Indian Handcrafts & Gifts Fair -2008

Announcement of India Expo Center

28th February ~ 4th March, 2008
28th February ~ 4th March, 2008

at INDIA EXPO CENTRE, NEW DELHI -GREATER NOIDA EXPRESSWAY

Welcome to an exciting journey of discovery at IHGF - Asia's largest exposition of gifts and handicrafts covering a mammoth 97,000 sq. mts. exhibition area, giving you a really big opportunity to source from staggering 1800 manufacturers & exporters loaded with top quality merchandise.

With an impressive track record of 24 successful shows offering top quality merchandising opportunities, the Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fair has increased in scale, grown in participation, excelled in show management and has become even more attractive as a sourcing destination.

IHGF Spring 2008 is professionally organised and efficiently run show located at India Expo Centre & Mart - one of the latest & new exhibition complex at New Delhi- Greater Noida Ex-press way ,Greater Noida. It will take about 45 minutes from center of Delhi i.e Conaught Place in the heart of India's capital city, New Delhi.

Here you will find an international buyer's lounge, full communication and transport facilities to make your business discovery enjoyable as well as successful.

Indian Handicrafts and Gifts Fair is brought to you by Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts under the aegis of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Goverment of India. It provides comprehensive information to foreign buyers on the entire range of handicrafts of India and liaisons between Indian handicrafts exporters and foreign buyers.

New Carpet Weaving Machine- by Schönherr

Carpet weaving machine have been developed by Schönherr in the name of Alpha 400 series. They presented their machine at the Domotex trade show in Germany this year.

Domotex Visitors interested in the carpet weaving machines ALPHA 400 EASYSYSTEM. The Schönherr product range offering the latest technology for a variety of applications.

It is a high Efficiency and high speed machine. The ALPHA 400 series carpet weaving machines are state of the art solutions for producing any kind of area rugs and wall-to-wall carpets. Typical applications cover the residential, contract and transportation sector.

Customers from all over the world combined their trip to the trade show with a visit to the German city of Bayreuth where Schönherr and its parent company Stäubli maintain a showroom exposing the new carpet weaving machine ALPHA 400 INNOVATION in operation.

Domotex is a global showcase for carpets, textile and resilient floor coverings plus laminate and parquet flooring. This year it took place from January 12-15 in Hanover, Germany and has set new records.

It drew attendance by more than 47,000 trade visitors from 80 nations and 1,400 exhibitors occupied some 97,000 square meters of display space.

Schönherr will again be present at Domotex Asia, taking place March 11-13, 2008 in Shanghai/China: hall W2, booth 2J16

Tips for buying a carpet

Tips for buying and owning carpet
1-Make sure that the carpet has been graded by an independent carpet grading program such as the Australian Carpet Classification Scheme, the Woolmark/Woolblendmark Scheme, or the Fernmark Scheme.

2-When comparing prices make sure you are comparing apples with apples. Most carpets are priced by the broadloom metre (measures 1 metre by 3.67 metre), but some floor products retailers also price by the square metre. If you are comparing carpet prices to other flooring products – vinyl, ceramic, timber, laminate, etc – remember all these products are priced by the square metre.

3-Ask your retailer about the type of underlay best suited to the carpet and your installation. A good underlay will improve foot comfort, absorb crushing forces, overcome minor imperfections in the floor, and improve thermal and acoustic properties.

4-Talk to the retailer about how the carpet will be installed and ask them to provide a installation plan. Where possible, seams should be away from windows where falling light may exacerbate the joins; seams should be avoided in high traffic walk ways such as corridors and doors; and if carpet is being installed in joining rooms, the carpet’s direction of manufacturing should be the same throughout the house.

5-Make sure you keep record of the manufacturer, the grading registration number, the type of underlay, any warranty information and a small piece of unused carpet.
6-Consider buying a little extra carpet as a reserve to replace damaged areas. If you are carpeting stairs, think about buying enough carpet to recover the stairs in a few years time. On stairs, carpet wears faster than in other areas around the home.

7-Protect your carpet from prolonged periods of direct sunlight with blinds, shades or awnings.

8-On the day the carpet is being installed, and for a day or so after, open as many doors and windows as possible. The carpet needs to ventilate and breathe for a few days after it is installed.
9-If you don’t already have one, buy a good vacuum cleaner. Not only will it remove abrasive soil, (which abrade the base of the carpet pile), but modern cleaners with multi-filter systems will safely remove the finest dust particles.

10-To protect against uneven wear and compression, use furniture caps under the legs of heavy furniture, periodically move your furniture to more evenly distribute carpet wear and place barrier mats at outside doors to trap dirt from shoes.

Everything about carpet and floor coverings

Dear friend,
If you want to know about carpets, rugs and floor coverings. You must visit my website www.nageshbind.com . There you may know the answer your following questions.

1. Type of carpets
2. Type of rugs
3. Type of wools being used in carpets & rugs
4. Where you should purchase a carpet.
5. How you can take care of your carpets
6. Popular carpet titles
and many more....

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