2 MI Optimus News ISPO 2015 EN

PRESS RELEASE
Optimus launches new multi-fuel stove
Optimus Polaris Optifuel – A new stove with many
talents
Kemptthal, Switzerland, January 5, 2015 – When you have an enormous appetite and are
ready for a warm meal but you lack the right fuel, you can count on a bad mood settling
in on your adventure. The new Polaris Optifuel by Optimus offers a quick remedy since it
can operate on almost all types of fuel. Whether pressurized gas, white gas, kerosene,
diesel or jet fuel, any of these can crank up the heat in the Polaris Optifuel.
No matter if you are in the United States, Africa, Asia or on a weekend camping trip not far
from home, the Optimus Polaris Optifuel is a stove that belongs in the gear bag of every
outdoor enthusiast. No stove is as flexible, nor does any stove guarantee a warm meal no
matter where you are in the world and which fuel you have at hand. The latest product in the
Optimus collection is a true multitalented stove that has an appetite for almost any fuel –
pressurized gas, white gas, kerosene, diesel or jet fuel.
“One Jet - Any Fuel” couldn’t be more fitting as the motto of the Polaris Optifuel. This
multitalented stove with just one jet for different types of fuel offers maximum flexibility with
the highest performance when you’re on tour. The stove’s operation is very simple since you
don’t have to change the fuel jet. And the magnetic cleaning needle allows you to quickly
clean the jet even during cooking. The patented quick-priming burner shortens any
necessary pre-heating and the self purging aluminum pump is safe and reliable, thanks to its
integrated venting function. When using the stove with pressurized gas, you can choose
between the efficiency mode – for example, to simmer soups or sauces – and the 4 season
mode using liquid gas for increased heat output. In this mode, the Polaris Optifuel also takes
on lousy weather and frosty chills beautifully. For more stability, the integrated support legs
can simply be folded out and the gas cartridge turned over. With that, your bowl of soup
will cook even in arctic cold temperatures.
Simple and uncomplicated use, extreme flexibility, plus easy to pack along – that makes
your outdoor spirit smile because every adventure big and small is simply more enjoyable
with warm meals and full stomachs!
The Swiss Katadyn company is No. 1 in the world for individual water purification systems and products,
with a global market share exceeding 50 percent. Katadyn has been developing water filters, chlorine
and silver-based sterilizing agents, and mobile desalinators for the outdoor and marine markets for over
80 years now. Numerous international relief organizations and militaries around the world rely on the
products of Katadyn for survival and lifesaving. Katadyn Group has further diversified by adding other
outdoor market brands: “Trek’n Eat”, No. 1 for freeze-dried outdoor and expedition foods in Europe and
the Swedish brand Optimus with its range of outdoor stoves and accessories. At the end of 2012 the
Katadyn Group acquired the assets of the U.S. Company TyRy Foods, Inc., producer of freeze-dried and
dehydrated instant meals. Under the brand AlpineAire Foods, Katadyn North America Foods, LLC, now
offers a wide range of dehydrated food for the North American market.
At the end of 2009 Katadyn expanded its sphere of operations into the industrial and municipal water
treatment sector by acquiring the AQUAFIDES Group with subsidiaries in Switzerland, Germany, and
Austria.
Katadyn is headquartered in Kemptthal near Zurich, Switzerland, and operates subsidiaries and sales
offices in Germany, Austria, France, Sweden, the U.S.A., and Singapore as well as a production facility
in Romania. The group employs some 150 persons worldwide.
For more information, please contact
Katadyn Products Inc.
Viola Frey
Corporate Communications
Pfäffikerstrasse 37
8310 Kemptthal/Switzerland
www.katadyngroup.com
Phone +41 44 839 21 16
[email protected]
www.katadyn.com
www.optimusstoves.com
www.trekneat.com