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Basco Shower Enclosures announced its 2005 sales award winners:

THG USA, importer of luxury bath products, named Scott Triethart regional sales manager, covering the New York, Boston and Chicago regions.

Brizo's Loki received a platinum ADEX award.

Alsons Corp. is the recipient of a platinum ADEX award for the 7-Spray Shower Head, which features seven spray functions, including a massage, full spray for maximum water coverage and trickle setting for shampoo/soap-up.

The Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (K/BIS) held at Chicago's McCormick Place in April gathered more than 900 exhibitors and thousands of attendees from around the world, focusing on the latest trends and future ideas in kitchen and bath designs.

Home Decorators Collection (HDC), which offers catalog and online sales of home décor merchandise, will become part of Home Depot Direct, the direct-to-consumer division of The Home Depot. Home Depot Direct provides home improvement and décor merchandise through in-store catalogs, mail-order catalogs and Web sites with delivery directly to customers' homes.

National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) named Edward S. Nagorsky general counsel and director of legislative affairs.

Kohler promoted Ron Pace to president-Kohler Kitchen and Bath Americas. He will lead the newly formed K&B Americas organization.

Franke Consumer Products announced the retirement of Thomas M. Smith, a 20-year veteran with the company who most recently served as president of the company's Kitchen Systems Division.

ISH Kitchen and Bathroom in Dubai, May 14-16, has increased by 30% since last year. Now in its third year, organizers of the event expect an overall increase of more than 50% at the time of this writing.