One of the biggest challenges facing KBB manufacturers is the constant need to provide their retailers with up to date information regarding their products. This is normally with reference to price changes, products becoming obsolete and new ranges introduced. Traditionally, this has been conveyed through the medium of a catalogue! However, the financial cost for this exercise is astronomical, is very inefficient and the environmental impact is verging on the criminal.

The launch of KBBConnect™ at KBB2010 in March was a huge success and in the intervening two months, over 800 KBB retailers have registered to use this highly innovative Web based quoting and ordering system.

Nexus Snapshot is a new rendering tool from Nexus Design Software which enables you to render your VR product designs to produce photorealistic output.

Logicom extends its comprehensive Bathroom and Kitchen capabilities in Virtual Worlds with a new generic Bedrooms module. A specific catalogue for Daval Bedrooms is also already available. New “connection points” technology makes it really simple to fashion the internal layouts of drawer and shelf units. In kitchens, new curved models for units and worktop segments are available – for standard and in-frame designs. In Bathrooms and Tiling there are new catalogues from Merlyn, Showerlux, BC Sanitan, Jacuzzi, Carron Baths, Burgbad, and Porcelanosa. Updates are underway for Matki, Dansani, Aqata and many others plus a new generic Tile and Flooring catalogue with thousands of new tiles and ready-made templates.

This year has already seen some big changes at EQ Software, with a new name and image, new premises, celebrating their ten year anniversary, releasing version 10 of their market leading business management system and most significantly the launch of their new web solutions for the KBB industry eStore.

Award-winning software provider, ArtiCAD Ltd, is different because everything we do – every product or service innovation is designed to help you sell. Our leading KBB design software brands include ArtiCAD-Pro, ArtiCAD-Lite, BathCAD-Pro, BathCAD-Lite, ArtiCAD i-Design and i-Choose. Each is delivered by a knowledgeable and friendly team with years of KBB experience.

20-20 Technologies has launched a new version of kitchen and bathroom design software, packed with new features and enhancements to make the CAD process simpler and even more effective.

2020 Fusion launched the latest version of its Fusion CAD software at KBB 2010. Version 17 encompasses new features that customers’ have been requesting to make the product even more user-friendly.

Autokitchen 9 gives users the best tools to visualise, develop and communicate your ideas for kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and interiors, increasing your design productivity and enhancing your creativity.

Cadesign form is Europe’s leading Cgi visualization-photographic agency for the KBB Industry.

Our team of 35 visual artists and designers have been evolving the know-how of Cgi Photography for over 16 years and the result is cutting edge photo realism that rivals a photographer and traditional studio.

20-20 Fusion is launching the latest version of its planning and costing tool at KBB 2010 with more than 50 new features and functionality to make the product even more user-friendly.

Key additions to Fusion Design v17 include the ability to create single page printouts comprising a graphical view and an item list. The Advanced Add Palette Filter can be applied against a combination of product attributes, making it easy to locate a specific item or range to match individual requirements.

The market for computer aided design software solutions is well-served with a variety of options for customers, and it is increasingly competitive. There is a lack of independent statistical data to verify the market penetration of each individual CAD vendor.

Leading design software brands include ArtiCAD-Pro for kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and studies and BathCAD - exclusively for bathrooms. Both boast extreme ease of use, speed and flexibility at their core, making them the ultimate sales tools for your business.

Produced by Vision House Software, a leading developer of 3D CAD planning software for kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms, VR Bathroom is part of a superb design trilogy which looks set to be the next generation in design-to-manufacture software. It benefits from the long experience Vision House Software has in developing interior design products. Vibrant 3D imagery, colours, reflections and all the other tried and tested desirable elements can be dragged and dropped until the final aspect is as close to reality as possible. This enables the bathroom designer to visually walk the customer through‚ their newly designed bathroom, continuously making final aesthetic adjustments until the design is complete.

M'n'G designs are offering their Gold version for the price of their Silver CAD software. Buy their Silver version for Kitchens, Bedrooms or Bathrooms and receive all the features of Gold (time limited offer - please call or see web site for details).

At Planit Fusion we've already earned a market-leading position in the kitchen industry by providing the most photo-realistic CAD software available with an unbeatable customer support programme. It didn't seem fair to limit our fantastic product to kitchen retailers alone so, after considerable investment and months of research, we are now delighted to offer our bathroom customers the same market-leading standards, with the launch of Fusion Bathrooms.

A recent survey carried out by one of the leading CAD company's concluded that over 28% of their customers already have easyquote linked to their design software. A further 18% had a system where they had to input suppliers prices themselves and the remainder used pen and paper. In our own survey 93% of customers felt our products and services were very good to excellent.

Microcad Software would like to welcome Mark Wilkinson Furniture as a valued autokitchen customer.

Microcad's long experience in CAD for bespoke inframe cabinetry has managed to reproduce, in detail, Mark Wilkinson Furniture catalogues to enable their designers to improve the communication with customers by showing them their truly unique bespoke and unmistakable designs.

Logicom, the developer of the Virtual Worlds package, is concentrating its systems talent in the kitchen market. Image quality is one of the most important features of Virtual Worlds and often the buying public can be hard-pushed to differentiate Virtual Worlds "renders" from actual photographs. This level of reality, says Logicom, goes a long way to convince consumers to make the final leap into purchase.

Clevedon-based Paneltec Manufacturing made a strategic decision some eight years ago to change production methods has helped the company keep its place in a highly competitive environment.