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Bring on the New!Only at KBB Birmingham will you see over 1000 new productsin just four days, visit and arm you business for the future

ACO Building Drainage will showcase a ull range o innovativebathroom products including the new wetroom ormer, whichwill be on show or the rst time. It presents a signicantleap in eciency by speeding up the installation processand ensuring a perect t. With a prole o just 20mm, thewetroom ormer is suitable or all foor constructions, removing

the need to carry out the kind o modications to the foorarea demanded by competing products o 40mm prole.

Apex Interior Systems rst time exhibitors will beshowing or the rst time the Apex Range an eclecticselection o contemporary and traditional handles, eachchosen or its design merit and customer appeal.

Blum will be bringing the exciting new Movento runner systemor wooden drawers, the peerless CLIP top BLUMOTIONrange o hinges with integrated sot close and the ascinatingSERVO-DRIVE electric mechanism or the automatic openingo base unit drawers and pull-outs as well as the automaticopening and closing or the overhead AVENTOS lit systems.

Bohle Ltd will be showing a range o new product, visitorswill be able to see a variety o exciting products including

the new glass surace protection product, BriteGuard®.This system, or both smooth and textured glass suraces, issimple to use and apply and needs no specialist training

Britannia will be showcasing the E Line XG 1000mm and the SigmaEditions Vanilla Matt 1000mm exclusively at KBB which orm parto the new range cooker rom E Line range – this will be the rsttime either o these products have appeared at a trade show.

Carron Phoenix three brand new sink ranges oer something newor each level o the market, including the Crystal premium glasssink range available in black and sporting contemporary design lines,Samoa, a granite inset sink model which will be exclusively availablein black and refecting the burgeoning popularity o this materialand colour and Debut which marries sound design and unctionalityin three granite colours o jet black, polar white and champagne.

CDA is one o the rst domestic appliance company to bringan oven with tt touch sensitive technology and user-riendlysotware to the UK consumer marketplace at an accessible pricepoint. The SV310 oven is intelligent, automatically choosingthe temperature and cooking time. It has some clever andpractical extra eatures too. I you want to cook a chicken withsome roast potatoes, simply touch the chicken icon and the

oven will even let you know part way through the programmethe best time to put in the potatoes or perect results!

COMPAC’s technological marble, with which personalised projectscan be designed based on the tastes and needs o the end users.Technological marble is an advanced composite product containingbetween 91% and 96% o natural marble to which resins and otherbinders are added, so that, through an advanced technologicalprocess known as “Engineered Stone” based on vacuum vibro-compression, an improved product is achieved betteringnatural stone while maintaining its essence and substantially

enhancing its unctional properties and decorative possibilities.

De Dietrich Being unveiled at the show is a new collection romDe Dietrich that includes a diusion line o designer appliancescalled ‘Premium’, which will also be showcased on the stand.Using the technical expertise and attention to detail that issynonymous with the De Dietrich brand; the ‘Premium’ line isa cutting-edge collection o contemporary luxury appliancesthat are chic yet minimalist in their aesthetic. All incorporateadvanced technological concepts, yet each product isdesigned to be both beautiul, yet incredibly simple to use.

Eucotherm is launching a stunning new range o glassdesigner radiators in many nishes and in two sizes. Thebright easy-clean glass plate neatly xed in ront o the fatpanel radiator comes in two standard block colours, black andred, as well as a range o patterned nishes or ull mirror. Theradiator can also be customised with your own design.

Franke will be introducing new stainless steel Maris MRX and PlanarSlim-Top sink models, new Fragranite sink ranges Pebel PBG andBasis BFG and our brand new Sirius SID undermount models inTectonite. Several new taps will be introduced into the Pro-Valuerange including the new two lever Franke FilterFlow Zurich lteredwater tap. The star o the show will no doubt be the antasticMinerva 3-in-1 Kettle Tap.

Geberit’s new Duox WC Furniture Frame, which is designedto be combined with low-height bathroom urniture to cleverlycombine two o the biggest trends in bathroom design: wall-hungsanitaryware and tted urniture. Designed to t within urniture witha minimum width o 500mm and suitable or depths o between19.5cm and 33.5cm, the new rame oers dierent tolerances orvarying bathroom urniture while being simple to install.

Hotpoint will be showcasing two built-in collections - their premium,Italian-designed Luce collection and their stylish Kitchen Studiocooking collection. Hotpoint’s Kitchen Studio collection o co-ordinated ovens and hobs is designed with smooth curves andmeticulous detailing in a choice o nishes including stainless steel,sleek black and crisp white. The ovens eature High Denitioncooking - patented Dual Flow technology that distributes constant

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and even heat throughout the oven, rom top to bottom and letto right, eliminating cooking hotspots or perect results whicheverlevel you cook on.

iGlass are adding to their portolio o quality glass products withthe launch o a new collection o exquisite glass handles. The newhandcrated handles, manuactured in the UK under the iGlassbrand, combine 19th century British glass making methods withmodern day UV bonding techniques.

LDL Vibrant colour will be one o the most striking eatures o LDL’sstand at the orthcoming kbb exhibition. The leading nationwidedistributor o quality ttings and accessories or the tted urnitureindustry will be showcasing a whole range o new products,including the stunning WESCO household range o reestandingkitchen and bathrooms bins in bold ashion colours and an excitingnew lighting collection.

Mereway Kitchens will unveil a ground-breaking new initiative thatwill enable independent retail partners to go ‘head-to-head’ with thelikes o B&Q and Howdens. The new Trend Interiors range has beendesigned or those aspiring to the ‘look’ in terms o quality and style,but with an aordable price tag.

Nolte’s convex doors will be part o Nolte Küchen’s stand whichhave been a major innovation or 2012. The new convex doors areavailable or wall, base and island units and come with lacquer rontsNOVA LACK in high-gloss and SOFT LACK as sot matt version. Toround o the designs o the concave end units a new stainless steel

plinth has also been launched. It is available in various heights andollows the sot curves o the unit.

PELIPAL one o Europe’s leading bathroom urniture manuacturers,is attending KBB 2012 or the rst time. PELIPALwill be unveiling theLEONARDO range to the UK market. A truly beautiul range o high-end bathroom urniture, LEONARDO is available with three dierentront options.

RAK Ceramics is launching a series o new innovations at this year’sKBB exhibition. New products include RAK’s Rimless WC range;part o RAK’s popular Compact bathroom collection, the rangeincludes six rimless toilets eaturing a small ootprint and curved,contemporary design. In addition to standard ormats or hygiene-conscious consumers, three extended projections are available orwheelchair users, in both back-to-wall and close-coupled ormats. Allmodels eature comort height levels and comply to the Department

o Health’s HTM64 Standard. They also eature RAK’s new eco-riendly revised trap design and modied Geberit cistern tting,which reduces fushing volume by 33.5% to just 4.0/2.5 litres.

Red Dot will introduce their latest product line at KBB Birmingham.Porcel-Thin™ tiles are the very latest in porcelain technology and areless than 5mm thick. This has a massive ecological impact as theamount o energy required to manuacture and transport them isgreatly reduced. Available in a myriad o styles and designs Porcel-Thin™ are simplicity to work with. Their large ormat (1200 x 600 or900 x 600) and weight mean that tile on tile applications are perect.

Roca’s stand at this year’s KBB is dedicated to showcasing itsantastic collection o new products or 2012. Sanitaryware withcomplementary urniture is a key theme with the launch o theDama-N and Victoria-N collections. Furthermore, there is a cleverconcept or cloakrooms or small bathrooms called Mini, a uniqueluxury whirlpool bath, plus two innovative WCs – the InTank Meridianfoor-standing WC and CleanRim The Gap. Also on the stand willbe two new brassware ranges, shower columns and last but by nomeans least, Lun Plus, a super heavy gauge double-ended steelbath.

Saxby leading designer and manuacturer o commercial lighting orbathrooms and a new exhibitor to KBB Birmingham, will launch theirlatest range at the show. Featuring sot chrome curves, intense boxydesigns and glamorous crystal the new Saxby Lighting range oerscustomers a wide choice o product designs.

Schüller seen or the rst time in the UK, is the newly launchednext125 kitchen NX902 in stone grey glass. The beautiul glass doorsare available in a satin opaque glass nish or high gloss in lava black,Polaris white, magnolia and stone grey. The doors are temperedglass, apart rom above appliances where a clever silver oil preventsheating and improves ventilation. The doors are nished with ametal edge.

Zip Heaters will showcase the recent additions to its iconicHydroTap range along with other market leading products romits existing collections. This not only provides instant boiling waterbut also eliminates the need or bottled water by delivering greattasting chilled and ltered drinking water. In addition, Zip will alsobe showcasing the new All-In-One HydroTap model, which retainsall the key design eatures o the iconic HydroTap, to deliver instantboiling and chilled ltered drinking water, with the additional beneto an integral mixer tap to provide hot, cold or mixed warm water orsink use.

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“ I’m passionate about interior design and love toshare my experiences and that’s why I’m thrilledto be involved in this year’s KBB Birmingham as Iknow I’ll be talking directly to the industry. Withconsumers paying particular attention on how bestto maximise their space and get the best ‘bang

for their buck’, I’m looking forward to sharing myinsights on how design can play such an integral partin the journey from the showroom to the home.”

Anna Ryder Richardson

“ KBB is an essential area of every interior. It’s one ofthe few sectors in contract, residential and retail thatevery designer and architect must be knowledgeableof. Every interior has at least one bathroom andso the KBB Show, dedicated specically to newproducts, industry challenges and compliance issuesis a targeted show that must not be missed. ”

Vanessa Brady, President, SBID

KBB Birmingham like all trade shows is great forpeople like me, because I can see all I need to seein a very short space of time. I can spend a day ortwo days and catch up with all the latest trends.

Shaun Clarkson

Trade shows [like KBB Birmingham] aremassively important because you can pick upon new trends and see new products whichyou can weave these into your own designs.

Matt Rawlinson

It’s very important for designers to come to theshow to see the launches and what’s being talkedabout. It gives us the chance to see future productsthat may not be quite out there yet but that give anidea of what trends there are to come and what wemay be seeing in say the next two-to-ve years.

Oliver Heath

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“ I will be at KBB Birmingham in March andprobably spending a day and a half at the show.One of my main reasons for going is to see themain trends in the kitchen bedroom and bathroomsectors as John Lewis is active in all three areas.I will also be looking at the new products ondisplay to see if there are any that we shouldbe adding to our current list of suppliers. ”

Matt Thomas, Buyer for Fitted Furniture, John Lewis.

“ I come to KBB Birmingham to see newproducts and discover new brands. We pickedup CDA(Kitchen appliances) after seeing them atKBB. If it were not for shows like KBB we wouldbe reliant on brands or suppliers contacting us.”

Charmaine Warner Assistant Buyer at Homebase

“ I like KBB – It is important to see it.It’s a very impressive show – I get lotsof new ideas by visiting KBB ”

Osmond Mehmet , Owner, BathroomsBeyond and Waterloo Plumbing

“ KBB offers new ideas, inspirations, products& suppliers, keeps us updated with trends andproduct developments. In the past we have sourcednew suppliers & products from the show ”

Cheryl Fisher Designs

“ KBB is always up to date and keep usabreast of latest K&B products & trends ”

Concept Construction

“ KBB has led to new suppliers for us and isalways where we will see new products ”

Northampton Bedroom Company

“ I come to see what new products are available inthe market. I like to nd products that are different

to ll my showroom. We spend anything from £1,000to £10,000 on products at the show. We stock over1,000 radiators in our showroom in Shropshire. ”

Michelle Brady Pipeline Merchants, Shrewsbury

“ The KBB Birmingham show is one of the mostimportant dates in the kitchen, bedroom andbathroom calendar. It’s the best chance the UKindustry has to see the latest products available tothe market and gather, discuss and learn about thebiggest issues affecting their businesses. ”

Tim Wallace, editor, kbbreview

“ The KBB show is an unparalleled chance for thekitchen and bathroom industry to network andshare ideas. There is a great deal of positivity in the

market right now and KBB will I’m sure be a goodopportunity to experience it rst-hand. ”

Martin Allen-Smith. Editor, Designer Kitchen &

Bathroom magazine

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Visit KBB Birmingham tohelp you build a betterbusiness for the futureWhen it comes to building a better event for you andyour business KBB has left no stone unturned.

KBB Birmingham provides a packed programme of show features

that will provide you with must have buying knowledge andthe tools to help your business go from strength to strength.

If the kitchen is the heart of the home, KBBBirmingham is the heart of the KBB industry in theUK and has been for over quarter of a century!

Your Meal Ticket to ROI

Running alongside the KBB Birmingham Seminar Theatre is theCookery Demonstration Area, where a series o presentations onhow to run the perect showroom cookery demonstration will betaking place.

Bill Walker, director o specialist kitchen retailers Callum WalkerInteriors, said: “Cookery demonstrations are a vital part o mybusiness plan. We have had a demonstrator/home economistworking with us or ve years and I would not be without one.Cookery demonstrations improve my bottom line. Without them, Ican sell an oven with a retail price o around £400. With them, I cansell an oven with a retail price of up to £2000. It turns the wholeproject on its head. The cooking side o the kitchen is no longer anaterthought but up there where it belongs – the most importantpart o the whole kitchen.”

Consumers are increasingly looking or expertise when it comes tospending money on big ticket items and a cookery demonstrationhelps to do this in so many ways. Look out or the cookerydemonstrations, which will provide you with everything you need toknow on how to run your own cooking event to help increase tracto your showroom and ultimately your prot margins.

You can ollow step-by-step, easy-to-cook dishes which are

guaranteed to impress your guests with top tips on how to marketyour sessions to your local consumers.

The Resource Zone

The ‘Re-Source’ zone will present some real projects, case studiesand the people that are currently making things happen practicallyand creatively, in the commercial environment. Conceived anddeveloped by designer Max Clements, the ‘Re-Source’ standwill combine product and material exhibits, alongside a serieso dynamic presentations and networking opportunities. Someextraordinary eco-projects like the Harrison Spinks Farm will beshowcased, which bring the worlds o eco-arming, manuacturingand retail into a stimulating new relationship. New and ‘rediscovered’materials will also be explored, including straw, hemp and vegetablebres, showing how these are nding their way into modern interiors

and major retail developments. This will be a great opportunity tosee some surprising green alternatives, meet the people involvedand see how these materials and technologies are currently beingused.

Contract Spaces – The future of bathrooms

KBB takes a look into the uture o the contract sector with a serieso uture-proo bathroom installations. These interactive displays will

illustrate unky, modern and luxurious design that’s set to take thehigh street by storm. Room sets include:

• The Kaldewei Room Set will feature the cutting edgeCONOFLAT showertray which is perfectly ush to the oor withno steps which will perfectly illustrate their signature style ofelegance coupled with clear purist design.

• Leading interior designer Shaun Clarkson will create a luxurybathroom scheme incorporating premium bathroom productsfrom leading manufacturers. Clarkson’s recent work includesinteriors for Harvey Nichols, Oxo Tower restaurant and Dukeshotel and his eclectic style is set to create something strikinglymodern within KBB’s Contract Spaces feature area.

Clarkson explains “ I am currently designing several luxury

residential interiors for private residential clients and a commonrequest for bathrooms is centred around a modern international5* hotel suite. For kbb 2012 I’m aiming to push the boundarieseven further ”

bd and Building speaking and networking zone

Exclusive to KBB, this inormal seminar session will deliver exclusive

bd and Building presentations and panel discussions rom expertarchitects and designers. Designed or architects, developers andinterior designers these sessions will provide valuable business andrevenue driving inspiration and the opportunity to network over aglass o champagne.

Building’s session will look at the impact o the sustainabilityagenda on speciers. Thomas Lane, assistant editor (technical) oBuilding will chair the session and present ndings rom Building’sorthcoming Sustainability White Paper on what the impacts o thesustainability agenda are on speciers. He will also be joined by PhilTwiss, a partner at Make Architects and Martin Pain, Director o BDP,who will talk about specication and the hotel sector. The hour longsession will be held on March 6th and will start at 11.00.

bd’s session includes three award winning architects look at thechallenge o designing interiors, the speakers include David Archerand Julie Humphryes rom David Archer Architects, Patrick Reardonrom Reardon Smith Architects and David Mikhail rom RichesHawley Mikhail Architects / David Mikhail Architects. The sessionwill be held on March 6th and will start at 14:00

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Tough issues tackled head on with our

free seminar programme

Essential Free Business Advice

This year at kbb our renowned seminar programme offers sessions covering the most pressing and important issues for the kitchen, bedroom andbathroom industry this year. The emphasis is very much on delivering a focussed free programme to give you free business advice, inspiration andmoney saving ideas for the year ahead. Featuring an incredibly strong and exciting line up of talks, panel discussions, this programme is vigorouslyresearched and developed to help you succeed in these tough times.

Attend and Win!Seminars are on a rst come, rst served basisand we’ll be giving away an iPad2 every day

to one lucky attendee, all you need to do isdrop your business card in the box and we’llannounce the winner at the end of the day

Drawers, doors andlifting systems – astudy into the realusage of kitchens

‘Engaging consumersin water conservation:

push or pull?’

SBID Session: The Roleof the Evolving Designer

Water Efciency VsConsumer Comfort

in Associationwith the Builders

Merchants Journal

Specication ofnon-domestic andcontract furniture

Global Color Research:Discover the trends

for 2012/13

ReplacementAppliance Sales - Amissed Opportunity

Changing attitudes ofolder people - effects on

the bathroom market

Less is more - GerdBulthaup to talk abouthis design philosophy

at kbb Birmingham

Ticking the boxesof successful

kitchen retailing

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Speaker: Daniel Rowles,Trainer, Econsultancy

Speaker: Sue Calver,FIRA Project Manager,FIRA International Ltd.

Speaker: Ben Earl,Environmental AairsManager, B & Q Plc

Speaker: Diana Celella,Midlands RegionalDirector o SBID &

Director o DrawingRoom Interiors, SBIDGwenda Jones, SBIDMember & Directoro Gwenda Jones

Interiors,SBID

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& Product, Lauen

Speaker: Dr Asli Tamer Vestlund, Deputy

Techincal Manager,FIRA Internatinoal Ltd.

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Bathroom ManuacturersAssociation

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Speaker: ProfessorPeter Gore,

Proessor o Practice(Ageing & Vitality),

Newcastle University,David Silverwood,Gordon Ellis & Co

The TV celebrity willdiscuss how design can

play an integral partin the journey from theshowroom to the home.




Speaker: Andrew Davies, Managing

Editor,Taylist Media

Econsultancy Workshop1: Social Media

Econsultancy Workshop1: Email Marketing

Econsultancy Workshop1: E-Commerce

Global ColourResearch: Discover the

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Less is more - GerdBulthaup

Keynote Session -AnnaRyder Richardson

Panel Debate: UniversalAccess - Making the

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Changing attitudes ofolder people - effects on

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Speaker: ProfessorPeter Gore, Proessoro Practice (Ageing

& Vitality), NewcastleUniversity David

Silverwood,GordonEllis & Co

Speaker: Andrea Geach,National Showroom

Manager, Graham GroupAndrea Hillier,Retail

ServicesRepresentative,BlumDavid Silverwood,

Gordon Ellis &CoProessor Peter Gore,

Proessor o Practice(Ageing & Vitality),

Newcastle UniversityRobin Levien RDI,Product Designer,

Studio Levien

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Peter GoreRobinLevien

MarkViardot

Global and LocalBathroom Design

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Speaker: ThomasLane, Assistant

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Martin Pain, Directoro BDP and PhilTwiss, partner atMake Architects

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Exclusive Building WhitePaper Presentation

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An Afternoon with BD

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Speaker: David Archer,David Archer Architects,David Mikhail, Principal,Riches Hawley, Mikhail

architects/DavidMikhail Architects

Patrick Reardon,ReardonSmith Architects

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Tap into a Booming Market

Ideas that don’t cost the earth

but make all the difference:• Consider recommending a wetroom. Apart rom being uber

cool, wetrooms are incredibly easy or older people to use.

• Showers are considered easier to use than baths. Just make surethat when designing a shower area, there is a wide access point.

• Install a shower seat where the less able can sit onas they shower. It also doubles up as somewhereto sit and dry eet or younger people.

• Position support bars in places where elderly may need them.Bars can also double up as towel rails or shower poles.

• A cupboard based on ull width drawers oering ease oaccess can store up to 55% more than a cupboard.

• Modern, open plan kitchens orming part o the living space areeasier to negotiate in later years than smaller dedicated spaces.

• Full width handle designs on drawer ronted cabinets not onlylook good but oer ease o access to people with arthritis

Remember: It’s not a question o having products designedor older people to use, it’s designing a bathroom andkitchen that everyone in the household can use.

One of the eagerly-awaited seminar sessions at KBB

Birmingham this year is ‘Universal A ccess - Making the

Most of the Grey Pound’ which will be chaired by Ideal

Standard International’s designer Robin Levien RDI,

Britain’s foremost designer of bathroom products.

He has designed (with his colleague of 20 years, Dave

Tilbury) 15 per cent of all bathroom suites currently sold

in the UK, and is consistently at the cutting edge when

it comes to rethinking bathroom design; a room he

remarks is frequently no larger than a double bed.

“ As a designer, I get great fulllment fromdesigning products that t into the lives ofhundreds of thousands of people every day, ”

says Robin Levien.

“ All of us are living longer and the marketsof tomorrow must reect this.

I am greatly looking forward chairing the discussionand hearing what my fellow panelists have tosay about inclusive design and the bathroom.

I call it ‘future proong’ and this ts into what Iunderstand the Lifetime Homes initiative to beabout. To me, it makes perfect sense to designhomes and the kitchens and bathrooms in

them so that people do not have to move outwhen they get older as because the home theyhave lived in is no longer suitable for them.

To me, one of the biggest challenges we face isghting the aesthetic corner for universal access.We have to move on from the ‘Doc M’ solution. ”

From the front lineIndustry pioneers and exhibitors at KBB, Blum, design many

o their products with the aging population in mind. Using

the state-o-the-art Age Explorer suit they were able to, or

the rst time, truly understand lie over 65. As a result o this

study, Blum, has realised the benets to users o ull extension

drawers and pull-outs. More recently the company has released

the automated Servo Drive drawer oering ease o access.

Blum UK Sales & Marketing Director David Sanders said:

“ Most people in their middle to late 40s who areabout to invest in a new kitchen are looking atbuying a product that will last them 20 years”

Graham Group’s Andrea Geach, who heads up strategic

development across the company’s 30 or so showrooms

explained that little steps go a long way.

“ The success of a universally accessible bathroomis largely down to correctly identifying potentialusers and anticipating the needs of everyone whomay use the bathroom. We work closely witheach individual customer to not only identify and

ensure that specic accessibility requirementsare met but also to full design aspirations,in terms of the style and key features. ”

Did you know?

*Ten million people in the UK are over 65 years old.

* The market is worth an estimated £9 billion

*Britain’s over 65s now outnumber people under

the age of 16 and the real growth market forbusiness from now onwards is the 40-somethings.

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Making a splash for charityToday 4000 children will die because of dirty water and poorsanitation and that’s why KBB Birmingham has pledged theirsupport of international charity WaterAid and has been raisingfunds to aid them in their work to improve access to safewater, hygiene and sanitation in some of the world’s poorestcommunities. The campaign was ofcially launched at kbb Londonin May 2011 and will continue in the run up to KBB London in 2013.

The KBB team has undergone a series of fundraising initiatives,

such as fundraising days at their London headquarters and onsiteactivities at KBB London. A record £2,000 was raised for thecampaign during the Bathroom Manufacturers Association’s(BMA) annual conference, which took place in November 2011.The campaign started with a Charity Golf Tournament, which wasfollowed by a networking dinner and prize giving. Also, the March2012 issue of consumer interiors magazine Kitchens Bedrooms &Bathrooms features a competition to win a V-ZUG Combi-Steamoven by sending a text message. It’s believed to be the rst timea KBB company has used texting to help a charity raise money.

The KBB team will continue to support WaterAidand will be encouraging the kbb community to getinvolved with the campaign and organise their ownfundraising initiatives. If you would like to help us reachour target, contact [email protected]

For more information about WaterAid’s work to combatthe global water and sanitation crisis and for ways thatyou can get involved, please visit www.wateraid.org.uk

The kbbreview Awards is the mostprestigious networking and social eventin the KBB calendar. Nearly 800 guestsenjoy the celebrity host, great food, disco,casino and, of course, the most importantawards in the industry for KBB retailers,designers and suppliers. This year, it will be

held at the Hilton Metropole hotel at theNEC and so is the perfect networking andcorporate hospitality experience for anyexhibitors and visitors at KBB Birmingham.

“ The kbbreview Awards are a huge partof the KBB Birmingham experience,” saideditor Tim Wallace. “It’s a great way todemonstrate support for independent

retailers but also have a great night out.I look forward to seeing you there! ”

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KBB BIRMINGHAM

Build your business for thefuture at KBB Birmingham

KBB is the ideal platorm where people within the industry can see

new product, exchange ideas and discover opportunity or growth.

At KBB, every eort is made to provide the perect environment

or businesses to fourish. These businesses, which return

year ater year, work smarter, aster and more creatively.

KBB provides its visitors with the tools to stay ahead o

their competitors, to inorm and inspire and to succeed.

It’s the business meeting o the year with hundreds o contacts in

one place over a our day period. It would take at least a year o

travelling, to see a similar number o colleagues and adversaries. KBB

Birmingham refects the needs o the contract and retail markets

and it is a unique representation o what’s going on here in the UK.

Yes, the tough economic situation rolls on or yet another year

but what we have in common is that we’re still here and like

you all, we have to work, harder, smarter and be more creativeto deliver an event that you will be pleased to have visited.

This makes EVERY KBB event a unique one because it has to

evolve even more than when times are good. KBB Birmingham

is the calendar highlight o 2012 or the kitchen, bathroom

and bedroom industry as the below testimonials veriy:

“ KBB is an excellentopportunity to showcase

not only our latest productsbut the Sensio brandas a whole. KBB neverdisappoints and alwaysprovides us with an ideal

way to interact with those inthe KBB industry and allowyour brand to stand outfrom the crowd. ”

Sensio Lighting

“ KBB has perfect

target audience ” Fein Industrial Power Tools

“ We feel that KBB is animportant exhibition to

attend as it is ‘THE’ showin our industry. It attractsa wide variety of visitorsand not all in the showerenclosure sector, so it

provides us with a perfectplatform to showcase ourproducts to a wider marketand demonstrate what we

can offer. ”

Coram Showers

“ We have a massive storyto tell as we have just

recently begun to supplyranges from Kitchen Aid,Viking and Quooker . Wehave also recently wonan award for our energy

efcient cooker hood thatuniquely operates onlywhen needed and KBBprovides us with a perfect

platform to get these

messages over face toface with key people in the

industry. ”

CDA

Hotpoint

ACO Building Drainage

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“ KBB is very important to BLANCO, being one ofthe best windows for our industry here in the UK. ”

BLANCO

“ The vast majority of visitors tothe show are key individuals fromthe industry and so KBB givesus the chance to meet lots ofpotential new customers as well

as reinforcing our relationshipwith existing ones. ”

Dallmer Ltd

“ KBB provides us with a uniqueopportunity to display ourproduct range and build newrelationships with potentialshowrooms and hopefully

designers. ”

Finwood Designs

“ KBB is important as it is the main and only exhibition point for the whole Industry. Themost important companies of the UK will be there either to exhibit or to visit. KBB is just

the best way to introduce a product, a company or a service to the British market. ”

ACB Lacados SL (Product Grupoacb)

Compac UK Ltd

Apex Interior Systems Ltd PELIPAL

De Dietrich

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Opening Times:

Sunday 4th March 09:30 – 17:00

Monday 5th March 09:30 – 17:00

Tuesday 6th March 09:30 – 17:00

Wednesday 7th March 09:30 – 17:00

Attend the KBBSeminars and Win!

We’re giving away aniPad2 every day at the

seminar theatre – all you

need to do is pop alongput your business card inthe box and we’ll drawthe winner every day.

Getting There:

Halls 6 and 17-20

National ExhibitionCentre (NEC)

Birmingham

B40 1NT

The NEC is easily accessible byroad, rail and air to nd out morevisit www.kbb.co.uk/travel

Register Your Colleague

If you need more tickets or have colleagues

who have not yet registered for free entry,make sure you save the £30 entry fee andregister online, just follow the QR Code:

Or visit kbb.co.uk/colleague

www.facebook.com/kbb

www.twitter.com/kbb

www.linkedin.com/kbb

Where to stay

We suggest that you book

early to secure accommodationat your preferred hotel.

Please visit the traveland stay page at

kbb.co.uk/travel

for information and forlocal amenities.

Exhibitor List:20-20 Technologies Limited A A.Naxani Design // Abacus Direct Ltd // Abingdon Flooring Ltd // Abode // ACB Lacados SL // ACO

Building Drainage // Aeon // Airuno // Alveus // Apex Interior Systems Ltd // ArtiCAD Ltd // Astro Lighting Ltd // Autokitchen //

AVONFLOW SANITARY PRODUCT CO. LTD // B BES Limited // Blanco // Blum // Bohle Ltd // Britannia Living Ltd // BUNTING

MAGNETICS EUROPE LTD // Bushboard // C C-TECH-I // C.R. Laurence o Europe Ltd // Caple // Carlton Technologies // Carron Phoenix

Ltd // CDA Group Ltd // Ceaser Stone // CIEC Pavilion // Combilit Ltd // Compac UK Ltd // COMPONENTS TEAM // Compusot GB

Ltd // Coram Showers Ltd | Impey Showers // Cosentino SA // Cosentino UK and Ireland// Crannogireland.com // Crosswater Limited //

Croydex Ltd // Crystal Doors // Cuisine Sagne // D D R Cooker Hoods Ltd // Dallmer Ltd // Damixa // Datateam Business Media Ltd //

De Dietrich Kitchen Appliances Ltd // Decolan LLC // DEMOSAICA // E E L Distribution Ltd // eco Bathrooms // EKBB // EQ Sotware

// Equinox Design Ltd // Eucotherm // Euroshowers // Express Handles // F Fair Trades Ltd // Fein Industrial Power Tools // Festool //

Finwood Design // FIORA Bath Collections S.L. // FIRA International Ltd // Fourneaux de France Ltd // Franke (UK) Ltd. // G Gacci //

Geberit UK // Golden Gain Product Groups Ltd // Granite Transormations Ltd // Groundwork (Terracotta & Stone) Ltd // Grupo Sanz //

GW International // H Haele UK Ltd // Hahn Trading Company Ltd // Hamberger Sanitary Gmbh // HIB Ltd // Hoover Candy Group // I i

glass // Indesit / Hotpoint // Intatec // Interiors and Liestyle Futures Project // Interior Door Systems // J Jetstone B.V. // JIS Europe Ltd

// Joyou Group Building Materials // K Kaldewei UK Ltd // Karonia // KBSA // Kessebohmer GmbH // Kick-Start Publishing // Kitchens &

Bathrooms News // Konig UK // KUKEL PORCELAIN-ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED // L L&S Spa // Last Layer // LDL Components

LTD // Leica Geosystems Ltd // Linak-Uk Ltd // Lux Elements GmbH & Co. KG // M MAK Distribution // Mark David Ltd // Marmite AB //

MARTAT BATHROOM FURNITURE // Max Showering // Mercantile Ventures // Miller From Sweden Ltd // Moneygall Glazing Accessories

// Mosaic Bath Company Ltd // Muebles Jumar // Music in Every Room Ltd // N n-gn // netMAGmedia Ltd // Nexus Design Sotware

Limited // Ningbo Waltmal Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd // Nobilia // Nolte Kuechen Gmbh and co Kg // O O&H Tile Distributors Ltd // Opella

Ltd // P PDS Hygiene // Pegler Yorkshire Group Limited // PELIPAL Gmbh // Perrin & Rowe // Planit Sotware Ltd // Ponte Veneto // Pro

Publishing Media & Events Ltd // Precious Wood Interiors Ltd // Prokitchen Sotware // Pronorm Einbaukuchen GmbH // Pullman Furniture

Ltd // Pura Bathrooms // R RAK Ceramics UK Ltd // Rangemaster // Reco Panel // Red Dot Products // RKMS Company Limited // Roca

/ Lauen // S Salice UK LTD // Samsung Electronics (UK) Ltd // Sarhad Wood Industries // Saxby Lighting Ltd // SBOX // Scavolini //

Schüller Möbelwerk KG // Schwinn Beschläge GmbH // Sensio // SHANGHAI BENO DECORATIVE NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD. // SHAOXINGGANGHONG MIRROR ART CO.LTD // Showerdrape (STD) Ltd // Showerwall // Sinotap // Sinoworld Ventures Ltd // Smart Systems //

Sprintshit Ltd // Stakapal Ltd // Steel Cuisine // Stonearth // Stuart Turner Ltd // Sugatsune // Swisstaps Ltd // Sycamore Lighting Ltd //

System 6 Kitchens // T Taizhou Mentor’s Hardware And Plumbcrat // Taptile // Tapworks Water Soteners // tc bathrooms // TDC (NW)

Ltd // Tech Spec Panels & Cabinets Ltd // The Lightworks (TLW)/Pando/Eyeleds // The Origins Collection // Thomas Dudley Limited

// Tile & Marble Collection Limited // Tos Fitted Furniture // Trade Kitchens Derby Ltd // Trend Interiors // TSJ, Tile & Stone Journal //

Twyord Bathrooms // V Vanity Hall // Virtual Worlds by Logicom // Vision Exports // W Westag & Getalit Ag // Westin Design // Wirquin

// Woodberry Brothers and Haines Limited // www.goxit.co.uk // X Xiamen Delmei NY Branch Inc. // Z Zhejiang Gaobo Sanitary Wares

Co.Ltd // Zip Heaters (UK) Ltd

Trade show Prices:

Register for freebefore the show

£30 Onsite Show Registration

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