FLOORO 2016-2017

Designers: ANKER design team, ANKER Gebr. Schoeller GmbH & Co KG., Düren, Germany
Manufacturer: ANKER Gebr. Schoeller GmbH & Co KG., Düren, Germany

ANKER flooro. Airline carpeting completely reconceived.

ANKER, the traditional woven carpet specialist from Düren, has developed ANKER flooro, a revolutionary new textile carpet specially designed for the aviation industry.

What is new? The innovative carpet looks more like a flooring material and weighs considerably less than conventional carpeting (30–70 per cent weight reduction). At the same time it is extremely hard-wearing. This unique innovation has been made possible by a newly developed special high-tech woven system. In addition, 50 per cent of this new generation of textile flooring is made using recycled Econyl yarns.

The advantages of this new product include many different aspects.

On the one hand, there are the economic benefits associated with the need for less material, the carpet’s lower weight, optimised product functionality, lower logistics costs and the fact that it is easier to work with. On the other hand, however, the new textile designs, visual structures and haptic textures also present completely new possibilities in terms of interior cabin design.