Almost three-quarters of Flanders Flooring Days participants have already confirmed their presence at the event’s fifth edition.
‘Professionals involved in the production, purchasing or sale of soft and hard flooring materials are marking 81-21 May 2026 in their calendars. Flanders Flooring Days welcomes European exhibitors and visitors from around the world. They can visit leading manufacturers at their own locations, while also discovering new companies on the central exhibition floor at Kortrijk Xpo. The high 74% rate of returning exhibitors clearly illustrates the impact of the event,’ says the organiser.
Knowledge sharing remains a key pillar of FFD. The event features a seminar programme, which will include Centexbel presenting the results of Living Lab Carpet, to investigate the conditions for carpet reuse, repair, remanufacturing and refurbishing.
The project mapped the end-of-life material flow of carpets, including the channels and volumes through which discarded carpet materials are processed, as well as the various residual streams within Flemish carpet manufacturers, including the reuse of carpet tiles for acoustic panels, shredded carpet as filling material for seating, thermocompression for design applications and principles of design for recycling.
