Purple Exhibits, a full-service trade show exhibit company, has announced that Key Account Manager Joey Bartman will provide expert oversight across every Purple-managed project for KBIS 2027. The announcement, made on August 3, 2026, underscores the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional exhibits at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), one of the most competitive environments in the trade show industry.
Bartman, who has been with Purple Exhibits in a key account management role, will extend his involvement across the company’s entire portfolio of KBIS projects. He will collaborate with the dedicated account managers, project managers, designers, engineers, fabricators, logistics coordinators, and installation professionals assigned to each exhibit. This additional layer of kitchen and bath industry knowledge, strategic guidance, and quality control is designed to support each client’s dedicated team.
“KBIS exhibitors are presenting highly detailed products in one of the most visually competitive environments in the trade show industry,” said Itzy Holczler, Head of Sales at Purple Exhibits. “Joey understands the show, the kitchen and bath industry, and the complicated details behind these projects. His oversight gives every team an experienced resource who can answer difficult questions, identify challenges early, and help ensure that nothing important gets overlooked.”
Purple Exhibits has a proven track record at KBIS. At KBIS 2026, the company managed the fabrication, production, shipping, logistics, installation, and on-site execution for Fabuwood’s large-scale immersive exhibit. That exhibit received official recognition as the Best Large Booth at KBIS 2026, an honor acknowledging its creativity, craftsmanship, visual impact, and visitor experience. The exhibit featured detailed cabinetry installations, immersive product presentations, and multiple lifestyle environments, each with its own atmosphere while contributing to a single connected brand story.
Producing a custom KBIS exhibit booth at that scale requires more than just strong design. It demands accurate engineering, skilled fabrication, careful product coordination, organized packing, reliable freight, professional installation, and continuous communication across multiple teams. Purple Exhibits applies that experience to every KBIS project, from flexible rental booths to major custom island exhibits.
KBIS 2027 will take place February 2-4, 2027, in Las Vegas as part of Design & Construction Week. The event draws kitchen and bath manufacturers, designers, architects, builders, dealers, retailers, and other decision-makers seeking new products, technologies, and business partnerships. For exhibitors, three days on the KBIS show floor can shape an entire year of sales, relationships, and brand visibility. Those outcomes, however, depend on work that begins months before the show opens.
Each Purple Exhibits client will have a dedicated team managing the daily details of its project. Bartman will work alongside those teams as a go-to KBIS resource, providing guidance across Purple’s complete KBIS exhibit program. His oversight will include reviewing each brand’s exhibit goals and overall strategy, advising teams on KBIS-specific rules and requirements, identifying technical and logistical challenges early, reviewing floor plans and visitor-flow strategies, evaluating product displays and demonstration areas, guiding decisions involving working displays and utilities, supporting account managers with complex client questions, monitoring critical schedules and show deadlines, reviewing important design and production milestones, coordinating solutions across Purple’s internal departments, confirming show readiness before shipping, providing additional guidance during installation, and helping teams resolve unexpected on-site challenges.
“My responsibility is to help every Purple team deliver its strongest possible project,” Bartman said. “Each client will have dedicated professionals managing the complete exhibit. I will provide an additional set of experienced eyes, help answer the difficult questions, and make sure our KBIS knowledge benefits every project.”
Kitchen and bath exhibits frequently involve technical requirements that must be addressed well before many exhibitors anticipate. A cabinet wall, working faucet, built-in appliance, heavy countertop, stone surface, illuminated product display, or hanging sign is not simply a design element. Each can affect structural engineering, booth weight, packing, shipping, material handling, electrical service, plumbing, and installation labor. These requirements should be addressed during the initial KBIS booth design process—not after the exhibit arrives in Las Vegas.
Exhibitors must also account for costs beyond the physical booth itself. Freight, drayage, electrical service, plumbing, rigging, internet, cleaning, labor, on-site supervision, and return shipping can all contribute meaningfully to the total project investment. Working with an experienced KBIS booth builder helps exhibitors identify these requirements early, establish a realistic project budget, and avoid preventable last-minute complications.
Purple Exhibits combines show-specific knowledge with complete turnkey management, giving clients one experienced partner from initial concept through the final day of dismantle. The company provides everything required to move a KBIS exhibit booth from first concept to a completed show-floor experience, including custom design and fabrication, modular rentals, graphics, AV and LED solutions, shipping and logistics, installation and dismantle, and on-site support.
Companies preparing for KBIS 2027 can request a planning consultation with Purple Exhibits. Each client will receive a complete, dedicated project team supported by Bartman’s additional KBIS guidance and oversight. Early planning is strongly recommended for exhibitors requiring custom fabrication, working product displays, plumbing or electrical connections, heavy products, LED walls, hanging signs, or complex installation. For more information, visit Purple Exhibits’ KBIS exhibit booth design, fabrication and turnkey services.
