LIXIL and ASA continue to partner around the labor shortage within the skilled trades. LIXIL’s TradeUp Initiative, a program designed to bring more young people into the skilled labor force, began with research that was shared by ASA.
The heightened awareness and changing nature of the home was the dominant trend throughout the past year and a half, and the large percentage of consumers still working from home as we head into the end of 2021 — combined with health and wellbeing being top of mind — homeowners recognize that the primary bath can be a refuge from Zoom fatigue, a wellness center and a space where they can spend a few minutes for themselves, devoid of emails, texts, video calls, school assignments and family obligations.
Voisinet has been with Oatey for more than ten years, most recently serving as vice president, sourcing. He is a strategic supply chain and product management leader with more than two decades of significant experience. Prior to joining Oatey, he worked at Matco Tools, where he held a range of supply chain and product management positions.
The three new toilets, available in White, provide an elongated ErgoHeight bowl, a 3” flush valve and unique rim jet that quickly clears and washes the bowl clean, Gerber notes.
Eemax has prioritized the assembly of the portable handwashing units along with its suite of handwashing products due to the critical need for hand sanitation manifested by the COVID pandemic.
QuickDrain USA, an Oatey Co. company, is now an approved vendor partner for Luxury Products Group (LPG). The partnership between QuickDrain and LPG provides enhanced opportunities for independent showrooms across the U.S. to offer QuickDrain’s complete shower solutions, including its linear drains, WallDrain, SquareDrain, sustainable BenchSeat, decorative covers and finishes and more.
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) and John Burns Real Estate Consulting (JBREC) released its quarterly Kitchen & Bath Market Index (KBMI) for the second quarter of 2021. With estimates showing an 11% growth in sales for Q2 vs. Q1, the report suggests continued growth in the Kitchen and Bath market, despite ongoing material shortages and rising labor costs.