At the forefront of innovation, the companies will merge technology and design to create functional, future-ready surfaces
PHOENIX, Ariz. (October 22, 2024) – Today, FreePower, the company bringing wireless power to surfaces everywhere, has announced a partnership with Cosentino Group, the global leader in the production and distribution of innovative and sustainable surfaces for the world of architecture and design, to integrate FreePower into Silestone® and Dekton® surfaces.
FreePower for Countertop is the only product on the market that allows designers, architects, and builders to add free placement wireless charging to their surfacing solutions. Partnering with Cosentino will enable FreePower to expand its distribution and reach a vast designer, architect, and fabricator network. The technology is compatible with all Silestone® and Dekton® surfaces and will be displayed throughout Cosentino City showrooms and distribution centers in 2025.
“Our vision for this partnership is to bring free-position wireless charging to all surfaces, from homes to offices, hotels, restaurants, and everything in between,” said Jake Slatnick, Founder and CEO of FreePower. “Cosentino has long been at the forefront of innovation in the surface industry, and we’re thrilled to work with them to scale this pioneering product.”
Cosentino and FreePower are working alongside homebuilders, designers, kitchen and bath showrooms, and fabricators to deploy FreePower across the surface industry. Today, more than 300 fabricators nationwide are being certified on the fabrication and installation process, with hundreds more in the coming year.
Backed by 240+ patent assets, 3 CES Innovation Awards for 2024, a 2024 IIDA Product Design Award, KBB’s 2024 Kitchen Product of the Year, and the coveted KBIS Best-in-Show Award for 2024, FreePower gives users the freedom to place devices anywhere within the active area. FreePower’s patented Charging HaloTM, a futuristic innovation that combines edge-to-edge power with interactive lighting, shines through translucent stone to signify the active charging area.
“This collaboration will allow our valued partners the opportunity to offer their clients a truly one-of-a-kind design feature,” added Patty Dominguez, Vice President of Business Development for Cosentino Americas. “With this show-stopping technology in their hands, we believe the possibilities are endless no matter the surface application.”
FreePower for Countertop will be integrated into a stunning Silestone® Le Chic Parisien Blue kitchen island at The NKBA | KBIS Design Experience in “The Tent” at the upcoming High Point Market from October 26-28, 2024.
About FreePower
FreePower is on a mission to bring wireless power to surfaces everywhere. In 2017, FreePower (FKA Aira) took the first steps toward reinventing a technology that had always fallen short of expectations: wireless charging. Today, FreePower has more than 240 patent assets for our advanced system, all of which were engineered in-house. After years of perfecting the technology, the second-generation FreePower launched with Tesla in 2023, followed by the latest innovation: FreePower for Countertop. From bar tops at a restaurant to kitchen islands and home offices, this embedded technology seamlessly integrates into surfaces of all kinds. FreePower is partnering with leading architects, designers, builders, and fabricators to bring power to the spaces that connect us.
About Cosentino Group
Cosentino Group is a global family-owned company that produces and distributes high value innovative surfaces for architecture and design. As a leading company, Cosentino imagines and anticipates, together with its customers and partners, design solutions that offer value and inspiration to people’s lives. This goal is made possible by pioneering brands that are leaders in their respective segments such as Silestone®, Dekton® and Sensa by Cosentino®.
The group bases its development on international expansion, an innovative research and development program, respect for the environment and sustainability, and its ongoing corporate commitment to society and the local communities where it operates, education, equality and health & safety.
Cosentino Group currently distributes its products and brands in more than 110 countries, from its headquarters in Almeria (Spain), and it’s present with its own assets in 30 of them. The group has eight factories (seven in Almería, Spain and one in Brazil), one intelligent logistic platform in Spain, and 144 commercial and business units throughout the world. More than 90% of Cosentino Group’s financial turnover comes from international markets.
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