grills, as well as thermostats, valves and taps for a vast range of household products. All these advanced technological products provide optimal performance with excellent flame distribution throughout.

However, thanks to their unique thermo-couplings, electrodes and innovative positioning systems, the burners can obtain performances equal to those of uncovered burners, which is acknowledged as a major breakthrough in this highly competitive sector. n

For further details of Saba’s innovative range of household appliance components and services visit: www.sabaf.it