Heimtextil – Press releases

16 Jun 2021

Heimtextil 2022: good prospects for the re-start

The plans for the coming Heimtextil are being drawn up against the background of an optimistic perspective for 2022. A promising number of registrations and a positive echo from the sector are encouraging signals for the restart in seven months.

2 Jun 2021

Heimtextil launches digital materials library

Progressive material innovations presented digitally: following the cancellation of this year’s fair due to the corona pandemic, Heimtextil is extending its range of digital services and launching a new online materials library entitled ‘Future Materials Library’. 24 future-oriented materials for interior applications can now be found at www.heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com/future.

1 Apr 2021

Heimtextil 2022: Trends remain the inspirational heart of the fair

How has the pandemic changed the way we live? This important question was tackled recently in a digital workshop by the Heimtextil Trend Council. The international trend experts set themselves the task of verifying the dominant design themes for the 2022/23 season. With this meeting, Heimtextil began planning the trends for the next edition of the fair in Frankfurt am Main from 11 to 14 January 2022.

18 Jan 2021

Prolight + Sound, Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess postponed until 2022; International Consumer Goods Show cancelled

Back in September 2020, a decision was reached by Messe Frankfurt and the industries involved to forgo any physical events at our home base in the first quarter of 2021. Now, following close consultation with customers, it has become necessary to postpone the international physical trade fairs planned for April and May – Prolight + Sound, the International Consumer Goods Show, Heimtextil, Techtextil and Texprocess – as a result of the regulations and travel restrictions that have been imposed.

10 Dec 2020

Heimtextil, Techtextil & Texprocess: a positive outlook on next year’s trade-fair trio

New dates, new perspectives, new opportunities: from 4 to 7 May 2021, Heimtextil joins forces with Techtextil and Texprocess to bring together leading representatives of industry, trade, design, science and research at the same time and place. Olaf Schmidt, Vice President Textiles & Textile Technologies of Messe Frankfurt, offers insights into the current planning status and the outlook for the trade-fair trio.

22 Sep 2020

Heimtextil 2021 to be held in May

The next Heimtextil has been postponed from January and will now be held concurrently with Techtextil and Texprocess 2021 in Frankfurt from 4 to 7 May 2021. This will result in exciting synergistic effects for the sector.

21 Sep 2020

Messe Frankfurt revamps spring 2021 schedule

As a result of the course taken by the pandemic, Messe Frankfurt will not be holding any of its own physical trade fairs at the Frankfurt exhibition grounds between January and March 2021. The company is revamping its spring trade fair calendar to focus on new synergies and new digital offerings.

1 Sep 2020

“Nothing New, Everything New”: Heimtextil presents the 2021/2022 trends

With the overarching theme “Nothing New, Everything New”, Heimtextil launches the motto of the trend season 21/22 and provides an outlook on the design topics for the international trade fair for home and contract textiles, taking place from 12 to 15 January 2021 in Frankfurt am Main.

22 Apr 2020

How we will live in future: Heimtextil Trend Council sets down guiding principles for 2021/22

Never has looking into the future been of as much interest as it is at present. The corona crisis is changing our future with huge societal and economic consequences. Markets are changing drastically and our coexistence is also undergoing fundamental changes. The Heimtextil Trend Council recently had an online meeting to forecast how the crisis is influencing interior design, which innovations will enrich our lives in future and which trend themes we will focus on over the next year.

27 Feb 2020

Ground-breaking innovations in textiles and trends in interior design, architecture and hospitality

Sustainability and functionality: these were the major topics that dominated the trends for contract textiles at Heimtextil 2020. The world’s largest trade fair for home and contract textiles is the top trend barometer for interior architects, hospitality experts and planners. The broad variety of topics, high-quality specialist lectures, panel discussions and ground-breaking materials innovations are a clear demonstration of the potential that lies within the sector.

10 Feb 2020

Health, sleep and sustainability Trends and themes of the future dominated at Heimtextil 2020

The 50th edition of Heimtextil provided strong stimulus for the new furnishings season. 63,000 visitors came to get information on the major issues for the international sector from 2,952 exhibitors at the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles. And among them, sustainability was the all-pervading major theme, outshining all others.

10 Feb 2020

Sustainability and high value: the issues of the future dominated at Heimtextil 2020

The 50th edition of Heimtextil provided strong stimulus for the new furnishings season. 63,000 visitors came to get information on the major issues for the international sector from 2,952 exhibitors at the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles. And among them, sustainability was the all-pervading major theme, outshining all others.

10 Jan 2020

Quality over quantity: anniversary edition of Heimtextil sets the themes for the new furnishing season

With a content-driven programme, the 50th edition of Heimtextil delivered strong impetus for the start of the new furnishing season. Sustainability was placed firmly at top of the agenda, outshining all other topics. 63,000 visitors gathered information about the major themes dominating the international industry from 2,952 exhibitors at the world's leading trade fair for home and contract textiles. As expected, the unusually early date led to a drop in visitor numbers.*