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Well-being takes
center stage at
DOMOTEX 2020
DOMOTEX 2020, to be held between January 10 to exhibitors will come from internationally and German
13 in Hannover, will be themed around an overall exhibitors will account for around 12 percent of
sense of well-being through creative ways to build display space. Exhibitors from around 60 countries
flooring that provide personal spaces that are will be present at DOMOTEX 2020.
fashionable and provide real-world benefits such as
good room acoustics, heat insulation, a pleasant The keynote theme at DOMOTEX is ATMYSPHERE.
tactile experience, good climate and health DOMOTOX explains the term as importance of floors
promoting properties. for an overall sense of well-being. DOMOTEX aims
to promote the idea of good floor coverings
There are around 1,500 exhibitors anticipated this characterized by properties such as good room
year with majority representing international acoustics, heat insulation, pleasant tactile
companies. An estimated 88 percent of the experience, good climatic and health-promoting
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properties, sustainability as well as natural and floor coverings; fibres & yarns; resilient floor
aesthetic furnishing details. With the ATMYSPHERE coverings & design flooring; parquet, wood &
keynote theme, DOMOTEX 2020 aims to present laminate flooring; application & installation
new products and a concentrated range of offerings technology; outdoor floor coverings and tiles.
to meet the growing demand for holistic health
concepts. Sonia Wedell-Castellano, Global Director of
DOMOTEX, in an interview about DOMOTEX 2020
Special displays for the event include "Framing said that nearly 97,000 square meters of space have
Trends" showcased in Hall 8. It will explore every already been sold for DOMOTEX 2020, adding that
aspect of ATMYSPHERE in a highly creative and exhibiters incluced Rug Star by Jürgen Dahlmanns,
inspiring manner. In addition, this keynote theme will Naziri, Creative Matters, Galleria Battilossi, Rica
permeate the atmosphere of every exhibition hall Basagoiti showing handmade carpets. In the
and be tangible everywhere at the show. The special category of machine-woven carpets, Oriental
display Framing Trends is a centre for Weavers, Carmel Carpet, Royal Hali, Prado Egypt,
communication and creativity at DOMOTEX and in Stefany and Reinkemeier. US Floors, Windmöller,
2020 will occupy an entire hall. Moderna (MeisterWerke) and IVC would be
exhibiting their resilient floor coverings, while ter
Another special display featured at DOMOTOX will Hürne, Decospan, BIMBO, SWISS KRONO and
be Treffpunkt Handwerk. The Skilled Trades Corner Forestry Timber will be presenting parquet, wood
"Treffpunkt Handwerk" craftsman’s corner in Hall 13 and laminate flooring. The manufacturers of
at DOMOTEX is the ideal place for interior installation technologies include Mapei, Selit,
decorators, parquet and floor layers, painters and Välinge, Unifloor, Uzin Utz and Küberit.
varnishers to network with colleagues, test innovative
products and find out the latest solutions for Sonia Wedell-Castellano said, “Hall 8 will star as the
application and installation technology. pulsating, emotive heart of the event, with visitors
being welcomed and wowed by a large textile
Under the title "Floor & More", DOMOTEX exhibitors horizon showing projections of atmospheric images.
will be showing how carpets, cork elements or Our new lead theme of ATMYSPHERE will address
design panels can be used to create atmospheric how floors can improve our sense of well-being. In a
interiors. The manufacturers Oriental Weavers, series of Frames, we'll be showing the contribution
Wicanders and Swiss Krono will be displaying that a floor's appearance makes to the overall
interesting solutions in which floor coverings become atmosphere, how its texture dampens noise and
stylish eye-catchers and where floors visually blend how ecological production techniques make for a
into the wall design. healthier indoor climate. Manufacturers, artists,
universities and, for the first time, start-ups will take
Exhibition topics at the DOMOTOX include up these and numerous other characteristics to
hand-made carpets and rugs; machine-made create soothing, personal worlds of experience via
carpets and rugs; mats & clean-off systems; textile their creative approach.”
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