November 2024, Frankfurt am Main: New alliances, new forms, and a new area: Carpets and Rugs is truly reaching new heights thanks to Heimtextil 2025. The section will be expanded to include multiple hall levels for the forthcoming event, which will take place in Frankfurt from January 14–17 and include the most significant worldwide key players and cutting-edge products. With premium Belgian exhibitors and a specially created content program, carpet fans may anticipate a freshly designed section created by the association Fedustria and the exhibitor Ragolle Rugs.
Create a network! With this motto in mind, Carpets & Rugs convenes the world’s carpet industry at its annual gathering in Frankfurt. For Heimtextil 2025, around 300 exhibitors have already signed up. The section has grown by several hall levels as a result of the tremendous demand; in addition to Hall 5.1, Hall 5.0 has been built as an additional location for carpets at the exposition center. Here, a number of top-tier exhibitors will display their goods, including Merinos (Turkey), Lalee (Germany), Javi Home (India), and Bhadohi Carpet (India). Additionally, Hall 3.0 is occupied by Carpets & Rugs, which enhances the Heimtextil Trends 25/26 and the product groupings Wall Decoration and Textile Design. In addition to one-of-a-kind items from Satar Carpet (Germany), this area features machine-woven and hand-woven carpets from exhibitors including Bikaner Handloom (India), Este Hali (Turkey), Himalaya Concepts (India), JI International (India), and Rudra Rugs (India). German businesses like Haro Teppiche, Infloor-Girloon, Obsession, Otto Golze & Söhne, Paulig Teppichweberei, and Theo Keller will exhibit at the DecoTeam and the Design Lounge powered by DecoTeam in Hall 3.1, together with exhibitors like Brink & Campman (Netherlands). The global range will be expanded by joint stands from India and Africa. Additional carpet manufacturers have booths in Halls 6.0 and 6.1. As a result, Heimtextil develops robust product-area synergies and offers a globally distinctive product range to influential decision-makers worldwide. The exhibitor search is available online for all participating companies.
New carpet area ‘Belgian Textiles – powered by Fedustria’
Sustainability and cutting-edge technology combine with traditional craftsmanship: 14 Belgian carpet manufacturers will set up shop in Hall 5.1’s newly created “Belgian Textiles – powered by Fedustria” section. Together with the Belgian association Fedustria and the exhibitor Ragolle Rugs, the joint presentation is being organized. The emphasis of “Belgian Textiles” is on premium, imaginative designs and eco-friendly materials. Associated Weavers, Aarova, Balta Home, Broucks, Euro-Tapis, Flemish Textiles Company, Kovantex, Louis de Poortere, Mercury Flooring, Ragolle Rugs, Royal Flooring, Vandewiele, Vanhoutte Carpets, and Verbatex are among the companies participating.
“Heimtextil is essential to Fedustria and its members,” says Daphne Renier, Fedustria’s Product Manager for Textiles. The quality and design of Belgian carpets are well known. This reputation is reinforced in the Belgian region, where our members utilize Heimtextil to showcase new collections and eco-friendly technologies, stay current with trends, and maintain their competitiveness. Sustainability, innovations, materials, and trends are all accelerated by Heimtextil. It gives Belgian carpet producers a worldwide stage on which to present their goods to a wide range of international consumers, fortify relationships within the sector, and make new connections with partners and customers worldwide. This encourages the Belgian textile industry’s economic expansion.
Carpets & Rugs: talks, tours and carpet trends
Carpets & Rugs establishes itself as a knowledge platform that promotes commerce for the worldwide carpet sector and launches a comprehensive content program in 2025. The Carpet Lounge, located in the foyer of Halls 5.1/6.1, is the perfect spot to unwind and socialize in a welcoming setting while bringing creative carpet patterns to life. The British Cover Magazine will curate the Carpet Lounge for the first time. Renowned industry experts will also participate in panel discussions and lectures on the Texpertise Stage in Hall 4.0, hosted by the new cooperation partner: The skill of rug-making and future trends will be the topics of Cover’s Talk on Tuesday of the fair.
Sustainable methods and fair trade in the carpet business will be the main topics of the panel discussion that follows, which will be hosted by Reto Aschwanden, Managing Director of Label STEP; Aditya Gupta, founder of The Rug Republic; and Theresa Paulig, CEO of Paulig Teppichweberei. On Wednesday, a panel discussion with buyer trend guides will take place after this. AI and its effects on carpet design are the main topics of Cover’s Talk on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Guided tours to cutting-edge exhibitors and best practices will also be led by Cover Magazine. On guided tours in the Interior region, additional carpet exhibitors can be found.Hospitality and architecture. The event calendar will shortly have the program available online.
Heimtextil 2025 is scheduled for January 14–17, 2025.
