With the Theme “Moving Ahead”, Treffpunkt Handwerk”, the show’s central meeting hub for interior furnishers, parquet installers and floor layers, painters and varnishers will once again be home at DOMOTEX 2019, Hall 13. The theme will present a platform where flooring practitioners can take time out to compare notes with their peers, try out innovative new products and discover the latest flooring application and installation technologies – including solutions from trusted names, like Küberit, Eugen Lägler, Mapei, Muylle-Facon, Neuhofer, Selit and Wolff. The event also features a forum (stand C59), where they can develop their professional knowledge at specialist lectures and pick up practical tips and tricks that will help them “move ahead” and get the job done.
Subject specialists on all four days of the show, will take the stage at the forum to report on current issues and trends in the flooring trades and present new ways of doing things. The forum’s lecture program will be moderated by Mr Norbert Strehle, an expert in screed laying, parquet installation and floor laying.
Mr Thomas Allmendinger will be addressing the topic of “Seams in floor coverings: good enough to meet standards is not always good enough to satisfy the customer”, on each day followed by a series of talks themed “Horror stories for flooring pros: mold in flooring and heating pipe corrosion.”
The program will be concluded by Mr Richard Kille, Director of IFR Köln (“Institute for Flooring and Interior Furnishing”), by giving a series of presentations themed “Beneath floor coverings is where the money is: profitably upgrading screed with the right technical know-how and professional tools.”
Mr Richard Kille, commenting on the significance of DOMOTEX said, “Yes, it’s the digital age, but staying informed is about more than just going online. New colors, materials and practical know-how are the kind of things you have to experience and learn first-hand and for flooring practitioners, the ‘Treffpunkt Handwerk’ forum is the platform of choice for sharing practical knowledge with peers.”
In a new development at DOMOTEX 2019, the “Treffpunkt Handwerk” event will feature a special demonstration area (stand C67), where practitioners can try out new tools and equipment once the forum lectures are over. Several tool and equipment providers – including MKS Funke, Mapei, Janser, Witte Metallwaren and Schwamborn Gerätebau – have already confirmed they will be participating. They and other selected exhibitors will demonstrate products and technologies for a broad range of disciplines, including screed laying, subfloor preparation, flooring repairs and floor covering installation and removal. The new demonstration area will enable DOMOTEX exhibitors to create even stronger ties with visitors/their customers.
