National launches bagless vacuum cleaner

Dubai - February 2, 2003 National, one of the leading home appliances brand of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan, has recently announced the launch of its latest vacuum cleaner, aimed at providing customers with powerful suction, easy and efficient cleaning as well as safe and comfortable usage. With a strong focus on the pioneering 'BAGLESS' concept, the MC-4620 model is packed with host of innovative features.

"National has always prided itself on its wide range of quality products. As a customer-centric organization, we endeavor to provide our valued customers with a range of innovative products," said Tomokazu Yamamoto, Senior Manager, Consumer Electronic Dept, Panasonic Marketing Middle East. "Today's fast paced customers are looking for products which are economical and simplify their lives. With this in mind, our engineers at National have worked towards developing innovative technologies and creating home appliances with superior features. This can be reflected in the recently launched vacuum cleaner, which drastically adds more value to the lives of our consumers. Its unique concept of BAGLESS system provides easy maintenance and a clean environment. With a stylish shaped body it offers an exceptionally contemporary design which is also a major advantage," he added.

The 1400W 'AIROCKET' device has a new Centrifugal Force Compression system cleaner that utilizes a completely new system to suck in the dust. By means of National's proprietary advanced technology, centrifugal force is applied to collected dirt and dust by a powerful swirling stream, thus compressing the dust into the bin. Since the unique filter system prevents the clogging of dust, it provides strong suction for continuous powerful cleaning.

The initial suction power lasts for a long time, despite continuous use of the cleaner. This system can prevent a sudden drop of the suction power when dust builds up on the filter as in the case of the other ordinary bagless vacuum cleaners. The centrifugal force compresses dust and packs it into a bin. This facility ensures that 2.4 times as much dust can be collected before the bin needs to be emptied, reducing the time consumed by dust removal. Since the dustbin is transparent, the level of dust is extremely evident. After entering the vacuum, air is cleaned as it passes through 5 filters expelled as exhaust air. Since a swirling air stream cleans the pre-filter blockage, there is a long-lasting and powerful suction.

In addition, it has proved to be extremely economical and environmental friendly as the AIROCKET does not use bags to collect dust. Therefore, there is no necessity to purchase a paper bag or to dust the bag in the bin. The BAGLESS system uses an easily detachable dust bin, thus simplifying the process of dust disposal and filter maintenance.
An innovative blower feature connects the hose to the blower on the rear of the cleaner to blow dust out of places such as underneath beds and crevices. While the convenient on-board tool storage feature allows nozzle attachments to be smartly stored on the cleaner itself.

The MC-4620 vacuum cleaner from National is available with their sole distributor in the UAE, Oman National Electronics who are part of the Al-Futtaim Group. At an incredible price offer of AED Dhs.220/- for the duration of the DSF 2003, the MC-4620 vacuum cleaner comes with a FREE National Dry Iron NI-312. (keralamonitor.com)

Government to facilitate operation of Short Haul Air Operation

New Delhi - January 30, 2003 Government will not spare any effort in making short-haul Air operations a success in India. This was stated by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shri Sripad Y. Naik here today while delivering the keynote address at the presentation by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. The Minister said, there is a shortage of small aircraft in the country. There are at least 50-60 routes which require 20-30 seater planes to meet their air connectivity requirement.

The Minister said, many potential tourist and commercial destinations remain deprived of air link on account of shortage of small aircraft. Shri Naik said, the three domestic airlines are able to provide air link to major cities and towns. In this scenario, he said, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has to create suitable environment for the growth of private sector activity in order to cater to public demands.

Shri Naik said, the Government has initiated a number of steps for providing encouragement to the non-scheduled operators. Necessary facilitations are being provided at the airports. He said, traffic needs and demands are being assessed in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism. The Minister felt that there is a need for leadership to emerge from the private sector brining investment into this sector.

The presentation is sponsored by Russian Aviation and Space Agency and AVIAEXPORT, a leading exporter of Russian Commercial aircraft. The presentation is covering the major league of Russian design and manufacturing aviation enterprises with the commercial planes and helicopters. (keralamonitor.com)