Trade Fairs
© International Trade Centre, International Trade Forum - Issue 4/1999
Specialized carpet trade fairs allow producers to explore tastes and requirements of potential buyers, note competition and trends and reinforce a national image, which helps generic promotion. Contact information is given below for major carpet trade fairs located in Europe.
Belgium
INTIRIO
Interior Decoration and Home Textiles Trade Fair
Date: 30 Jan.-2 Feb. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Exhibition Centre Flanders Expo, Ghent
Main Product Groups: Interior decoration and household linens
Show Management: Textirama, Poortakkerstraat 90,
BE-9051 Ghent, Belgium
Tel.: 32-9 243 8450
Fax: 32-9 243 8455
E-mail: info@textirama.be
Internet: http://www.textirama.be
France
TAPIS
Tapestry and Decorative Rug Exhibition
Date: 13-17 Jan. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
Main Product Groups: Tapestries, decorative rugs
Show Management: COSP, 22 ave. Franklin Roosevelt,
FR-75008 Paris, France
Tel.: 33-1 4076 4500
Fax: 33-1 4563 7824
E-mail: info@salondumeuble.com
Internet: http://www.salondumeuble.com
Germany
DOMOTEX
World Trade Fair for Carpets and Floor Coverings
Date: 15-18 Jan. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Messegelände, Hannover
Main Product Groups: Woven carpets, hand-made carpets
Show Management: Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände,
D-30521 Hannover, Germany
Tel.: 49-511 893 1213/15
Fax: 49-511 893 1219
E-mail: domotex@messe.de
Internet: http://www.messe.de
HEIMTEXTIL
International trade fair for floor, wall and window decoration; furniture fabrics for bed, bath, table and kitchen linens.
Date: 12-15 Jan. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Messegelände, Frankfurt
Main Product Groups: Textile floor coverings
Show Management: Messe Frankfurt GmbH,
Postfach 150210,
D-60062 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Tel.: 49-69 757 50
Fax:49-69 757 56433
E-mail: info@messefrankfurt.com
Internet: http://www.messefrankfurt.de
EUROTEFA
European Trade Fair for Oriental Carpets
Date: 10-12 Sept. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Messezentrum, Nürnberg
Main Product Groups: Hand-knotted oriental carpets and kilims, handwoven carpets, equipment and articles for the carpet supply trade
Management: Nürnberg Messe GmbH,
D-90471 Nürnberg, Germany
Tel.: 49-911 860 6312
Fax: 49-911 860 6580
E-mail: info@nuernbergmesse.de
Internet: http://www.nuremberg-tradefair.com
Spain
TEXTILHOGAR
International Fair of Home Textiles and Decoration
Date: 23-26 Jan. 2000
Frequency: Annual
Location: Feria Valencia
Main Product Groups: Carpets are among the items featured.
Show Management: Feria Valencia, Apartado 476, E-46080 Valencia, Spain
Tel.: 34-96 386 1100
Fax: 34-96 363 6111
e-mail: feriavalencia@feriavalencia.com
Internet: http://www.feriavalencia.com