May 1-3, 2009 marked the 45th annual Kitchen/Bath Industry Show (K/BIS) - held this year at Atlanta’s World Congress Center. K/BIS is the premier industry event to showcase products that change the kitchen and bath through innovation and ability to meet the needs of the marketplace.

ROHL kicked off the show with a Sales Rep meeting where awards were given out to honor great performance. Target Sales & Marketing was awarded in the 2007 vs. 2008 Greatest Sales Percentage Increase category, while Premier Sales & Marketing was awarded in the 2007 vs. 2008 Greatest Sales Dollar Increase category.

On the floor, ROHL displayed new product lines such as the Perrin & Rowe® Integrated Faucet Filtration Solution featuring “Triflow® Technology”, Michael Berman Kitchen Collection, Vincent Series and San Julio Series, among many other new and innovative products for the kitchen and bath.

In addition to numerous editor appointments at the ROHL booth, ROHL participated in video shoots for Better Homes & Gardens Kitchen & Bath Ideas, Kitchen + Bath Business and Hanley Wood. Lou Rohl, COO/Managing Partner, was interviewed by Home Live Radio.

The 2010 Kitchen/Bath Industry Show will be held in Chicago at McCormick Place.

On May 19, 2009, Gracious Home celebrated the Grand Opening of its Decorative Hardware, Decorative Plumbing and Window Treatment showroom in Chelsea, New York. Situated around the corner from the existing Gracious Home store on 6th Avenue, the Chelsea location is not only prime real estate but features the stunning window fronts that Gracious Home is known for.

During the event Paul Makovsky, editorial director for Metropolis Magazine, spoke about current home design trends. Hundreds of architects, designers and consumers gathered to enjoy fine wine and browse the luxurious collections, such as ROHL Luxury Faucets and Fixtures, that are displayed in the showroom. Gracious Home proudly displayed its ROHL Authorized Showroom Certificate, designating elite status among ROHL’s showrooms. The ROHL display featured products for the kitchen and bath in Traditional, Trans-Modern and
Modern stylings.

The cover of House Beautiful’s May issue features ROHL’s Perrin & Rowe Single Lever Single Hole Kitchen Faucet with Sidespray (U.4746) paired with ROHL’s Shaws Original Single Bowl Fireclay Apron Kitchen Sink (RC3618).

The duo works beautifully in the all-white kitchen located in Connecticut, shown in detail on pages 112-117.

Stay tuned for more ROHL placements!

ROHL’s Shaws Original Single Bowl Fireclay Apron Kitchen Sink (RC3618) was featured in House Beautiful’s Best Kitchens of 2008. Nestled between two KitchenAid dishwasher drawers and a trash compactor, the ROHL Shaws sink is a perfect complement to the rustic and natural kitchen.

For the full story, click here: http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-home/room-design/staticslideshowhb.aspx?cp-documentid=14159078&imageindex=9

ROHL’s Modern Lux Pull-Out Kitchen Faucet in Satin Nickel (R7923) was recently featured in a Plain & Fancy Custom Cabinetry photo shoot called “Safarience”. The “Safarience” kitchen is considered transitional, maintaining the traditional elements that Plain & Fancy is famous for and incorporating clean, sleek lines and hints of stainless steel.

The “Safarience” kitchen, along with ROHL’s Faucet, will debut in Plain & Fancy’s Spring 2009 Advertising Campaign and will appear in publications such as Architectural Digest, House Beautiful and Veranda.

Laguna Museum of Art is paying homage to a hometown boy – William Wendt  –  and ROHL is one of the major sponsors. Until February 8, 2009 you’ll find the exhibit  In Nature’s Temple: The Life and Art of William Wendt  featuring his first full-scale retrospective of his art. Wendt started his days an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design and was committed to his community and environment. Wendt is considered one of the leaders in California Impressionism, and inspired many of the California artists that followed.

To find out more about this California painter, visit the Laguna Museum of Art before the exhibit closes.

On November 6, 2008, ROHL, along with 350
top designers, builders, plumbing contractors
and architects from the Coachella Valley, celebrated the desert “season” opening in
Rancho Mirage, California. This is the 18th
Open House that Standards Of Excellence
Rancho Mirage has put on.

The Rancho Mirage Standards Of Excellence Appliance and Decorative Plumbing Showroom carries foreign and domestic appliance
brands and multiple plumbing lines. ROHL
and Standards Of Excellence have been partners for over 20 years.

For more information, please visit http://www.standardsofexcellence.com/ranchomirage/.

ROHL has joined the American Society of Interior Designers as an Industry Partner Member.  The Industry Partner designation allows ROHL and many of its sales representatives to actively participate in local ASID chapters all over the country. 

ASID comprises over 40,000 members with more than 20,000 practicing interior designers and 12,000 student members.  Founded in 1975, the American Society of Interior Designers is the oldest, largest and leading professional organization for interior designers.  Membership consists of residential and commercial designers, industry partners and students at various universities and colleges.  For more information, visit www.asid.org/about.

October 24-26, 2008 marked the 7th Annual Conference and Product Showcase for the Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Association. Exhibitors, including ROHL Luxury Faucets and Fixtures, gathered at the J.W. Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss trends in the Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Industry.

There were two keynote addresses, sponsored in part by ROHL, by Chip Conley, author of Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow, and Gerry Layo, CEO of Sales Coach International. Their addresses were complimented by breakout seminars on branding, effective advertising and training showroom staff how to sell, along with a panel discussion on trends affecting representative agencies.

The Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association’s Annual Conference and Product Showcase is the biggest DPHA event. It attracts nearly 50% of the membership and features business and executive training, strategies for enhancing business practices and forums for sharing experiences unique to the DPH Industry.

Stay tuned for information on next year’s DPHA Annual Conference and Product Showcase!

This year, ROHL attended the twenty-sixth Cersaie International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings that was
held in Bologna’s trade fair district from Tuesday, September 30 through Saturday, October 4, 2008.

Cersaie is an International Trade Fair where
exhibitors from across the world gather to
display bathroom fittings, bathroom furnishings
and ceramic furnishings. Events like Cersaie
keep ROHL apprised of the latest technological
advances in the faucets and fixtures market.

The next Cersaie Fair will be held in Bologna,
Italy from September 29 through October 3, 2009.
For more information, visit www.cersaie.it/.

The latest design trend identified by ROHL, called Villa Romantica, embodies Old World panache and truly authentic luxury. The look is a European-inspired twist on traditional Spanish Colonial and Mediterranean foundations. It’s rich and warm, combining the essence of European architecture with sleek sophistication.

Villa Romantica embodies dark and light woods, exposed beams, stucco, fireplaces, marble, granite and slate. Earthy tones with warm and inviting hues are prevalent. Bronze and gold accents offer a larger than life appeal, without being overdone. This trend is distinguished by ornamental detailing and romantic styling, much like you would find in a boutique hotel in Italy, or even in Spain.

ROHL’s abundant cache of authentic, classically elegant faucets and fixtures celebrates this trend in style. Whether
it’s the rustic appeal of the Perrin & Rowe
English Bronze® finish or the soft patina elegance of the Antico Brass® finish, each
faucet offers an air of sophisticated beauty and embodies the Villa Romantica trend.

Cottage Kitchens, a special edition of
Cottage Living, featured multiple ROHL products in four of the top 25 kitchens
of the year, selected by the editors at Cottage Living.

Cottage Kitchens was a compilation of
the best 25 kitchens of 2008, with looks ranging from modern to vintage to colorful to all white. The magazine was created to inspire homeowners who are currently undergoing kitchen renovations, and for those who are considering smaller updates to their kitchens.

Stay tuned for more ROHL placements!

ROHL’s Perrin & Rowe 4-Hole Kitchen
Faucet with Sidespray and Lever
Handles (U.4776L) was featured in the August issue of Consumers Digest. Additionally, the U.4776L received the Consumers Digest ‘Best Buy’ Recognition of Excellence Award, selected by the editors of Consumers Digest. The award is given to companies that show exceptional value in today’s highly competitive marketplace.

Consumers Digest, a bi-monthly magazine, is dedicated to providing consumers with product reviews, exclusive best buy ratings and shopping tips. ROHL’s U.4776L was placed in the Premium category by the editors at Consumers Digest, the highest category ranking available.

ROHL recently submitted the WAVE Shower Panel (WA500) to the
Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association’s Innovative Plumbing Product Contest.

The Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association is a non-profit organization whose mission is to create competitive advantages for its nearly 500 members by advancing the business and professional development of independent dealers, manufacturers, representatives and others involved in the decorative plumbing and hardware industry.

The DPHA will host its seventh annual conference and product showcase on October 24-26. This year’s theme is ‘Trends in the Decorative Plumbing and Hardware Industry’.

Stay tuned to see if ROHL’s WAVE Shower
Panel wins the DPHA’s Innovative Plumbing
Product Contest!

Twice a year, ROHL, along with its Communications Agency, White Good & Company Advertising, visits two markets throughout the country to meet with Editors. In August 2008, ROHL’s Vice President Marketing/Communications, Skip Johnson, traveled to Des Moines,
Iowa and met with numerous
Meredith publications. These publications included Better
Homes & Gardens Monthly, Country Home, Midwest Living and a handful
of Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications (Kitchen & Bath Ideas, Kitchen Makeovers, Remodel, Renovation Style and Beautiful Homes).

ROHL was able to share recent product trends, highlight the breadth of the ROHL product offering and discuss the company’s history, including the 25th Anniversary which is celebrated this year.

On August 19, 2008, ROHL hosted the
Southern California Chapter of the National Kitchen & Bath Association meeting at its headquarters in Irvine, CA. The event kicked off with ROHL showroom tours, where ROHL Representatives answered questions and discussed new products. After dinner, Lou Rohl, CEO and Managing Partner, spoke about the company and the 25th Anniversary of the family business. The event wrapped up with two wonderful guest speakers, Suzie Williford, president elect of the National Kitchen & Bath Association and Joel Warners, owner of Faucets N’ Fixtures Showroom located in Southern California, who discussed selling luxury in kitchen and bath market. Attendees received CEU credits and took home a ROHL gift bag.

The newest winner of the ROHLCall Fun Element question is Jessica Markley of Charleston, South Carolina. She was the 50th person to answer the following question correctly:

After cleaning, what type of wax does ROHL recommend on our new Antico
Brass® finish?

To find out the correct answer, be sure to sign up for the next ROHLCall newsletter.

Congratulations, Jessica!

ROHL announced its new Authentic Luxury Authorized Showroom Program designating showrooms who meet ROHL’s criteria for outstanding product presentation and product knowledge as their finest.  ROHL is known within the industry as one of the best providers of customer service, product knowledge, display and literature programs with an ongoing commitment to customer delight.  This program further reinforces this commitment.

The Authorized Showroom Program is underpinned by The ROHL Promise:

2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the company that was born from Ken Rohl’s innovative vision.  ROHL is no longer a single-man operation.  Ken now enjoys the chance to work with his three sons.  Lou Rohl, COO and Managing Partner, Mark Rohl, Eastern Regional President, and Greg Rohl, Western Regional President comprise the management team currently driving the growth of the company working the successful model established by Ken a quarter of a century ago.

Today, ROHL is one of the finest names in the business.  Ken’s insight into the design desires of American consumers and specifiers encouraged him to canvas Western Europe and New Zealand to find the finest makers of superb products and bring them to the U.S.  Ken’s vision included an understanding of the need to establish the strongest, best trained showroom network imaginable.

Ken Rohl, industry innovator and Chairman/CEO of ROHL, was inducted into the National Kitchen & Bath Hall of Fame on April 10, 2008 at the annual NKBA gala in Chicago. Celebrated for his 45 year career in the industry, Ken was recognized for his involvement with St. Charles cabinets, KWC faucets and the creation and building of ROHL LLC luxury faucets
and fixtures.

A visionary and impressive product developer, Ken has helped to build the decorative products hardware and accessories segment by working with specialty makers of luxurious fixtures and faucets for the kitchen, bath and hospitality markets. Ken was inducted this year along with Eliot Sefrin, publisher of Kitchen & Bath Design News and David H. Newton, Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer. All three inductees were mentioned in the May issue of Kitchen & Bath Design News. The Kitchen and Bath Industry Hall of Fame honors individuals who have contributed to the growth and professionalism of the Association and the kitchen and bath industry as a whole. Inductees are selected by a standing program committee from nominations made since the Hall of Fame's establishment in 1989.