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VOA Architecture has recently completed
the design of the BSH Home Appliances
Experience & Design Center in the Architects & Designers Building in New York City.
The 6,000-sq.-ft. lifestyle showroom features
more than 120 appliances from Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau in a
home-like format that gives designers, architects and developers an interactive experience. An App Bar allows customers to tailor products to their
preferences in a live, on-screen format, and the space features three full
demo kitchens for the three brands, as well as a meeting space designed
as a high-end dining room.

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MTI Baths has won the 2014 Movers & Shakers Manufacturer of the
MTI Wins Medium Manufacturer of the Year.
Year Award, recognizing Moverscompany's impact, involvement and
From Georgia's largest local the & Makers Awards.
innovation in its community, Sugar Hill, ofGa. More than ﬁveduring a
(Atlanta, Georgia. March 18, 2014) MTI Baths is proud to announce its win the 2014 Manufacturer of the Year Award hundred
ceremony recently held in Atlanta. Out of five hundred companies MTI Baths was recognized for impact, involvement and innovation
companies were considered for the award, which honors compain the community. Georgia's largest local awards event honoring Manufacturing and Supply Chain companies, the Movers &
Makers Awards are the County's annual recognition of exceptional companies involved in the manufacture, processing, or distribution
nies involved in manufacturing, processing or distributing tangible
of tangible products.
"For the Criteria for wonderful to operate our business in the economic particularly rewarding to be
products. past 25 years it has beenthe award includegreat State of Georgia, andimpact, corporate
in Sugar Hill, Gwinnett County," stated MTI Baths CEO Kathy Adams. "We at MTI Baths credit a large part of our success to our
employee culture and a huge element of that culture is the practice of 'being programs in the community.
responsibility and workforce excellence thankful'. We are appreciative of the structure, laws,
institutions and practices which allow for unlimited opportunity in the United States of America. Without such structure, we would not
have found our success. And now, we find it especially gratifying to be recognized by Partnership Gwinnett and the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce - the very organizations who are charged with being sure that such laws and institutions remain intact. All of the
155 employees of MTI Baths are thankful for this award and an extra special thanks from our 107 employees who are also owners!"

Companies were evaluated based upon criteria involving economic impact in the community, corporate responsibility, and workforce
excellence programs. "With more than 500 companies that 'move or make' in Gwinnett County, manufacturing and supply chain
companies play an essential role in our local economy, and drive innovation and competitiveness," commented Troels Adrian, Senior
Project Manager, Advanced Manufacturing & Supply Chain Management, Gwinnett Chamber Economic Development and Partnership
Gwinnett. "It is our privilege to recognize the impact these pioneering companies have in Gwinnett, and to highlight our community as a
home for the manufacturing industry of the future." For more information about the
Movers & Makers Awards, visit the website at www.partnershipgwinnett.com.
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Almo Corporation has promoted Jay Penney to executive vice president
of its Specialty Appliance Division, which represents world-renowned
manufacturers that are leaders in engineering and product developMichael Kornowa, Director of Marketing
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ment. Since 1988, MTI Baths has earnedrecently served personalized company's m: 678.427.9941
Penney most a reputation for award-winning design, as the
vice president of
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customization and artisan quality. MTI tubs, shower bases, sinks and hardwood bath
business development. also offers water-resistant teak accessories
furniture are Handcrafted in the USA. MTI
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and frameless glass shower enclosures. For information on MTI's extensive selection of
design and customization options call 800-783-8827 or visit mtibaths.com.

Linda Jennings, Jennings & Company
p: 941.351.1005 m: 941.374.4342
linda@jenningsandcompany.com

Cosentino recently opened its 25th North
American Cosentino Center in Houston. Designed by Isabel Martinez-Cosentino, the
center aims to enhance both the trade
and consumer experience and continues
the company's mission to expand its presence in the U.S. market. Visitors to the center can enjoy hands-on interaction with the products, and the 27,000-sq.-ft. space integrates distribution
facilities, exhibition areas and workspaces for designers to bring clients,
classrooms for continuing education and fully functioning kitchens for
demonstrations. Photo by Cosentino.
PHOTO CAPTIONS: (Left) Paul Radford, City of Sugar Hill with Kathy Adams, CEO of MTI Baths.
(Right) Kathy Adams, CEO of MTI Baths with members of the Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce.

Tandus Centiva recently held it's ﬁfth-annual Community Service Day with more
than 200 of the company's employees
from the U.S. and Canada, who volunteered with organizations, including the
Boys & Girls Club of Chatsworth, the Women's Enrichment Center, the Goo
Murray Art Center and Coffee Shop, Georgia Sheriff's Youth Homes and
Eastside Elementary School. Employee volunteers painted, installed ﬂoor
coverings, assembled playground equipment and installed light ﬁxtures,
counters and shelving systems.
Daltile will open a new glazed porcelain and Colorbody tile manufacturing plant and distribution center in Dickson, Tenn., in late 2015. The
1.4-million-sq.-ft. space - the company's 11th North American manufacturing operation - will use the latest advanced decoration technology
and will have the ﬂexibility to produce larger-format and plank-format
tiles marketed through its ﬁve brands in North America: Daltile, American
Olean, Marazzi, Ragno and Mohawk.
The Scavolini Store of Illinois recently
opened near the main entrance of the
Merchandise Mart complex in downtown
Chicago. The showroom, which includes
300-sq.-m. of exhibition space, houses six
kitchen models, one living area and four
bathroom collections. The Scavolini Store operation is part of a broader
distribution strategy implemented by the company in the global market.

Steamist's Annual Rep of the Year Award went to Harry
Warren, Inc. and Harry Warren of Georgia LLC, both
led by company president Bob Mycoff. The two companies represent a wide range of commercial and residential clients with product lines from such companies
as Steamist, American Standard and Elkay.

Whirlpool Corporation has been named one of the world's most admired companies for the fourth year in a row by Fortune Magazine in
the Home Equipment, Furnishings Industry category. The company has
ranked number one in this category for four consecutive years and received the highest scores for innovation, social responsibility, people management, product quality and global competiveness.

Uponor North America has named Brent Noonan
vice president of sales. He has 15 years of experience
in the plumbing industry and most recently served as
vice president of U.S. sales since May 2012. Previously,
he was the company's South regional sales director,
where he was responsible for providing leadership for
the growth of the heating, plumbing and ﬁre sprinkler
business in the Southern U.S. market.

Bertazzoni recently won several industry awards in the
U.S. and Canada, including the 2013 Good Design
Award for its Professional Series Arancio line. The
orange-colored range was also a ﬁnalist in the 2013
Interior Design Magazine Best of Year Awards in the
Best Kitchen Appliance category and also received
an Editor's Choice Award from Canada's Designline Magazine at the
2014 Interior Design Show.

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