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“Moving Ahead” to bring new

floor laying trade approaches at

DOMOTEX 2019

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

November/December 2018