Purple Exhibits, a full-service KBIS exhibit booth builder and Las Vegas 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 was made on August 3, 2026, as the company prepares for the upcoming event scheduled to take place February 2-4, 2027, in Las Vegas as part of Design & Construction Week.
Bartman continues in his established role as one of Purple Exhibits' Key Account Managers, extending his involvement across the company's complete portfolio of KBIS projects. He will collaborate with the account managers, project managers, designers, engineers, fabricators, logistics coordinators, and installation professionals assigned to each individual exhibit. Each KBIS client will continue working with a dedicated team focused on its specific project, but Bartman's involvement adds an additional layer of kitchen and bath industry knowledge, strategic guidance, and quality control across those teams.
"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 extensive experience producing custom KBIS exhibits for cabinetry, appliance, plumbing, surface, hardware, and home-product brands. At KBIS 2026, Purple Exhibits managed fabrication, production, shipping, logistics, installation, and on-site execution for Fabuwood's large-scale immersive exhibit. That completed exhibit received official recognition as the Best Large Booth at KBIS 2026, an honor acknowledging its creativity, craftsmanship, visual impact, and visitor experience. The Fabuwood exhibit featured detailed cabinetry installations, immersive product presentations, and multiple lifestyle environments, each with its own atmosphere and personality while contributing to a single connected brand story.
Producing a custom KBIS exhibit booth at that scale requires far more than a 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. At KBIS, visual impact is expected; standing apart from the competition is the real challenge, and that is where Purple comes in.
The KBIS 2027 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 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, with Bartman working 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, including freight, drayage, electrical service, plumbing, rigging, internet, cleaning, labor, on-site supervision, and return shipping.
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 the first concept to a completed show-floor experience, including custom design, fabrication, rentals, cabinetry and appliance displays, countertop integration, working demonstrations, floor plans, graphics, signage, AV and LED walls, lighting, electrical and plumbing coordination, flooring, furniture, engineering, show documentation, freight coordination, drayage planning, installation, dismantle, on-site supervision, show-service forms, and return shipping.
Rather than coordinating separate designers, fabricators, freight companies, installers, and show-service providers, exhibitors can manage the complete project through one experienced KBIS exhibit company. Every project receives a dedicated team, and every team benefits from Bartman's additional KBIS expertise. One partner, one plan, one fully connected experience. Companies preparing for KBIS 2027 can request a planning consultation with Purple Exhibits. 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. Discover Purple Exhibits' KBIS exhibit booth design, fabrication, and turnkey services at purpleexhibits.com or call (800) 994-8030 to begin planning.
