Interview with Ulrich Kromer, Managing Director of Messe Stuttgart, on the subject of Interbad, the swimming pool, sauna and spa trade fair being held in Stuttgart from 15th to 18th October 2008.

Residents in a luxury apartment block in Manchester can now enjoy a swim in a stunning black pool on the eighteenth floor, thanks to Astralpool’s modular Skypool system.

A new handbook giving guidance on operating and managing facilities with waterpark-type features is now available from the US National Swimming Pool Foundation (NSPF).

Domestic pool owners and installers can now benefit from a grant of up to £2000 per pool to subsidise the cost of installing the CO2-reducing insulation system Thermapool.

As from 1st August 2007, the Odenwald Pool company has taken over the exclusive distribution of Pool-Spa products in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol and the Benelux countries.

Kemitron is now also offering software for its technical products with which wellness installations can be simply and conveniently controlled.

Following on from the successful development of business in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, the valve manufacturer Bevo Armaturen GmbH now also has a site in Austria in the form of a new logistics centre.

Certikin International has signed an agreement with German manufacturer RivieraPool to distribute the company’s one-piece pools exclusively in the UK.

On 4th March, Magiline inaugurated its new industrial production site in Torvilliers. An area of 18 000 m² dedicated to manufacturing safety covers as well as liners, tarpaulins and covers for swimming-pools.

EMOTION SPA Magazine N°13 Spring edition, bilingual French/English, has been issued. 112 pages devoted to the international actuality of Spa and the Wellbeing.