March 2015 10th-14th March in Frankfurt Roca presents “New Horizons” for the bathroom at ISH Frankfurt 2015 The future needs an origin. Innovation needs tradition. To reinvent yourself while remaining true to yourself. This is one of the cornerstones of Roca‘s almost 100-year long development and corporate culture. As today: With “New Horizons” Roca sets off into the future, showing ways and solutions to design the bathroom in an intelligent and sustainable way, while focusing on the customer‘s needs. We are very happy to take you on this trip. We welcome you and hope you look forward to everything we have to show you at ISH 2015. The Inspira collection, new FINECERAMIC® material, SURFEX® custom-made solutions and the global expertise presented at the Toilet area are just a few of the Roca novelties that visitors can discover at ISH 2015. Roca has remained faithful to its drivers of innovation, design, performance and sustainability, and brings these concepts to new bathroom solutions at ISH, held in Frankfurt from the 10th to 14th of March this year. ISH is the world’s most important trade show in bathroom industry, and this year Roca invites visitors to enter the world of “New Horizons: Bathrooms. Emotions. Solutions” showing its approach to versatility, design, manufacturing quality and sustainable commitment that underpin each and every one of its products. The Inspira collection and FINECERAMIC®: A dream combination At ISH 2015, Roca is proud to present a new way of defining a bathroom collection: an easy to handle system, providing individual solutions to meet specific expectations. The new Inspira collection offers versatility, efficiency and performance in a range of products that covers all bathroom needs. The collection includes the three most relevant shapes in bathroom design: round, soft and square, perfectly compatible with each other to offer countless possibilities for personalization and comfort in the bathroom. The new materials developed by Roca are particularly relevant in this collection: The Inspira collection includes functional and sophisticated basins in FINECERAMIC®, Roca’s exclusive high-quality ceramic material which allows more precision, sophisticated design details and shapes which were previously not possible. The units produced are lighter and up to 30% stronger than conventional fine fireclay, as well as hygienic and resistant to abrasive cleaning products. 1 www.roca.com March 2015 All toilets and bidets in the Inspira range have been developed to meet market expectations. Wall-hung toilets include the new generation of Roca rimless, highly integrated design features hidden fixings and slim seats and covers made from the durable SUPRALIT®, Roca’s patented phenolic resin, that offers improved hygiene, strength and durability properties versus conventional seats and covers (urea resin). Global Toilet Expertise Roca is the biggest producer of toilets in the world. Its global presence and long heritage brings trust and expertise that will continue to inspire its international development team to optimize technologies through innovation. Continually striving for the best solution for every market, new innovations include between others: Roca Smart Toilets: An avant-garde integrated shower toilet offering a unique wellbeing experience using a slim and easy-to-use technology with intelligent and fully customizable features for a natural feeling of daily hygiene and comfort. The new generation of Roca’s hygienic rimless toilets, designed to allow a perfect flushing performance with low water consumption. In keeping with market trends and to offer a wider choice, Roca has now included this option in its, Nexo, The Gap, Debba and the new Inspira collection. The innovative and easy to install Roca In-Tank® toilet integrates the cistern into the toilet bowl. New faucet and shower solutions Roca designs, develops and produces its entire faucet portfolio across its 10 factories in four continents with the highest level of quality and the ultimate technologies applied to water and energy saving, comfort and health. This year at ISH, Roca presents new lines and models specially designed to meet the needs of public facilities, such as L20-E and L90-E - electronic faucets that allow water temperature to be pre-set and controlled. Other novelties are Atlas, L90C and Lanta collection, as well as Raindream, Plenum and Deck shower solutions which combine comfort and ergonomics, and they are equipped with Roca’s Cold Start technology and flow limiters, saving water and energy. SURFEX ® and STONEX®: Gateway to custom-made solutions Adaptability is one of the main focuses of the Roca’s “Made to measure” area at ISH 2015, where Roca presents the new materials SURFEX ® and STONEX®, the perfect options for custom-made solutions offering flexibility to adapt bathroom products to the specific requirements of every space. 2 www.roca.com March 2015 The Modo collection is the first in Roca’s catalogue to offer basins, bathtubs and shower trays made entirely with the made-to-measure material SURFEX ®. It´s timeless design goes hand in hand with the material`s outstanding quality. A simple system enables configuration according to the needs and requirements of every bathroom. The Modo collection includes an optional toilet or bidet combination in SURFEX® glaze, which comes in the same look and feel as SURFEX® itself. With this feature Roca offers a complete bathroom solution in a matt finishing. Helios and Terran shower trays, manufactured with Roca STONEX®, are also some of the made-to-measure options presented by Roca, as well as the new shower screen Aerea, providing a solution to any bathroom space as it adapts to a wide range of shower trays. Tiles Inspired by the most stylish and elegant interior design trends, Roca presents exclusive new tiles series including Traveller and October, which reproduce the most natural stones, and Borneo and Botania, inspired by the natural elegance of wood. Each of these high quality tiles series are suitable for both inside and outside use. About Roca Roca is a company specialized in the design, production and marketing of products for bathroom spaces as well as ceramic floorings and wall coverings used in architecture, construction and interior design. The firm has more than 21,000 employees and 77 production plants and is present in more than 135 countries around the world. The wholly Spanish-owned Group is market leader in Europe, Latin America, India and Russia. It also has a strong presence in China and the rest of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 3 www.roca.com