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Heimtextil 2023 experiences strong international demand

rankfurt am Main, July 2022. After world. Heimtextil 2023 provides the TOURS, which will take participants to
the fair is before the fair - planning perfect range of relevant market players curated highlights and innovative textile
Ffor the next Heimtextil in January and complements the benefits for buyers solutions from the contract sector. The
2023 is in full swing. The industry expects with an extensive supporting program. Contract Guide will once again list all the
an internationally unique platform for suppliers of contract textiles. In addition,
home and contract textiles, interior Highlights at Heimtextil 2023 the identification of the respective trade
design and trends at the start of the Thematically, the overarching theme of show booths ensures an effective trade
2023/24 season. sustainability will also be clearly visible at show visit for the target group.
During the Heimtextil Summer Special Heimtextil 2023. With the exhibitor guide, Another highlight is the Interior.
that just ended, the industry's great "Green Directory" as well as the "Green Architecture.Hospitality LIBRARY.
need for personal encounters, tactile Village", that offers a platform for discussion Launched in 2020, it is a material library
impressions and creative input became with the seal providers, Heimtextil offers for functional textiles. The library can also
apparent. This time, there are only a good important points of orientation in the be found online at www.textile-library.de.
six months until the next Heimtextil, jungle of the many sustainable offers. The A brand new edition will be published for
from January 10 to 13, 2023. The leading popular trade fair tours "Green Tours" will Heimtextil 2023. The jury of the library
international trade fair for home and also once again take interested visitors to will be expanded to include application
contract textiles will be the first event of curated exhibitors to learn more about their experts or interior designers. Exhibitors
the year to kick off the next season. sustainability strategy and their products. with products for use in the property
Demand from exhibitors is strong and Last but not least, the impressive "Future can submit them for the respective
once again covers the entire spectrum Materials Library" will be presented again property, which will be selected by a panel
of global suppliers of home and contract as part of the Trend Space at Heimtextil of experts. The concrete naming and
textiles. Over 2,200 international 2023. The international collection of labeling of these 15 functional properties
exhibitors have registered for the event. material innovations in the interior ensures an even more precise highlighting
This corresponds to around three quarters sector is curated by the future agency of the objects on offer in 2023.
of the number of exhibitors at the pre- FranklinTill, which is also responsible DecoTeam, the community of interests
pandemic Heimtextil 2020. Only the for the conception of the Trend Space at of German home textile suppliers, is
Chinese suppliers are still struggling with Heimtextil 2023. offering a far reaching event program as
planning uncertainties. A new feature is that the Trend Space part of Heimtextil 2023. The focus will
The internationality of the event is also will be presented in Hall 9.0. There, the be on the topic of online marketing, with
remains high. The industry participants spectacular design and trend area will keynote speeches by Monika Winden and
are courageously meeting the major stage the Heimtextil Trends 2023/24, a subsequent YouTube workshop. A panel
challenges and are using Heimtextil to which will be developed beforehand discussion with interesting discussion
further internationalize their clientele: by the international design agencies partners will also provide exciting insights
"To reach major international buyers, stijlinstituut amsterdam (Netherlands), into the topics of sustainability and social
Heimtextil is absolutely the right FranklinTill (Great Britain) and SPOTT media marketing.
decision," emphasized Stefan Laxen and Design & Business (Denmark). With the With the Heimtextil Conference Sleep
Matthias Ammon, Managing Partners, "Material Manifesto", the responsible & More, visitors* in 2023 will again be
HJL GmbH & Co. KG. "For us, the quality trend office FranklinTill commits itself to offered a top-notch lecture program for
of the visitors is relevant, not the quantity. a design of the area that is as sustainable the areas of health, sustainability and
There is no point in just bemoaning the as possible with predominantly recycled the hotel industry. Over the course of
current challenges, such as price increases materials and elements as well as a strict four days, experts will speak about the
and supply chain problems, and ranting waste avoidance strategy. latest findings, developments and trends
about them. The question everyone needs Interior.Architecture.Hospitality, the in the field of healthy sleep from various
to ask themselves is: where do we want to specialist program for interior designers, perspectives of the industry.
go? What do we want to achieve? It's better architects and hospitality experts, will With the "New & Next" program for
to think big and internationally than to once again take place at Heimtextil 2023 young talents, young talents and start-up
bemoan dwindling national retailers." on a large scale and in the usual high companies are given the opportunity to
It was already clear after the last quality. The program includes the Interior. present themselves in the environment
Heimtextil Summer Special that the Architecture.Hospitality LECTURES, of the international industry. The fresh
industry is meeting the current market in which renowned architects and ideas and products of the New & Next
challenges with a great desire for wellknown hotel experts will present exhibitors make a valuable contribution
inspiration and new approaches to their work and discuss current industry to the multi-faceted Heimtextil spectrum.
solutions, as well as the creation of new topics such as sustainability, as well as dw
customer* relationships all over the the Interior.Architecture.Hospitality www.heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com

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