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All Abroad

In Shanghai, we visited the offices of NKBA
member Aquacubic Group, where CEO Lucas Ling warmly welcomed us and proudly
displayed his NKBA member certificate. He
told us he comes to KBIS to form relationships
within the North American market and make
connections with the supplier community, thus
expanding his business. It was also great to see
some more familiar faces, thanks to our friends
at KOHLER. They brought us to their Experience Center in Shanghai, where we saw a fusion between East and West - unique product
designed with a Chinese flair and exclusive to
that market. Many Chinese companies already
work with so many of our members in production and in supplying components, so we saw
lots of collaboration.
STAYING CONNECTED

Going Global

T h e N K B A t r a v e l s t h e w o r l d t o p ro v i d e m e m b e r s
with awareness and to stay connected

B

UILDING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY is the ultimate goal

of most associations, right up there with informing
and educating their membership. In the past couple of months, senior leadership from the National
Kitchen & Bath Assn. (NKBA) has traveled a collective 50,000 miles - from our Hackettstown,
N.J., headquarters to EuroCucina in Milan and
to Kitchen Bath China in Shanghai - for trade
shows and networking opportunities. Most importantly, we gained global intelligence that will help our North American members and industry partners
be better informed about worldwide happenings in our business.

ABOVE: Lucas Ling, CEO of

Aquacubic Group; flanked by
NKBA CEO, Bill Darcy, and
the NKBA's executive vice
president of industry relations
and chief strategy officer,
Suzie Williford

INTERNATIONAL INSIGHT

There are no boundaries anymore.We all know the world is smaller, thanks to
the massive eruption of information and data available at a moment's notice,
in the palm of your hand. In Milan, we hosted the "Americans in Milan"event
sponsored by  Cosentino at The Diner - a special venue designed by David
Rockwell - with food and beverage provided by Liebherr. Here, we met a
London-based designer, Heather Jenkinson, who tackled a major project in
Moscow, and a Toronto-based designer, Regina Sturrock, who completed a
big job in India. International professionals at EuroCucina told us the KBIS
model not only optimizes finding the latest innovations, products and inspiration, but also executes the sourcing of these products.

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BY BILL DARCY, NKBA CEO

Work and ideas are springing up all over the
world, and while anyone might have access to
them, it can be overwhelming to digest it all - or
even to know where to begin. The NKBA strives
to filter some of this to bring the most valuable
information to our members, and the only way
this is possible is with the tech investment in our
digital infrastructure - our mobile-first website
- that keeps members informed and connected.
You're busy running your business, so you might
not have the time to sift through all this information - let alone travel across international datelines to see what's happening around the world.
NKBA membership means you are a part of our
community, which ultimately gives you a global
presence and the tools to connect to the world.
Your membership gives you access to a free profile
page to showcase a portfolio of your best work and
to connect with other professionals. All you need
to do is complete your profile. You'll be inspired
by great projects from around the world and be
inspired by this connection.
Perhaps most importantly, we learned that as
much as we thought we'd find vast differences in
the way our industry operates in places as disparate as Western Europe, China and North
America, we discovered that we are, in fact, similar in many ways too. We can learn from our differences, build on our similarities and, through
our community, keep the collaborations and connections growing.
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Editor’s Note
Show Director’s Note
Happenings
Tech Savvy
All Abroad
Trends
Readers’ Choice Award Winners
Learning Corner
Better Business
Research Roundup
Connected Home Special Section
Solutions
Universal Design
Small Spaces
Balanced Budget
What’s Hot
What’s Cool
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