DOMOTEX Hannover
carpets and floor coverings
January 17 - 20, 2009
The 20th DOMOTEX HANNOVER set new records, with 1,442 exhibitors (2007: 1,336) occupying some 97,083 square meters of display space (up from 91,757 square meters in 2007). Never before had so many exhibitors - from over 60 different nations - appeared at this global showcase for carpets, textile and resilient floor coverings plus laminate and parquet flooring; never before had they booked so much display space.
Their exhibits expressively highlighted tomorrow's trends, featuring new materials and creative designs, including the latest colors and patterns. DOMOTEX surpassed all expectations as well as last year's figures, drawing attendance by more than 47,000 trade visitors (2007: 43,538) from a total of 80 different countries, and successfully reflecting the current positive trends in virtually every segment of the carpet and floor coverings industry.
'DOMOTEX once again demonstrated its model role for the industry,' declared Stephan Ph. Kühne, Managing Board Member at Hannover-based Deutsche Messe AG. 'The excellent overall quality of this year's DOMOTEX represented yet another sizable improvement on past events in terms of the professional caliber of our visitors,