The Shine range of shower enclosures from Aqualux combines innovative design with high quality, giving the consumer a wide choice of styles that are perfectly suited for most bathroom requirements. Here are just three models available from the Shine range.

Renowned throughout the bathroom industry for luxury shower enclosures, Showerlux UK introduces the new Legacy range to its collection. Designed in the UK to the same exacting standards that have come to be expected from the leading bathroom brand, Legacy offers one difference, a lower price point.

Designed and manufactured by Ambiance Bain, the Waterconcept uses SMO™ synthetic resin as the principal material for fitting out the bathroom. Its organic look is obtained by mixing natural stone with resin. Covered with a waterproof antibacterial coating, synthetic resin is hygienic and easy to clean and because it is moulded in one piece, prevents any risk of mould growth and eliminates periodic re-grouting of the showering area.

Optimum is the latest ultra low profile shower tray from leading shower tray manufacturer MX. It’s the slimmest tray on the market at just 25mm high. It brings an impressive combination of adaptability, strength and light weight – which makes it suitable for most types of shower enclosure, makes it very easy to carry and transport, and results in it being immensely strong and reliable – borne out by its 25 year guarantee.

2011 has seen a number of significant developments within the shower industry, not least the launch of theshowerlab™, a trademark and division of renowned brand Aquaplus Solutions. Established in August this year to better fill the demand experienced by Aquaplus Solutions for their luxury, bespoke shower products, theshowerlab™ is now home to the company’s Elements collection and will oversee the development of standard and made to measure enclosures and solid surface shower trays.

Sandra Hyde, Marketing Manager at Aqualux, takes a look at how shower enclosures have evolved in line with the increasing demands of the modern consumer. Shower enclosures have grown increasingly sophisticated over the years and many products on the market are designed to create a feeling of luxury and tranquillity.

Setting the standard in design and innovation, Aqualux Products Limited is the leading supplier of shower screens and enclosures, offering high quality, high functioning products that bring a sense of luxury to any bathroom.

Quad Uno

The new ‘Quad Uno’ enclosure from Manhattan combines quality and style with the very latest contemporary aesthetics.

Intatec has introduced a new range of showers featuring its Safe Touch technology, bringing extra safety and comfort to every bath and shower room. The safe touch effect is simple; shower bodies that are never more than one degree warmer than the water coming out of the shower. This is in contrast to normal shower bodies where metal parts can become as hot as the hot water coming straight from the boiler or storage tank.

Croydex has made life easier for retailers and consumers with the publication of a stylish new leaflet all about showering. The pamphlet groups together all the company’s showering products and uses stylish photography and helpful product descriptions to show customers exactly how to make the most of their showering environment.

Inspired by continental enclosures, the Classic range from Showerlux UK is available in various configurations and designed to add a touch of timeless elegance to any bathroom. With smooth outward opening, rise and fall hinge doors, the Classic can be used to create an enclosure with standard or corner entry, with the latter creating easy access for the less able; Classic doors can also be located within a recess to make the most of available space.

Roman has added a bespoke frameless hinged door to the luxurious Sculptures range of enclosures. The door has been designed to complement modern bathroom décor and meet the demand for frameless enclosures which offer a spa-like finish. The hinges can be secured directly onto the wall, allowing for a fully frameless finish.

Since opening their doors in 1988, JT has gone from strength to strength, manufacturing more shower trays in the UK than any other brand. As a proud UK manufacturer, the company is now flying the Union flag imagery on its entire product portfolio.

Aqualisa has boosted its eco credentials by making its new water-saving Harmony showerheads available with six of the company’s best-selling digital, thermostatic and electric showers – the Quartz Digital, Quartz Thermo, Aquastream Thermo and the Midas 100 and 200 bar valve. With the addition of a Harmony showerhead the Midas 100 is now also suitable for low pressure installations.

As showers become ever more popular amongst the time-pressed and environmentally conscious Brits Mira has raised the bar for enclosures and trays in terms of affordable style, choice and ease of installation.

Ultra offers a program of showers, trays and enclosures with matching mixers and taps for coordinated bathroom design; bathroom furniture, mirrors and cabinets plus towel rails and designer radiators for throughout the home. The emphasis is on high fashion designs at value for money prices, offering stockists excellent margins and their customers years of satisfaction.

Matki have brought new meaning to the word luxury with their EauZone Plus Collection and Bespoke option. The EauZone Plus Collection is now made-to-measure offering a truly tailor-made showering experience. Whether you are converting a loft space, or simply would like to fit your enclosure around an obstacle such as a bath Matki have the answer. With hundreds of options available you can truly have a tailor made bathroom.

Lakes Bathrooms has launched the Coastline Collection of 8mm designs. The first element in the new portfolio is the Walk-in range comprising seven frameless enclosures available throughout the UK. Offered with a lifetime guarantee, products are available in multiple variants to produce numerous configurations. Sleek, minimalist and contemporary, the range is designed to look stunning and be straightforward to fit, with discreet profiling for a high level of adjustability.

For customers who want an electric shower that will make a statement at the heart of the bathroom but without a large price tag, Triton’s six new Aspirante models open up the electric sector to give six unique, affordable options unlike anything else on the market. Clean lines and unique curved front give the Aspirante range a sophisticated edge which, when combined with the compact size and slim line depth, make it seem the shower is actually ‘floating’ on the tiles.

Methven is celebrating yet another prestigious award win after its new Kiri Satinjet® Ultra Low Flow Shower won a “green” medal in the 2011 Green Good Design™ Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, the largest and oldest awards for contemporary design in the world.

New for 2011, the "Superplan Plus" has been added to the popular Superplan range. As well as the usual elegant lines, it has one particular new design characteristic: a round flush-fitting waste cover made of coloured steel enamel to match the tray which blends smoothly with no edges to trip over. The Superplan Plus is available in a choice of colours and in a total of twelve sizes from 90 x 90cm and 70 x 120cm to 120 x 120 cm so it can be integrated perfectly into any bathroom.

Bristan, the UK’s largest supplier of showers, taps and bathroom accessories, has enjoyed a successful first half to 2011, extending its product portfolio with the launch of a number of exciting new showering innovations.

Leeds-based JT is celebrating a bumper first quarter in 2011 after announcing a number of export deals and new collections, as they look to build on their reputation as the UK’s leading shower tray manufacturer.

Pearlstone is a new patented technology constructed using an acrylic capped polyurethane resin which includes volcanic ash. This provides a product that is up to fifty percent lighter than a conventional stone tray, is very competitively priced and is easier to handle and so less prone to accidental damage, without sacrificing any of the strength and rigidity of stone.

Installing a shower over the bath is often a great compromise when it comes to saving space in the bathroom, but there is no need to compromise over the design or the performance of the shower itself. Danish brassware manufacturer Damixa offers a wide range of showers, designed to complement their brassware collections and available in the UK through Croydex.

With the arrival of the Just Taps Plus 2010 catalogue, we welcome some fantastic, contemporary new collections to the line up and some exciting additions to the ever popular existing ranges.

Designed to be practical, the new Edge collection of shower enclosures from Simpsons epitomises the fashionable silver look.

Geberit, the leading supplier of innovative sanitary and plumbing solutions, has added to its already extensive product range with the new Duofix Shower Element, providing an easy to install, hassle-free alternative to traditional wet room drainage.

Real innovation is at the heart of Hüppe’s new Studio Paris shower enclosure incorporating striking chrome designs fused onto the glass. Sandblasted glass décors plus clear, tinted and patterned glass are also available along with a wide range of configurations and made-to-measure options including slopes and cut-outs.

Hudson Reed Flare is part of a new generation of high fashion shower kits with plenty of customer appeal. The Flare shower kit has a tapered body rising to a flared, high performance showerhead. At the side of the soap tray the matching handshower is conveniently docked. Both the overhead and handshower feature soft rubber jets to defeat the build up of lime scale. At the base of Flare, a quarter turn diverter changes the water flow between the overhead spray and the handshower.

Aqualisa’s Midas 300 range offers a host of well thought out, considerate details. These include a slim ‘pancake’ style showerhead, an extra long, contemporary slider rail and smooth chrome hose for a stylish, luxurious look, an audible ‘click’ mechanism in the shower head spray selector that helps the user to positively identify their spray pattern preference and an innovative, discreet anti-twist hose connection – all of which make for greater convenience and comfort.

Reflecting the latest trends for open, light and spacious bathrooms, the Bi-fold Shine enclosure is ideal for modern new builds. Its contemporary semi frameless style has been specially designed to appeal to style conscious consumers. Ideal for small or compact bathrooms typical in these kinds of developments, it offers great space saving benefits compared to outward opening doors.

The new Urban Chic wetroom panels from Showerlux have been designed to bring elegance and sophistication to the bathroom at an affordable price. Available in a variety of sizes, the panels are straightforward to install with stunning results.

" The SIGN - 1 Door Slider & Side Panel from Breuer is a new entrant to the UK market. Manufactured in Germany, quality is assured. Made from 6mm toughened safety glass and chrome profiles & handles. The sliding door roller mechanism operates smoothly & quietly with the minimum of effort. Standard sizes of 1000, 1200 & 1400 are available, with side panels of 800 & 900, as well as a made to measure option for those customers who want something different."

Showerwall, the 100% waterproof wall panelling range available from IDS, has been updated with seven new laminate finishes for 2010, bringing the choice to 24 designs.

Intatec introduces Mio, a range of safe touch showers and bath shower mixers. Defined by clean lines in contrasting high quality chrome and black, Mio makes a bold and safe statement in any bathroom.

The Salamander CT range of regenerative shower pumps has been updated with CT50 models now incorporating a new more robust foot which is integral to the pump motor. Gone is the protrusion on the end of the shaft drive, leaving a sleeker line.

It is no surprise that the popularity of wetrooms has grown significantly in recent years. Wetrooms are easy to maintain, easy to use, are an efficient use of space and they look fantastic.

Mira Showers – the UK’s leading manufacturer of showering products and accessories – is continually expanding its range of showroom products to better support the retailer and give consumers an ever broader choice from the trusted brand. Two superb new examples of this approach are represented in the versatile Mira Discovery & Diverter valve; and multi-faceted Galena.

Synonymous with reliable and affordable products, leading household brand Creda Showers has added a contemporary new product range to its growing portfolio of electric showers.