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Heimtextil 2018 Press conference

The press conference was held on Monday 23^rd of October by The Director of Marketing for the Frankfurt Trade Fair, Mr. Thimo Schwenzfeier, who came from Frankfurt to Cairo, to highlight the international exhibition, opportunities and challenges for the global textile sector worldwide.

A number of Egyptian export council board members of Home Furnishings participated in the conference:

Mr. Amr El Tabbakh , Board member & Export manager , Misr Spain
Mr .Mostafa Abdel Hakim Regional Export Manager , Mac Carpet

The press conference also discussed Egypt's participation in this exhibition as an important country in the field of fabrics and furnishings Region. From this point of view, the conference presented the importance of participating in the 2018 Heimtextil exhibition, one of the most important international exhibitions in the field of home furnishings

“Almost 70,000 trade visitors (2016: 68,277) from across the world attended the leading trade fair for home and contract textiles and were won over by quality and variety of the exhibited products as well as the trends of the new season. A total of 2963 exhibitors from 67 countries (2016: 2864) presented their new textile products and designs across 20 halls and appeared to be highly satisfied by the orders they received and business contacts they made.

Frankfurt is the international meeting place and beating textile heart of the interiors industry.”

Heimtextil 2018 takes place from 9 – 12 January 2018.