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Danze Bikes for Children's Hospital Team Danze was a participant in the 2014 Children's Hospital Colorado Courage Classic, suiting up more than 60 riders who climbed over 15,000 vertical feet during the three-day, 200-mile bicycle tour. Participants of Team Danze included senior leadership and employees, friends, partners and customers from around the U.S., including John Petrie of Mother Hubbard Custom Cabinetry, who is the current president of the National Kitchen & Bath Association. In its sixth year participating, Team Danze raised nearly $40,000 for Denver Children's Hospital. Vernon Hills, IL — Scotsman Ice Sys- tems executives rose up to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge recently at the com- pany's Vernon Hills, IL headquarters. Ali Group North America CEO Filippo Berti accepted the challenge from Rich Gleitsmann, Chief Operating Ofcer of Ali Group North America. Berti went on to extend the challenge to Glen Tellock, CEO, Manitowoc Group; Steve Trulaske, Owner, True Manufacturing Company, Inc.- Refrigeration, and Selim Bassoul, CEO, Middleby Corporation. They executives joined thousands of people across the country the past few months to complete the challenge, in an efort to raise money and aware- ness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Video of Scotsman's Ice Bucket Challenge can be viewed on the Web on YouTube.com. Circle No. 8 on Product Card Industry Update { Noteworthy developments impacting the kitchen and bath market } Fisher & Paykel Partners With Famed Chef Lefebvre Huntington Beach, CA — Fisher & Paykel Appliances, Inc. has announced an exclusive partnership and culinary alliance with their Fisher & Paykel brand and renowned Chef Ludo Lefebvre. The alliance exclusively covers the category of premium kitchen appliances in which Ludo will serve as a brand ambassador. "Chef Ludo is one of the most infuential chefs in the world, and is well known for his pioneering and revolutionary work in the culinary industry," says Scott Davies, brand marketing manager for Fisher & Paykel. "Chef Ludo and what he stands for align perfectly with the premium brand of Fisher & Paykel. Our goal is to provide products that fulfll the need and deliver on the promise to make life that little bit better. A partnership with Chef Ludo creates a brand alliance and enables us to leverage our brands to reach our core demographic and raise awareness throughout our marketplace. Together, we look forward to inspiring the highest standards of culinary precision, creativity and expression in the kitchen." "I am extremely excited about working with Fisher & Paykel and to have the opportunity to come together in an efort to inspire chefs everywhere to push their limits, their creativity and their successes in the kitchen," says Chef Ludo. "I look forward to working with such an innovative manufac- turer of appliances who understands how to improve life in the kitchen through design." Scotsman Ice Joins ALS Fight