January 2025

NKBA Global Connect is designed to help manufacturers understand business practices in the North American kitchen and bath sector, reduce risk and prepare for successful entry into the market. NKBA Global Connect Advisors, industry leaders located in North America,

LEBANON, IN — This year, Festool, a leader in precision-engineered and durable power tool solutions, is celebrating 100 years of innovation in tools for professional tradespeople. Festool’s user-oriented, robust, and long-lasting line of power tools have evolved from the first

DENVER, CO — High 5 Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric, a family-owned and operated home service company serving residents in the greater Denver metropolitan area, prioritizes its commitment to giving back to their community year-round through the charity High 5 Cares.

Even with some tense questions on future fossil fuel development policy and past statements on climate change impacts during U.S. Senate hearings of top Trump Administration energy and environment cabinet post nominees, the three candidates seem headed for

Artificial intelligence is already changing construction, but one of the most adopted uses of the technology comes from Document Crunch, an Atlanta-area startup now automating one of the most previously time-consuming tasks in the construction process—lawyers and project managers

While studying at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Tommy Linstroth began noticing that the forests he had played in growing up in were disappearing, overtaken by urban sprawl. That realization sparked a lifelong interest in sustainability. And that led to

Martin Gross, co-founder and CEO of Gross-Wen Technologies, has long been fascinated by the possibilities of algae as a sustainability solution.Initially, his interest was focused on using algae to produce biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels. While working

Complex, time-sensitive assignments are nothing new to Col. Estee S. Pinchasin. In August 2021, just weeks after becoming the 69th commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Baltimore District, she led an expedited effort to identify, lease and

The journey to founding the Concrete Preservation Institute Foundation was fueled by CEO Tanya Wattenburg Komas “following my passions every step of the way.”A former professor of construction industry management at California State University, Chico, Komas developed a passion

  Karl E. Humberson jokes that his leadership role to build the country’s largest offshore wind energy project—Dominion Energy’s $10-billion, 178-turbine CVOW off the Virginia coast that is on track to finish by the end of 2026—started as