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Heater, cabin, wood, and control makers: expansions, ownership changes, factories, and people.
The replacement standard expands emissions testing. Here’s the deadline, what the lab measures and which documents to ask your supplier for.
The GOLDEN WAVE 2026 winner scans a sauna heater at 100 points and cuts its power if a towel or bucket is left on top. DCS is showing its DIATRON controls at Interbad stand 1B64.
CPSC published both notices on September 17. The infrared recall covers 13 years of Finnleo, Tylö, Helo, Saunatec and Radiant Health rooms sold through Costco and pool and spa dealers. The bench recall is back at six times the size, and the agency says the first repair did not work.
Wisauna, which builds by hand near Eau Claire, listed builds from $12,000 and an average commission around $24,000 on August 1. It also puts an R-value on the wall, which is the number that actually explains the price.
Thorsten Bichler left KLAFS on June 30 after twenty years, most recently as its director of international sales. Seven days later KLAFS put the S1 on sale in America. He now shares the management of a 30-person Bavarian builder that sells into four European countries and discloses no North American listing or dealer network at all.
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