Armac Martin – Stand: L115

Luxury brass hardware and accessories manufacturer, Armac Martin, will be unveiling its latest collections of luxury brass cabinet hardware and accessories at this year’s kbb show. Showcasing its most popular solid brass hardware and accessories collections, the manufacturer will be debuting its range of luxury bathroom accessories, in addition to its first collection of sockets and switches. The highlights of the show will include what Armac Martin describes as its most decadent collection yet, Cocktail, which reimagines sophisticated glassware silhouettes and details to form a trio of indulgent design stories. Two years in the making, Cocktail is inspired by the cocktail district of the brand’s home town of Birmingham.

Bidbury & Co – Stand: S72 & H84

From a soft launch in 2023, Bidbury & Co is now officially launching as a premium manufacturer of taps, making its debut at the trade show in Birmingham, and sharing stands with both Häfele and Whitebirk Sinks. The English company has taken its 30 years’ experience in the KBB sector to launch its new product range. Managing director Richard Broadbent has been obsessed with design, manufacturing and finding the best possible solutions to produce its wares, the company says.

Deep R&D, and examining the competition, has inspired the team to re-engineer and improve designs, choosing the best materials and manufacturers in Europe to give a better-quality tap. This improvement gives another advantage with the ability to offer better service and longer warranties on the range of 15 new taps, the company claims.

Blum – Stands: B98, C85, C90

Blum’s mission at this year’s kbb show is to connect and collaborate with its partners to reimagine the living space of tomorrow. The brand is inviting visitors to look into why being a Blum partner opens up more opportunities for a business than simply buying a hinge or drawer runner. Everyone is openly invited to start their journey with Blum, to challenge the rules of design convention, and expand their imagination beyond today’s norm. From discovering its living spaces, ranging from the compact through to open plan, with a myriad of different solutions and stories on the way. In a challenging environment, Blum says it understands its partners’ needs and provides services that enhance their offering to their own customers.

Carlisle Brass – Stand: S84

The UK hardware brand is launching its HEX range at kbb Birmingham, a development it describes as “immensely exciting!”, and visitors to the stand can also pick up a brand-new cabinet hardware brochure. The brand will show a large range, featuring 56 different SKUs, including Lever on Rose, Turn & Release, Cabinet Knobs, T-Bar Knobs and Cabinet Pulls available in a variety of sizes. The company will also be showcasing a range of cabinet hardware from Carlisle Brass and Alexander & Wilks.

Carlisle Brass prides itself on its quality, offering products in solid brass in a range of finishes – with all this “affordable luxury” available in some instances for next-day delivery.

Clearwater – Stand: M113

Clearwater Products will showcase its Twist and Spray tap at this year’s show along with its new Pioneer tap and a raft of other products being kept under wraps until the event. Transforming a standard kitchen tap into an industrial-style, professional tap with one simple twist, the Twist and Spray Tap is, according to the brand, the perfect way to upgrade a standard kitchen tap to a professional model, with the aerator providing two flow types that can be changed with a simple twist of the flange. Pioneer, meanwhile, taps into the ongoing trend for industrial styling, Clearwater says.

Grass Movement Systems – Stand: V80

The Austrian/German producer of hinges, drawers, runners and other hardware elements will showcase V8 (pictured), an 8mm thick drawer. The brand adds that it is “extremely thin and its first 100% steel drawer” which is also recyclable. The Dynaneo new undermount runner range will also be on show, and will be available from June 2024. Finally, Grass will also have on display a new version of its Nova Pro, Novo Pro One and Novo Pro Scala – a double-walled drawer.

Häfele – Stand: S72

Having marked its centenary in December last year, Häfele will celebrate 100 years of furniture fitting manufacturing at this year’s kbb show, and look ahead to what its next period of innovation will bring. It will also showcase many of its legacy products that have revolutionised the furniture fixings industry. This includes the Häfele Minifix connector system, of which 3.2 million units are still produced every day.

Häfele will also be demonstrating the latest innovations from its partners and sharing more about Service+, its revamped range of services designed to add value from concept through to installation and beyond. It will also be offering a series of on-demand 10-minute talks from its team of experts, covering topics from services to lighting and multifunctional living.

Hettich Stand: R70

Among the products on show from Hettich will be its LightTower illuminated tower unit larder storage, with LED lights that switch on automatically with no mains wiring required. It comes in five width options for flexibility – all based on AvanTech YOU platform. FurnSpin will also be on show. This offers an “unprecedented level of access to the body of the cabinet”, Hettich says, with a “unique translatory rotational movement”, spinning around to reveal what is inside. It also has soft-close and push-to-open mechanisms. The German brand will also showcase WingLine, its folding/sliding door range, with design flexibility, and what Hettich says is a “revolutionary” pull- or push-to-move mechanism.

LochAnna – Stand: J98

LochAnna will proudly debut its brand-new sub-brand, LochAnna Handmade, as the focal point of its exhibition stand. There will be two brand-new ranges on show: Newbridge and Lifford. Both ranges are bespoke, in-frame timber doors hand-made in Ireland. They are also available in over 270 choices of colour and styles. LochAnna believes Handmade products come with other benefits, such as fully rigid cabinets with doors fitted, plus all drawers and wirework fully fitted.

Other new products include the recently launched Kirkham collection, complete with accessories and a new vertical washing machine and dryer stack, as well as LochAnna’s redesigned bi-fold dresser in its bestselling Durham collection.

Nobili – Stand: J88

The Italian tap brand is all set to show off its latest range, Nobili Sorgente. With this tap, users can transform their water supply, having filtered, chilled or carbonated water at the touch of a button, as well as boiling water, which is available instantly thanks to the appliance’s boiler design. Water is a crucial element in our day-to-day lives, and while cooking, the company says that with this tap users can have “pure and delicious water at their disposal”, chilled at the ideal temperature or with the addition of just the right amount of fizziness.

Nobilia and Kutchenhaus – Stand: Q80

Visitors to this year’s stand will see the very latest in German kitchen designs from Nobilia. Styles such as Senso, Laser, Easytouch and more will be available to view, with members of the team on hand to answer questions about the latest products and new colours for 2024. As Europe’s largest kitchen manufacturer, this year’s Nobilia space will focus on the brand’s latest innovations as well as its service proposition for existing customers and prospective new kitchen independents.

Additionally, as part of Nobilia, retail franchise operation Kutchenhaus will also exhibit within the space. At kbb Birmingham, Kutchenhaus is looking to connect with prospective new franchise partners, keen to take the next step in their retailing career.

Nolte – Stands: P110, Q110

Among the products on show from this German brand will be its new Cantera range, which features genuine stone door fronts, giving a warm and earthy feel. Warm tones will dominate generally, as well the textures of its fluted-fronted furniture. In terms of tones, the brand is showcasing its Sepia Brown shade, which pairs well with the Cantera range. Joining Sepia Brown as a new lacquer option is Caramel soft matte, a lighter and airier counterpart.

The brand says this new addition can be used in conjunction with neutrals such as white, as well as wood tones. It is also launching its new MatrixART handle rails in a manganese bronze to complement the shade, the brand says. Nolte will also showcase a new Oan Ventura finish in response to the resurgence in popularity of painted kitchens. This new option is said to be the perfect choice for those seeking a warm tone with the feel-good factor.

It can be used across worktops, recess panels, bar tops and shelves. Also new from the German brand will be its MotioinLine rail system which is said to blend functionality and good looks. It includes new accessories such as magnetic knife boards, roll holders and comes in a matt black finish with integrated lighting.

Quooker – Stand: L100, M100

Quooker is back exhibiting for 2024, and visitors will be able to experience the products up close, testing out plumbed-in taps with their different water modes and safety features. The booths will have separate on-stand space for dealer and VIP customer meetings, alongside showcasing its brand timeline, which will showcases the company’s heritage of innovation. Quooker will also be showcasing the two new finishes for its Flex and Fusion ranges – Rose Copper and Gunmetal – alongside its existing range of finishes for maximum creative freedom in the kitchen.

The new Front tap will also be on display, offering customers new ways of operating the tap with an ergonomic on-spout hot and cold-water lever. Quooker also plans to use its stand to showcase the CUBE accessory.

Rotpunkt – Stand: Q90

As a returning show partner and exhibitor, Rotpunkt says it is thrilled to be able to once again inspire the next generation of suppliers, designers and specifiers. New innovations on show will include anti-fingerprint paint shown on Smala 12mm frame solid oak doors in Black, Buster + Punch kitchen hardware in partnership with Rotpunkt, a 900mm Glass Dresser in Smala Black, plus Memory RI paint colours in new Terra Grey.

Additionally, the German brand will showcase 750mm wide units, which include premium cabinet hardware from Kesseböhmer in the Arena Pure design and Fenix colours for cabinet fronts and worktops in the same decor in new Grigio Londra.

Sachsenküchen – Stand: N70

Visitors to the show will be introduced to Sachsenküchen’s new 2024 kitchen collection, including its premium Woodline range, offering an array of bookmatched veneers available as standard to retailers. Sachsenküchen will also unveil its new precision drawer system – AccuraBox – a sleek new anthracite design with six customisable design options. The new Patrizia collection will take centre stage in an oak structured design, emulating the beautiful black inlay of the rich veneer to create a kitchen style statement, the company says. The stand will also feature Küppersbusch, showcasing its new selection of kitchen appliances.

Schüller and Next125 – Stand: Q70

At kbb 2024, Schüller and Next125 are hosting a joint stand to showcase “the very best in German design and innovation”, says InHouse Inspired Room Design. The primary focus for Schüller and Next125 is to present the complete home with new products and innovative services, allowing retailers to meet every customer’s desire. The Schüller stand will feature new lines in the Avola, Newport, SmartGlas and Fino ranges as well as Schüller’s new sustainable range – Matera (pictured). Next125 will feature SensiQ, Ceramic and several wood veneers. InHouse says that retailers will be able to gain inspiration from eye-catching and exciting products, such as Schüller’s new multifunctional breakfast unit, tall glass cabinets, OrganiQ cutlery inserts, Next125 Bar unit and cooking table.

Titus – Stand: T90

Furniture hardware specialist Titus is showing an extensive range of timeand cost-saving products on Stand T90 at this year’s kbb Birmingham exhibition. Flagship products for Titus include its popular T-type hinges and new additions are regularly made to the range. A recent addition is the T type-i 170 which has been developed to give full access to cabinet interiors by allowing doors to open to 170-degrees. This versatile hinge combines wide-angle opening with an integrated damper to ensure smooth, controlled operation.

Titus says it offers exceptional stability throughout its operating range and provides zero door protrusion at a door opening angle of 90 degrees, making it an ideal choice for use in kitchen units with inner drawers or pull-out systems.

Triflow – Stand: E84

The tap specialist will feature a range of products including the Hybrid Pro 4-in-1 tap system, available in Black, Gunmetal, Chrome and Stainless Steel, with LED touch control, safety features for the boiling water, and a four-temperature selection on the boiling water tank. Other products on show will include Hybrid Flex, with a pull-out shower rinse; Triflow O3 Sensor with a motion sensor; Triflow Originals, a three-way system with a dedicated waterway to avoid any cross contamination for the filtered water; and Triflow 3-in-1, a WRAS approved boiling water tap, with safety features, and a cool-to-touch spout design.

Vauth-Sagel – Stand: S70

The German components brand will showcase a range of solutions, including its VS WASH a solution for dirty laundry, which allows laundry to be sorted, stored and transported not only neatly, but also completely out of sight. The concealed drop is perfectly integrated into any utility room, the company says. It will also showcase the VS SUB Larder, a flexible base cabinet pull-out and modular system, which the company says is ideal for those who love everything in their kitchen being thoughtfully stored away. It will also showcase the VS ADD Box – the smallest building block in the Vauth Sagel inner organisation system, said to make the functionality of its storage space solutions even more individual.

XTone – Stand: P94

The Spanish brand, by Porcelanosa, will present INTO, described as a breakthrough in smart kitchens – a hidden induction hob through a dual system that serves as a cooking surface and also powers household appliances.

The new induction system blends design with advanced technology, with XTone saying that the new product is able to achieve power transmission functionality without batteries or external cables, the company says. XTone believes INTO allows for an expanded workspace, transforming the countertop into a seamless surface without visual obstacles. It also plans to show new marble Calatorao designs at the show.