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Funai Corporation, Inc. Named Two-Time 2019 CES Innovation Awards Honoree
for New Smart Home Products
LAS VEGAS, January 6, 2019 – Funai Corporation, Inc. today announced it has beenrecognized as a CES Innovation Award Honoree in the Smart Home segment for the Philips 24”
Kitchen Android TV and the Funai Nail Art Printer. The CES Innovation Awards is a prestigious
program that celebrates the outstanding product design and engineering in new consumer
technology products.
The Philips 24” KitchenTV and Funai Nail Art Printer were both named as honorees in the 2019
Smart Home category, which recognizes products and accessories that provide a home’s
inhabitants with enhanced comfort, convenience and control.
“Funai has made significant advancements in the smart home technology industry both with its
strategic partnerships and product innovation,” says Peter Swinkels, General Manager of
Product Planning, Funai Electric Co., Ltd. “We’re proud to receive recognition as a CES 2019
Innovation Awards Honoree and to showcase the innovation, creativity and collaboration thatdrives our product design.”
The Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV is the first-of-its-class television designed for the heart ofevery home, the kitchen. No need to touch the remote control; with the television’s built-in
Google Assistant, users instantly gain hands-free voice-activated access to their favorite
recipes, streaming apps, music playlists, local TV programming, and smart devices like Philips
Hue smart lighting from Signify. The compact footprint of the KitchenTV, paired with dual
integrated far-field microphones, activates your personal Google Assistant from any place in thekitchen, just say “Hey Google” and instantly gain access to a hands-free experience.
Unlike other smart kitchen displays or tablets, the Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV can operate asa stand-alone device enabling you to download additional apps via Google Play store andconnect to other devices via HDMI.
The Funai Nail Art Printer makes the frustration of fingernail painting a thing of the past. Using
the free smartphone app, users can import photos or select a preloaded pattern to directly print
onto their nails in a matter of seconds. With the nail printer, users can achieve salon-quality
results at home, and save time and money by skipping a visit to the salon. Users simply importa photo or select from the pre-installed designs and patterns, then the printer auto-detects theshape of the nail, displays a virtual preview of the design on the nail, and instantly prints.
Both of these award-winning products from Funai will be on display in the Innovation Awards
Showcase at the upcoming 2019 CES. Attendees can also see both products at CES Unveiled
and at the Funai pavilion in the Renaissance Hotel or visit www.funai.us/events-ces2019/ for the1latest information. The complete list of CES 2019 Innovation Honorees, including productdescriptions and photos, can be found at CES.tech/Innovation.
The CES Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™,owner and producer of CES, the world’s largest and most influential technology event. CTA has
been recognizing achievements in product design and engineering since 1976. Registration forCES 2019 is open. For the latest news and show announcements, visit CES.tech.
CES 2019 will showcase life-changing technology across every major industry, featuring 4,500
exhibitors across 2.75 million net square feet (260K net square meters) of exhibit space. CES
provides access to the very latest transformative tech, such as 5G connectivity, artificial
intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, smart home, smart cities, sports tech, machinelearning and more.
###About Funai Corporation, Inc.
Funai Corporation, Inc., located at Rutherford, NJ, is a subsidiary of Funai Electric Co., Ltd. andis the exclusive licensee for Philips and Magnavox consumer televisions and home video
products, with marketing and distribution rights in North America. Funai Electric Co., LTD.
established in 1961, and headquartered in Osaka, Japan, is listed in the Tokyo Securities
Exchange First Section (Ticker 6839), as a designer and manufacturer of innovative consumer
electronics and OEM products. The diverse product and technology portfolio is composed oftelevisions, Blu-ray players, thermal inkjet modules, microfluidics dispensers, and electricvehicle modules.
About CES:
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It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 yearsthe global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As thelargest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. Owned andproduced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, it attracts the world's businessleaders and pioneering thinkers. Check out CES video highlights. Follow CES online atCES.tech and on social.
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