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Constant progress<br />

Tefal – Actifry<br />

Sold in 2007:<br />

210,000 Quick & Hot.<br />

175,000 Actifry.<br />

68,000 Silence Force.<br />

CORPORATE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007<br />

The 2007 trading year showed that <strong>the</strong> Group’s best performing<br />

products were <strong>the</strong> fruit of innovation and steady investment<br />

in advertising and marketing, combined with rigorous<br />

management of our business. Differentiated and targeted<br />

innovation generates a better product mix and higher<br />

average sale prices – which means constant progress for<br />

consumers and new growth for <strong>the</strong> Group. This win-win<br />

formula, combined with tight control of purchase costs and<br />

overheads, results in higher profits and – completing <strong>the</strong><br />

‘virtuous circle’ – new investment to generate future growth.<br />

INNOVATION DRIVING GROWTH<br />

A PROVEN KEY TO SUCCESS<br />

Long practised and perfected by <strong>Groupe</strong> <strong>SEB</strong>, innovation is one of<br />

its hallmarks and a key source of leverage for its continuing<br />

growth. Enlisted to develop new functional features and breakthrough<br />

concepts that make its products stand out, innovation is<br />

<strong>the</strong> driving force behind <strong>the</strong> Group’s product offer, ensuring <strong>the</strong><br />

best response to evolving consumer needs.<br />

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