11.03.2022
Exhibition: Seeing with your feet – The Carpet in Contemporary Art
![Die Ausstellung „Mit den Füßen sehen“ in der Villa Rot läuft noch bis zum 22. Mai. Im Bild Teppichkunst von Noemi Kiss. Exhibition: Seeing with your feet – The Carpet in Contemporary Art](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/03/103250-01.jpg)
They come in all imaginable colors, shapes and variations: high pile, Persian, fur, oriental, hand-knotted, woven or machine-produced. The long history of the carpet is always closely linked to the history of mankind: for example, it says something about our sedentariness, our relationship to space, or even our hospitality.
In addition to highlighting the historical and social junctures, the exhibition „Seeing with your feet – The Carpet in Contemporary Art“ (27 Feb - 22 May 2022) enables one thing above all: a sensory experience for all. The artists in the exhibition engage with a medium with which we probably all associate a memory. In the exhibition, these memories can be released or even expanded through new perspectives. In this way, the exhibits remain identifiable not only as inanimate „things,“ but offer a starting point for sensory reflection on the past, present, and future.
01.03.2022
Schlau/Hammer: Fesenberg retired
![Wernfried Fesenberg Schlau/Hammer: Fesenberg retired](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/03/103154-01.jpg)
At the end of February 2022, Wernfried Fesenberg retired. For 16 years, he was responsible as managing director for purchasing at the German retail and wholesale group Schlau/Hammer. As his successors, Krystina Geis will take over Category Management Living (carpets, mats, curtains, sun protection, bed, bath, home accessories) and Stephanie Huesmann Category Management Flooring, Wall, Tools (floor coverings, construction chemicals, paints, wallpaper, tools). Both have been with the company since the beginning of the year.
28.02.2022
Next Domotex to take place in January 2023
![Next Domotex to take place in January 2023](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/02/103127-01.jpg)
It took a while for a decision to be made. Now it has been decided: the next Domotex is to take place in January 2023. In contrast to other interior trade fairs such as the Salone del Mobile and Heimtextil, there will be no special "summer edition" of Domotex in Hanover. The fair is to take place from 12 to 15 January. This results in a new sequence of days. The first day of the fair will now be a Thursday, and Domotex 2023 will end on a Sunday.
25.02.2022
Balta Annual Report 2021 with ups and downs
How is Balta doing? The conference call on the financial year 2021 was awaited with particular excitement - not least because of the sale of various business units to the British Victoria Group.
Balta CEO Cyrille Ragoucy, Transformation Officer Ruben Tattheeuws and CFO Jan-Christian Werner looked back on an eventful 2021: consolidated turnover increased by 12.9% to EUR 634.3 million. Area rugs (Balta Home) increased by an impressive EUR 50.7 million, the residential segment by EUR 14.2 million and the contract segment by EUR 7.6 million. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA rose by 28 % to EUR 87 million: Balta had budgeted for price increases early on, even before the increased cost of materials took hold. At 1.5 %, fixed costs were only slightly above those of the previous year.
24.02.2022
Porta furniture retail group parts ways with managing director Jürgen Gerdes
![Jürgen Gerdes Porta furniture retail group parts ways with managing director Jürgen Gerdes](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/02/103112-01.jpg)
The Porta group of companies has surprisingly parted company with managing director Jürgen Gerdes. This was announced by the company. According to the managing partners, "different views on business policy" led to the decision. Gerdes joined the Porta Group in 20189 and had previously held a board position at Deutsche Post for eleven years. Porta did not comment on a possible successor to the outgoing managing director.
23.02.2022
Invista steigt aus dem Teppichfasergeschäft aus
Der Faserhersteller
Invista wird noch in diesem Jahr die Produktion von Polyamid 6.6 (Nylon) für Teppichgarne einstellen. Nach Berichten amerikanischer Medien soll dieser Schritt bis Juli 2022 vollzogen werden. Damit reagiere man auf den schwindenden Markt für Teppichgarne aus Polyamid 6.6. Die Produktion des Kunststoffs wird im eigenen Werk in Camden/South Carolina fortgesetzt, jedoch für andere Industriezweige.
22.02.2022
Ikea expands in Switzerland
![Ikea expands in Switzerland](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/02/103080-01.jpg)
Ikea announces the opening of two more locations in Switzerland. Firstly, the Swedish furniture store will soon submit the building application for its tenth store in the Valais municipality of Riddes, which is scheduled to open in autumn 2023. On a total area of 23,000 square metres, the most modern and greenest furniture store in Switzerland is to be built there.
On the other hand, Ikea is realising a planning studio in Chur, which will open as early as autumn 2022. After the announcement of a "plan and order point" in Bern, the expansion of the two locations is the next step in the expansion strategy of Ikea Switzerland. The company wants to make peripheral Alpine regions more accessible and meet changing customer needs with a higher online and service share.
18.02.2022
The Rug Show: New dates for its 2022 event
![The Rug Show: New dates for its 2022 event](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/02/103058-01.jpg)
Less than two weeks after The Rug Show reported the pandemic-related postponement of its planned February event, organizers have announced new dates of 14 – 16 September 14-16 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus (New Jersey / USA).
“Autumn markets in the metro New Jersey/New York area are steeped in rug tradition,” said one of the show’s key organizers, Jack Simantob of Art Resources. “The Rug Show Board worked closely with exhibitors, industry partners and with feedback from our attendees to choose the new dates,” added Simantob.
14.02.2022
Raum & Boden 2022: Register now for our digital trade fair
![Raum & Boden 2022: Register now for our digital trade fair](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/02/103030-01.jpg)
SN-Verlag (Carpet Home) is organising another digital trade fair this spring: the Raum & Boden from 31 March to 1 April 2022. After the successful premiere last November, the continuation of the online format not only comes with a new name, but also with numerous other improvements - as organiser Tim Steinert reports.
The digital trade fair format will go into the next round on 31 March and 1 April 2022: for two days, renowned manufacturers from the flooring industry will present exciting new products virtually at the Raum & Boden trade fair. Trade visitors from the retail and wholesale trades will be able to obtain information quickly, easily and, above all, free of charge. They can address their questions directly to the exhibitors via text and video chat.
The digital trade fair took place for the first time in November 2021 - at that time still under the name "Home & Flooring Expo". With the new name, organiser Tim Steinert from the management of SN Verlag wants to make it clear that the online event is primarily aimed at the German-speaking market and its players - i.e. it was designed for the D/A/CH region.
13.02.2022
Amini Carpets: RD Gris by Rodolfo Dordoni
![Amini Carpets: RD Gris by Rodolfo Dordoni](https://www.snfachpresse.de/bilder/news/2022/01/102698-01.jpg)
Rodolfo Dodoni designs the new RD Gris collection: a reference to the spanish artist Juan Gris that arises not only from the cubist decomposition of the figures, but also from the particular color palette that characterizes all his work.Rodolfo Dordoni has developed various collections for Amini Carpets, with the aim of giving his products recognition within the company’s catalog: geometries, colors and the choice of different textures are the recurring elements in his designs.