Metallic surfaces – primarily aluminium – combined with semitransparent burnished glass and various woods, in particular beech, bright and lightly limed oak and and cherry tree determined the trend amongst the materials. In terms of colour, on the other hand, traditional white, in addition to the warm currently popular beige-sand, porcelain, balsam and avocado, as well as the old favourites, khaki, olive and brown, is coming into the modern kitchen.

In keeping with the current aluminum trend Franke offers sinks in silver FRAGRANIT. This colour effect is the result of a lavish production process in which fine aluminium particles are added to the granite composite. The result is an elegant silver gray tone which harmonizes well with all aluminium surfaces. The sink colours are complemented by fittings and wastepipes with matt aluminium coloured surfaces and matching accessory attachments of transparent synthetic material.

The new trend in furnishing – the move away from fitted kitchens to flexible solutions involving movable modules – is done justice to with Franke's new sink and preparation area modules in high-grade steel. These system building blocks can be combined in any way, rearranged without problem, added to, combined anew, and can be adapted to any change in room layout at any time. The high-grade steel modules – developed following professional kitchen technology – are available in numerous designs. As a result the sink modules are available as "one, one-and-a-half or two" basin versions. The same goes for the preparation area modules, available with or without waste disposal in 60 or 90 cm breadths. All modules have a standard depth of 610 mm, but are also available on request in 660, 710 and 900 mm vesions. Thanks to the small projection and the 50s frieze the module elements, which can simply be placed onto the body of the base, can be combined with every edge type and every work board material. This offers the ideal solution to the problem of efficiently modernizing sink and preparation areas of older kitchens.

Franke's new waste sorting system – the series 400 – finally meets the requirements of many consumers wishing to make maximum use of limited kitchen storage space. Suspended in stable high-grade steel drawers, the new space saving sorter – available with hand pull or comfortable new foot operation – rolls almost silently out of the cupboard. Thanks to complete clearance when drawn out, five clearly arranged containers of different sizes are available for environmentally friendly waste sorting. The sorter can be easily installed into all standard sink bases – also at a later date – and is available in 45, 50 and 60 cm breadth versions.