The Louis Times Edition Special USA
FORWORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT
50 years ago....
50 years ago Louis de Poortere sent his son Jean in the United States of America. p. 2 COMPANY ALLIANCE
A promising joint venture for the LDP Group Louis de Poortere and Moldabella together for...... p. 2 CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS
An stunning result Louis de Poortere weaves a beautiful carpet for a luxury hotel in Slovenia.
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p. 3 INVITATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Domotex 2009: A great success for LDP. Louis de Poortere launched its very first 100% ecologically friendly carpet p. 3 NEW PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS
Summary of the main product developments Color house, decromatic, ecodream, polaris... p. 4 GENERAL INFORMATIONS
Louis de Poortere new contact details p. 4
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COMPANY ALLIANCES
A promising joint venture for the LDP Group
The Louis Times Edition
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FORWORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT, PASCAL DRYON
50 Years ago.... Louis de Poortere sent his son Jean to the United States with the objective to establish a commercial subsidiary in North America. This courageous decision proved to be an important development in the history of Louis de Poortere. Driven by the success of the American commitment, Jean followed his father and shared his love of the United States with all his colleagues in the company. From that point on, his enthusiasm and inspiration stamped a permanent US footprint on all new product developments at LDP. This wonderful road of success was partially broken in the late 1990’s due to the economic difficulties of that time. At this stage a decision was made to go into partnership with a solid and successful US company: Prestige Mills. Today, having successfully relaunched our European markets, LDP wish to revert to our traditional roots, a wish expressed by our founder Louis and control directly once again the affairs of the American market, the number one for lovers of beautiful carpets. I would like to thank Prestige Mills and their team for the support they brought in this difficult period and I welcome the assured presence of our friend Eddie Hollier who will have the challenging mission to represent all of us in this exciting market. PDR.
Louis de Poortere is now a business partner of the Acvila Group in Moldavia for the production of woven face-to-face wool products. Acvila is an important player in Eastern Europe with ultra modern manufacturing technology. The Group has expanded its turnover in the last few years and exceeded 50 million Euros in 2008. The design teams of both groups have been working closely together to create some attractive new developments for the market. We will shortly be launching a new collection of runners for halls and stairs called Renaissance. This range will comprise and eclectic mix of design styles and colour themes.
CUSTOM PROJECTS
INVITATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Louis de Poortere produces an exclusive carpet
Domotex 2009: A great success for Louis de Poortere.
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The designers at Louis de Poortere have created all the carpets for the exclusive luxury Hotel Kempinski, in Porto Roz, Slovenia on the Adriatic coast. This was the climax to a renovation of the property by French architect, Jean-Claude Laville of Studio Desseins, who used a modern vision while keeping an eye on tradition. In his interior schemes he used modern techniques and the finest interior fixtures. In collaboration with the team at Louis de Poortere, he produced stunning carpets to match with the different styles of each room. These beautiful carpets, woven on jacquard Wilton looms, have made his creation the epitome of excellence.
At the international floorcovering exhibition in Hannover, The pollution our100% ecologiLouis de Poortere launched its veryoffirst environment is anew cumulative cally friendly carpet. This brand product called Eco effect due to each one of usmaterials … Dream, is exclusively composed of natural making it not only recyclable but most Let's preserve ourimportantly, planet ! it is completely biodegradable. With this as new development LDP Give it back much passionately wants toasplay its part in helping to preserve we take from it and protect our environment.
100% recyclable
Low emission production process
No chemicals
100% natural composition
excellent heat insulator
100% bio-degradable
"supplier of the earth"
NEW PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS
Summary of the main product developments for 2009 COLOR HOUSE: an ingenious concept for the ambitious interior. Color House
comprises a choice of striped and plain textured carpets in four different colour ambiances – beige, red, green & black
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GENERAL INFORMATIONS
Louis de Poortere’s new contact details New contact details from November 1st, 2009 Tel: 888-430-5868 Fax: 888-430-5869 Cell: 404-229-9034 Email:
usa@depoorterelouis.com
Sales Director: Mr Eddie Hollier
DECROMATIC: an unrivalled choice of plain coloured textured rugs is now
available thanks to the Decromatic programme. This range, which is an addition to the Caprice Collection, will be available in a choice of 24 colours and 8 standard sizes (custom sizes also possible on request). The rug is available with a unique anti slip backing and is an essential introduction to the rug market.
Opening hours Order Intake: 8 :00 am - 17 :00 pm (New York Time) Address: Louis de Poortere USA, 51 Park Square, Roswell, GA 30075 USA
Visit our stand at SURFACES 2010
Please look at our brand new runner collection at www.louisdepoortere.com For further information, please contact your Sales Agent or the Sales Office
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