Heimtextil 2024 will be expanded by two new halls: Hall 5.1 for the new Carpets and Rugs product segment and Hall 10.4 for Asian Selection exhibitors in the home textiles segment.
Hall 3, which will serve as a creative hub for the Heimtextil Trends 2024/2025 and exhibitors from the wall decoration, textile design and textile technology segments will also be reopened.
In addition, the new Carpets and Rugs product segment, the realignment of the sustainable event formats as Econogy and the expanded range in the Fibers and Yarns section will provide expansion.
Heimtextil 2024 is expanding its portfolio with the new Carpets and Rugs product segment. Located exclusively in the new Hall 5.1, it showcases fitted, handmade and custom-made rugs, machine-made woven rugs, mats and dirt-absorbing rugs, as well as runners. Rugs are traditionally an integral part of Heimtextil, presented in various halls but 2024 will see the offer grouped together request of the industry.
The segment is aimed at international wholesalers, furniture and home furnishing stores, consumer markets, DIY and home improvement stores, specialist retailers and garden centers. More than 90 exhibitors will participate in Carpets and Rugs, including many first-time exhibitors. Commitments have been received among others from Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Egypt, Greece, India, Italy and Turkey. Exhibitors include Carpet Export Promotion Council, Fini Coop, Heritage Overseas, Merinos Hali San, Nikotex, Oriental Weavers Group, Ragolle, Royaltex, Rug Republic and Rugs in Style.
For Asian Excellence and Asian Selection, both the house textiles (halls 10.0-10.4) and home textiles (halls 6.0, 5.0 and 6.1) segments have a strong presence. To exhibit in the Asian Excellence halls on levels 6.1 and 10.2, an independent panel of experts selects high-quality producers. The evaluation includes questions about workmanship, color concept, stand construction, quality and materials.
The top four exhibiting nations of Asian Excellence and Asian Selection are China/Hong Kong, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
At Heimtextil 2024, a realignment of all sustainable formats of the worldwide Texpertise Network will be launched with Econogy. Econogy standardises the evaluation criteria of all Messe Frankfurt textile events for sustainability and clarifies the holistic connection between economy and ecology.
The Econogy offering at Heimtextil includes the Econogy Finder. The directory helps visitors find certified suppliers. For many years Heimtextil exhibitors have the opportunity to have sustainability checks carried out in order to be listed in special directories. In the future, these checks will be harmonised across all textile fairs of Messe Frankfurt. Econogy thus creates transparency and comparability across trade fairs with regard to the criteria used to select resource-saving products and exhibitors.
Other components of the Econogy offering are the Econogy Hub – the platform for seal providers and certifiers – and the one-hour Econogy Tours. The tours are led by an independent consultant and offer an intensive exchange between visitors, exhibitors and experts. And the Econogy Talks enable advanced training and knowledge transfer in numerous conference and lecture formats on the latest green textile innovations.
Under the overarching theme of New Sensitivity, textile transformation is the focus of the Heimtextil Trends 2024/2025, with three approaches showing ways to a more sensitive world of textiles: plant-based production of textiles, supporting textile circularity through technology, and the bio-engineered use of natural ingredients.
A large number of top brands and companies have also confirmed their participation in the Smart Bedding product area in Hall 11.0, including Advansa Marketing, Badenia Bettcomfort, Brinkhaus, Heinrich Häussling & Centa Star & Frankenstolz Schlafkomfort, John Cotton, Lenzing, Sasa Polyester, Sanders-Kauffmann, Traumina, Velamen and Wendre.
Following its successful launch in 2023, the separate Fibres and Yarns area for decorative and upholstery fabrics is returning to Hall 4.0 this time on a larger scale. There, fabric and curtain manufacturers, weavers, product developers and designers can expect a bundled offering with companies such as Antex (Angles Textil), Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany (Trevira), Korteks and Reliance.
