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Gigaset Eco Visions: superior quality cordless phones that are as stylish as they are environmentally friendly

Munich, Feb 18, 2009 | 
Published on February 21, 2008 at the „Gigaset Press Day" in Windsor

By creating the new design study "Gigaset Eco Visions" Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices (SHC) has taken a further step in realizing their vision of stylish and environmental-friendly cordless phones of superior quality. The first two concept phones out of this series, "Solar" and "Leaf", were introduced at the Gigaset Press Day 2008 in Windsor. The phones have been engineered to be eco-friendly in terms of design, technology, materials, and characteristics throughout the entire product lifecycle – from manufacturing to recycling.

The Gigaset Eco Visions design study is a direct result of SHC’s environmental excellence strategy and strives to create environmental-friendly, yet stylish cordless phones to make "eco" both accessible and desirable for consumers. Gigaset Eco Visions give ECO DECT shape using futuristic, yet existing technology.

Ecology and Technology

The Gigaset Eco Visions Leaf and Solar are made of recyclable raw materials, such as eco-plastic and liquid wood. Sun-light is used as a natural energy source for handsets. An eco-index provides the "nutritional facts" regarding the environmental-friendliness of each phone. This includes the percentage of organic materials and number of components used at disassembly, the energy consumption and emissions in use and production as well as the how recyclable each product is.

Both models include OLED (Organic light-emitting diode) technology, a highly efficient, low-energy display technology with brilliant clarity. OLEDs can be printed on nearly any material (transparent or flexible) and offer sensor touchpad applications on these materials.

Sub-natural and green

The mid-range handset in the Eco Visions series, together with its base station, Leaf has a unique natural design reminiscent of a leaf in spring. The eco plastics provide sensational haptics and substantial convenience. The invisible OLED display is embedded in a translucent lens encasement, giving the phone a futuristic touch.

Multi-functional and naturally rechargeable

Solar, the high-end phone in this series uses all-over solar cells for a self-sustaining energy supply. It recharges naturally in the sun. The eco-index indicates the renewable energy use. Made of pure, separable materials (metal, eco-plastics, glass) the Gigaset Solar is truly state of the art high-tech inside and out. OLED touchpad technology allows a function-depending key indication on the Solar’s transparent display.

Both models are the direct result of SHC’s environmental excellence strategy. "Our environmental excellence strategy has, without a doubt, inspired our designers to come up with a generation of visionary Gigasets that pushes ecology, design and innovation to new limits", says Dr. Jochen Eickholt, SHC’s CEO. "Eco-excellence is already the driver of our Gigaset portfolio today and we are certain that environmental compatibility will be one of the most important aspects in creating high quality products in the future. The Gigaset Eco Visions design study represents an important step in this process."

The third member in the trio and basic model, Stone, will be introduced later this year.


Gigaset Communications GmbH is a licensee of the Siemens trademark. The company with its headquarters in Munich, Germany, develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality products under the brand Siemens Gigaset. The portfolio includes fixed-network phones, Voice over IP devices, routers, gateways, software solutions as well as WIMAX devices and home media products. In Europe and Germany Gigaset Communications is clear market leader for DECT phones. The primary production site is in Bocholt, Germany, where the Gigaset products are developed and manufactured under the most stringent quality and environmental standards.

Gigaset Communications GmbH is an ARQUES Industries AG company.    http://www.arques.de

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