Heimtextil – Press releases

16 Jan 2026

Confidence driving the textile industry: Heimtextil 2026 sharpened its global market relevance by attracting more top-level decision-makers

With 148 participating nations, rising global relevance and a marked increase in visitor quality, Heimtextil 2026 stood for stability and reliability in a volatile market environment. Once again, 3,000 exhibitors from across the globe placed their trust in the industry’s central platform in Frankfurt, presenting current collections, materials and textile solutions for holistic interior design to over 48,000 buyers. Under the motto “Lead the Change”, Heimtextil brought evolving market dynamics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and new business opportunities to life. The focus was on progressive design approaches, visionary talents, functional textiles and new hospitality concepts shaping the future of interior design. A tangible sense of confidence and a clear commitment to Heimtextil as a strong industry partner resonated throughout the exhibition halls.

13 Jan 2026

Stability in volatile markets: Heimtextil 2026 launches with 3,000 exhibitors and design expertise from Patricia Urquiola

Heimtextil opens the new season with 3,000 exhibitors from 66 countries – maintaining stability while becoming even more international. The new hall layout increases visibility and connects supply and demand even more efficiently. At the opening, architect and designer Patricia Urquiola and Rosa Bertoli, Global Design Director of Wallpaper magazine, talk about AI, innovative materials and future-oriented design for modern living environments.

7 Jan 2026

Global textile expertise meets high-end contract design: Heimtextil and Hospitality Interiors Europe announce partnership starting 2027

Heimtextil further expands its role as the global leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design – and starts a new partnership with the format Hospitality Interiors Europe (HINT). With the launch, a complementary event will take place alongside Heimtextil 2027, targeting decision-makers from the hotel and high-end hospitality design sector. Both platforms combine their strengths, create tangible synergies for exhibitors and visitors – and expand the holistic interior design offering for architecture, interior design, hospitality and the contract sector. Hospitality Interiors Europe already presents itself at Heimtextil 2026 with its own dedicated lounge area.

5 Jan 2026

Artificial Intelligence in focus: Heimtextil 2026 prepares global textile industry for the future with strong content programme

Artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms the textile industry – from creation and production to pricing, distribution and communication. But how can AI be applied successfully, and where does it truly add value? Heimtextil addresses these questions from 13 to 16 January 2026: The comprehensive programme dedicated to the key future field AI strengthens the global industry and opens up new business opportunities as well as practical applications for design, retail, industry, architecture, interior design and contract furnishing. Highlights include the progressive Heimtextil Trends 26/27 by Alcova, the design installation by Patricia Urquiola and the live talk with AI pioneer Tim Fu.

3 Dec 2025

Global market overview: Carpets & Rugs strengthens the carpet industry with trends, expertise and an expanded portfolio

Heimtextil 2026 rolls out Carpets & Rugs more extensively than ever before: With a new structure and an expanded offering, the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design brings together leading suppliers and relevant product categories under one roof. For the first time, premium unique pieces round off the global range. Heimtextil thus provides a comprehensive market overview across all production techniques and distribution channels of the carpet industry. For the first time, the new Future Floor area creates a curated forum for trends, knowledge transfer and business potential tailored to the sector.

27 Nov 2025

AI, material innovations and sustainable design: Patricia Urquiola's ‘among-all’ at Heimtextil 2026

Patricia Urquiola creates a completely new design experience for Heimtextil 2026. ‘among-all’ uses artificial intelligence to make visitors part of the installation. Sustainable and traditional materials meet new technologies and developments. Futuristic spatial elements such as hybrid sculptures, inflated figures and hanging grid structures showcase the interior design of tomorrow.

13 Nov 2025

Room for more: experience brand diversity at Heimtextil 2026

Interior designers are planners, craftspeople, consultants and designers all at once. Many of them work alone or in small teams – under high time pressure, with a clear goal: to design rooms that are harmonious down to the last detail. This makes it all the more important to have offerings that provide guidance, open up new perspectives and support the development of holistic solutions. Heimtextil 2026, taking place from 13 to 16 January in Frankfurt, offers exactly that: a newly structured hall concept that enables targeted comparisons, saves time and provides valuable inspiration for consulting practice. In Halls 3.0, 3.1 and 4.1, interior designers will find all the components they need for well-thought-out room solutions – clearly structured, high-quality staged and practice-orientated presented.

20 Oct 2025

Strategic partner in volatile times: Heimtextil 2026 strengthens the global home textile industry with trends, designs and AI technologies

With an optimised hall layout, progressive design collaborations, inspiring trends and AI-driven innovations, Heimtextil 2026 reacts to the current market situation – and offers the industry a reliable constant in challenging times. Under the motto ‘Lead the Change’, the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design shows how challenges can be turned into opportunities. From 13 to 16 January, more than 3,100 exhibitors from 65 countries will provide a comprehensive market overview with new collections and textile solutions. As a knowledge hub, Heimtextil delivers new strategies and concrete solutions for future business success.

23 Sep 2025

Heimtextil to grow into most important hub for the global carpet industry by 2026

Strong prospects for the global carpet industry: Carpets & Rugs grows again at the upcoming Heimtextil. The carpet segment is moving to the larger Halls 11.0 and 12.0. Due to high demand, it additionally expands to Hall 11.1. Together with Hall 3.0, Carpets & Rugs covers four levels for the first time. Flooring & Equipment in Hall 12.0 complements the range with non-textile floor coverings. Heimtextil thus consolidates its role as the leading global platform for the entire textile and non-textile floor covering industry.

10 Sep 2025

Heimtextil Trends 26/27 – Where AI and craftsmanship merge

Artificial intelligence has long been part of design – precise, efficient, omnipresent. At the same time, there is a growing desire for the handmade, for intuition and irregularity. It is exactly within this field of tension that the Heimtextil Trends 26/27 unfold: under the central theme of ‘Craft is a verb’, they show how high-tech, and craftsmanship are not contradictory, but open up new creative perspectives together.

22 Jul 2025

Extensive product range with top exhibitors: holistic interior design at Heimtextil 2026

From decorative and furniture fabrics to wallpaper, flooring and carpets, to mattresses, bed linen and table linen – Heimtextil brings together a diverse product range for holistic interior design from 13 to 16 January 2026. Interior designers and buyers from the hospitality and retail sectors find the latest textile and non-textile material innovations under one roof. Leading brands and promising newcomers have already announced their participation. The new hall layout creates targeted synergies for an efficient trade fair visit.

6 May 2025

Heimtextil expands mattress area with strong German brands - ‘Sleep & Meet’ area to be launched in 2026

Heimtextil, the leading international trade fair for home and contract textiles and textile design, is strategically expanding the Smart Bedding segment. A new exhibitor area will be created for the January 2026 edition: Sleep & Meet. This newly designed format will take up around a quarter of Hall 4.0. Numerous well-known brands from the mattress sector have already registered to take part. With a clear structure and a high-quality environment, Sleep & Meet offers bedding retailers, hospitality and volume buyers direct access to relevant companies and industry participants, new product range perspectives and valuable business contacts.

7 Apr 2025

Textile design statements with ‘among-us’: Heimtextil meets Milan Design Week

Textile interior design at its best is an integral part of Heimtextil, the most influential and global platform for home and contract textiles as well as textile design. Patricia Urquiola expressed this spectacularly in January in Frankfurt with her installation ‘among-us’. Now the leading trade fair is making its mark at Milan Design Week: exclusive products by star designer Patricia Urquiola, created specifically for Heimtextil, are celebrating their premiere at the Design Week in Milan. Set within a diverse interior setting, they highlight the vital role textiles play in holistic design.

29 Jan 2025

Firm focus on market needs: Heimtextil 2026 leverages growth potential through strategic product group combinations

After a successful edition with increase in both visitors and exhibitors, Heimtextil is tapping into further growth potential with an optimized new hall structure in 2026 – thus responding to the industry's changing market needs. The most influential and international trade fair for home and contract textiles as well as textile design is thus developing its range in a target group-specific way, creating shorter distances and promoting synergies between its diverse product segments.

27 Jan 2025

More than textiles: Heimtextil 2026 expands its product portfolio by non-textile floor coverings

Heimtextil launches a new product area for the 2026 edition. Non-textile floor coverings get a new base at the world's leading trade fair for home and contract textiles in Frankfurt: ‘Flooring & Equipment’ ideally complements the existing portfolio with Carpets & Rugs – and offers an attractive addition for numerous visitor target groups as well as valuable new contacts. With the launch of the new area, Heimtextil once again proves itself as the global platform for the entire textile and non-textile interior design sector.

17 Jan 2025

Resilience for the global textile industry: Heimtextil 2025 records visitor increase and showcased future interior design

Heimtextil 2025 ended with full exhibition halls, 142 participating nations, another increase in exhibitors and visitors as well as with top satisfaction ratings. Over four days, more than 50,000 buyers experienced the latest collections, materials and textile solutions for the entire interior design at first hand from over 3,000 exhibitors. The Heimtextil Trends 25/26 by Alcova Milano and the installation ‘among-us’ by star designer Patricia Urquiola set new standards for interior design, retail and hospitality. The content programme centered on AI-driven design, sustainable production processes and future interiors.

12 Dec 2024

Storytelling and natural beauty: Heimtextil Trends 25/26 provide retailers with valuable solutions

Price pressure, reluctance to buy and changing demands on the longevity of products. Retailers around the world are facing similar challenges. Heimtextil Trends 25/26, curated by the Milan-based design platform Alcova, consciously addresses these challenges and provides valuable inspiration and conclusive solutions. Visitors will find these in the Trend Arena in Hall 3.0 at Heimtextil from 14 to 17 January 2025.

5 Dec 2024

Immersive textile design for hospitality and retail: Patricia Urquiola's “among-us” at Heimtextil 2025

For Heimtextil 2025, Patricia Urquiola presents among-us, a 650 m² design installation in the heart of Hall 12.0. The open-plan installation creates a welcoming atmosphere in which to experience textile concepts and to spark a conversation about design, sustainability and conviviality. Together with partners such as Kettal, Moroso, cc-tapis, Aquafil, Cimento® and Parà Tempotest, Urquiola has developed extraordinary spatial elements for among-us – including double-sided hanging carpet structures, lounge islands and individually manufactured seating furniture.

12 Sep 2024

From tradition to innovation: Heimtextil Trends 25/26

Textiles tell stories. They carry memories, reflect identities and document social changes. A look into their past enables a deeper understanding of the status quo and revives forgotten practices. But how can we learn from the past in order to shape a more sustainable and conscious future? Heimtextil Trends 25/26, curated by Alcova, provides the answer. Through six inspiring interviews, textile branches are given a voice and their stories are brought to life.

1 Aug 2024

Future meets past: Heimtextil Trends 25/26 curated by Alcova Milano for the first time

Unusual, original and innovative - these are the Heimtextil Trends 25/26 under the curatorial direction of the founders of Alcova Milano. The platform for independent design questions traditional design conventions and sets new impulses with its unconventional approach. Alcova Milano combines design with art, architecture and other disciplines to create multi-layered and surprising presentations that go far beyond traditional design exhibitions. Heimtextil Trends 25/26 thus looks at textiles in a new light and integrates both historical and forward-looking influences.

12 Jan 2024

Heimtextil ends with an increase in exhibitors, a plus in visitors and sets new standards for a sustainable and AI-driven textile industry

New contacts with decision-makers, global business opportunities and worldwide streams of visitors: Heimtextil 2024 ended with 46,000 visitors from around 130 nations and 2,838 exhibitors from 60 nations with 25 per cent growth. With a plus in visitors, the show overcame difficult travel conditions due to nationwide rail strikes and regional demonstrations. The response from international buyers to the quality and variety of the new Carpets & Rugs product segment was overwhelming. In numerous talks, tours and workshops, Heimtextil as well focused on two of the most important key topics of the coming decades: sustainable production and action as well as artificial intelligence. At the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles, transformations could be experienced more intensively than ever before.

12 Sep 2023

New Sensitivity: Heimtextil Trends 24/25 focus on textile transformation

Under the new theme "New Sensitivity", textile transformation is the focus of Heimtextil Trends 24/25. Three approaches show ways to a more sensitive world of textiles: the plant-based production of textiles, the support of textile cycles by technology and the bioengineered use of natural ingredients. In addition, Future Materials curates regenerative materials and designs.

13 Jan 2023

Outstanding start in January: Heimtextil 2023 ends with great internationality and sets the course for sustainable transformation

Streams of visitors from all over the world, intensive business encounters with top international decision-makers, an overwhelmingly positive atmosphere and inspiration as far as the eye can see: With 44,000 visitors and 2,400 exhibitors together from 129 nations, the global textile industry was guest in Frankfurt for four days at Heimtextil 2023 and filled the exhibition halls. In numerous workshops, tours, lectures and networking formats, buyers also explored circular approaches, the important role of certificates and new applications for textile materials - and thus experienced wholly integrated sustainability at Heimtextil.

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