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WaveBox® Launches Sales in U.S. Market
Consumers in the United States will be able to purchase the WaveBox® portable microwave via a new Web store at www.thewavebox.com. Final regulatory approval from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration cleared the way for sales of the WaveBox® across the United States. “We’re excited to start fulfilling demand for the WaveBox®,” said Tim Frank, president of The Frank Group and inventor of the WaveBox®. Read more.

WaveBox® Sponsors Bio-Powered Tailgate Tour
The WaveBox® portable microwave has signed on as corporate sponsor of a sports tailgating tour that features a lime green auto powered by biodiesel and used vegetable oil, dubbed the “Lime Green Renewable Energy Machine.” The 2008 WaveBox® Portable Microwave Green Power Sports Tour will visit more than 100 sports venues in the United States and Canada from Aug. 22 through Dec. 31, 2008. Read more.

Land Rover Takes WaveBox® Microwaves on Overland Expedition
As Land Rover makes its historic overland expedition from Solihull, United Kingdom to Singapore to celebrate its 60th anniversary, WaveBox® portable microwaves are on board to provide drivers and crew with hot food and drink across the 17,183-mile route. Read more.

WaveBox® Partners with the Talk Market for Online U.S. Sales
Creators of the WaveBox® portable microwave have signed on with The Talk Market, a new online TV shopping channel, to promote and increase online sales when the WaveBox® becomes available in the United States in 2008. Read more.

WaveBox® will be ‘Conquering the Continents,’ Aussie Review Says
Declaring that the microwave oven “suddenly has gotten legs,” the Australian technology Web site DigitalReviews Network says the WaveBox® brand portable microwave will soon be “conquering the continents for its convenience.” Read more.

MOJO Network Gives WaveBox® a Test Drive
The new high-definition MOJO network features the WaveBox® portable microwave on Episode 6 of “Test Drive,” a half-hour program aimed at automobile and technology enthusiasts. Episode 6, “The Ultimate Test Drive,” featured everything from a Mercedes CL63 AMG sedan to a $450,000 Newmar Mountain Aire motor coach RV. The WaveBox® was included in the show’s “Tech Talk” segment. Read more.

American Hunter Magazine Features the WaveBox®
The widely read magazine American Hunter featured the WaveBox® portable microwave in its January 2008 column on the best hunting gear. In its regular column “Gear: Stuff You Want,” American Hunter featured the WaveBox® alongside a portable field blind, a high-visibility hunting vest and a neoprene gun sling. Read more.

Fox Sports Tailgating Handbook Includes the WaveBox®
A new book that rates America’s best sports venues for tailgating says the WaveBox® portable microwave is one of the five best “tailgate toys” that help make memorable outings at the stadium. Author Stephen Linn’s 255-page “Fox Sports Tailgating Handbook” rates the best venues, recipes, tailgating traditions and gear in college and pro sports. Read more.

RoadStar Names WaveBox® a 2007 MVP Product
Newport’s RoadStar, a leading magazine for professional truckers, named the WaveBox® portable microwave to its 2007 RoadStar MVP Most Valuable Products list. The magazine honored 25 products that make truckers’ lives, safer, more comfortable or more convenient. Read more.

WaveBox® Named to Construction Equipment Top 100
The WaveBox® portable microwave has been honored by inclusion on the Top 100 Products of 2007 list by Construction Equipment magazine. The WaveBox® was one of 19 ancillary products included on the annual bellwether list, and the only product related to food. Read more.

Consumers Digest Magazine Features the WaveBox®
Consumers Digest magazine published an article about the WaveBox® portable microwave as part of a story package on trends in microwave and combination ovens in its December 2007 issue. Read more.

Camping Life Magazine Features the WaveBox®
The WaveBox® portable microwave is “ideal for the family camper looking for a way to get food cooked or reheated quickly without propane, charcoal, wood or a flame of any kind,” according to a product review in the May 2007 issue of Woodall’s Camping Life magazine. Read more.

WaveBox® Appears on ‘A Big Life’ Web Program
Sissy Biggers, the witty host of an Internet-based cooking and entertainment program on MSN, provided perhaps the best television moment to date for the WaveBox® portable microwave when she said the WaveBox® has “made America a better place to camp.” Read more.

HGTV Housewares Special Includes the WaveBox®
The popular network Home & Garden Television (HGTV) features the WaveBox® brand portable microwave on a half-hour special on the best consumer products from the 2007 International Home & Housewares Show in Chicago. Read more.

WaveBox® Wins International Design Award
In its inaugural appearance at the International Home & Housewares Show, the WaveBox® portable microwave was honored with a product design award for its innovation, aesthetics and impact on the marketplace. The WaveBox® was one of 25 products selected from more than 40,000 at the show for a “Design Defined” award. Read more.