Domotex, all the latest news in the flooring world in just one Show
- Written by Fiammetta Regis
This year’s password will be “innovation”: from the latest trends in the market to design show rooms and the many information, training and networking possibilities that present tomorrow’s developments today
Little more than a month away from its opening, the Domotex Show, the world’s prestigious showcase for the flooring market, is already showing signs of certain success thanks to an ample international dimension, the new section entitled Innovations@DOMOTEX dedicated to the most innovative proposals in the market, and the return of the Wood Flooring Summit.
This year’s Domotex Show will be held in Hannover from January 11 – 14, 2014, and feature the participation of around 1,400 exhibitors from 60 different nations, who will present their products and new collections to the world on a parade of the coming trends and styles in the flooring sector. Just one event will put the spotlight on all the sector’s different categories, from resilient textile floor coverings for the residential and contract market, to carpets, parquet, and laminates, while also providing a close look at the best techniques of use, laying, and maintenance.
One of the Show’s most distinctive fea- tures will certainly be Innovations@DOMOTEX, a special section that will high- light the exhibitors’ most innovative proposals selected by an independent panel of five experts chaired by industrial de- signer Stefan Diez. The winners will be placed on proud display in the Halls 6, 9, and 17 that host the Innovations@DOMOTEX-Areas. On this tour for the discovery of innovation, visitors will be rewarded with a precious overall view of all the latest trends in the sector. Another popular area at Domotex 2014 will most certainly be the return of the Wood Flooring Summit after its success- ful debut in 2012. The production of the world’s leading names in parquet and laminates will be placed on display in a setting enhanced by conferences, special guests, and award ceremonies. The in- creasingly important Outdoor Living sec- tor will have a spotlight of its own focused on the most exciting new offers in outdoor flooring, covering, and paneling. More than two-hundred producers of parquet, laminate, decks and facing are expected to exhibit at Domotex 2014. Last but not least, the event would not becomplete without a point of reference for the greater information and updating of the sector’s professionals: Treffpunkt Handwerk. Alongside a parallel forum for the tradesmen (Forum Handwerk), the Show’s program will offer installers who lay parquet and floors, painters, and interior decorators unique opportunities to gain greater familiarity with the latest techniques and tools developed for working and laying. This year as well, the 2014 Domotex Show promises to offer interna- tional operators in the sector an incomparably complete overall view of the tendencies and the most significant evolutions in one of the world’s important mar- kets, the flooring market, which now appears to be finally growing again.