This year’s leading textile trade show ended on a high with a 25% growth in visitor numbers and exhibitors from 60 nations (despite the difficult travel conditions on the day). Taking place from the 9th – 12th of January, Heimtextil presented to the design world a host of new materials, AI transformations, talks and workshops, all under the overarching theme titled ‘New Sensitivity’.
Rather than revolving the exhibition around trend forecasting, as would be the norm, the founders instead wanted to ‘holistically’ explore how topics like mindfulness and our bond with nature are continually advancing the industry. As Olad Schmidt, the Vice President of Textiles & Textile Technologies commented, “the world is changing, and with it, the way we live and the textiles we choose for our homes.”
Visitors had the opportunity to experience how this fresh rhetoric translates into the real world in the ‘Trend Space’, situated in the elaborately designed Hall 3.0. Comprising more than 2,800 international exhibitors, the space paid homage to the industry’s game-changing, scalable sustainability solutions, featuring interactive AI and AR demonstrations that allowed attendees to breathe life into their textile design ideas.
Norcros plc (LON:NXR) is a leading B2B producer of branded bathroom and kitchen products for its UK, South African and selected export markets. The portfolio of eleven operating companies (7 UK, 4 South Africa) is characterised by strong individual brands, together providing product breadth and channel diversity from a strong supply chain base.
