what’s news Contents Page Dear Reader, Inside Roca KBC Trade Show in Shanghai 3 Roca has continued to specialize over the years and now has a comprehensive range of products for bathrooms. This range, together with the company’sProducts novelties immense industrial capacity, makes it the leading supplier for large construction projects anywhere in the world, both for the private and the public sector.The Gap and Meridian | Access 4 Proof of this is Roca’s selection, for the fourth time, as official supplier to theNeo Daiquiri shower tray 5 Olympic Games. Our products were present in the Olympic Village and in thePraga, Oslo and Riga Kitchen Sinks 6 stadiums and buildings of the Rio 2016 Olympic Park. In addition, we have worked together with the prestigious architect MaStratum-N Furniture 7 Yanson, chairperson of the last Roca Jump the gap design competition jury, on a proposal to improve public bathrooms in Beijing. Roca around the world As proof of our desire to offer products to meet the needs of very different2016 Olympic Games | Mosbuild 8 groups, in the first 6 months of the year we have participated in a range ofMa Yansong | ExpoRevestir trade shows on a number of continents, in order to present our designs 9 and innovations to different publics. These included Revestir in Brazil, KBC in Shanghai, and Mosbuild in Russia. At these international trade fairs, weNews and events continue to reap the benefits from the great efforts made in product design and development in recent years. Roca Awards to Hotel Initiative | India Design Symposium 10 Roca has also participated in sector congresses and meetings, such as theHong Kong | Zagreb Design Week 11 European BIM Summit, where it was also official sponsor for the second year running, and India Design 2016, where it sponsored the 4thIndia DesignRoca Gallery Symposium, which brought together experts from the sector to present their latest products and architectural projets over two days. Roca Barcelona Gallery 12 In this issue you will also find information about the exhibitions and professionalRoca London Gallery 14 meetings which have taken place in the Barcelona, Madrid, London, LisbonRoca Madrid Gallery 15 and Shanghai Roca Galleries. Particularly noteworthy were the “ChapuzónRoca Lisboa Gallery 16 Urbano” (Urban Plunge) and “Planet(a) Tuvalu” exhibitions, and the exhibition on “High Speed housing” by Anupama Kundoo. Roca Shanghai Gallery 17 As part of its commitment to protecting the environment and promoting a new water culture entailing fairer distribution of water, the We Are WaterWe Are Water Foundation Foundation launched a large-scale viral campaign to mark World Water Day,#NoWalking4Water | Master Class 18 with the hashtag: #NoWalking4Water. The charitable initiative received the support of celebrities such as Joan Manuel Serrat, Eduard Punset and JosepWe Art Water Film Festival | Women for Africa 19 Maria Bartomeu. We invite you to find out more about the company´s innovations and newsProminent figure from around the world in What´s News. Interview with Alberto Veiga 20 Thank you for your interest. Carlos Velázquez Corporate Marketing Director Grupo Roca