Over 48 500 trade visitors, more than ever before, attended Domotex in Hanover from 14 to 17 January to glean the latest information on flooring products and trends (2005: 43 855 visitors). This amounts to an increase of 10.6 per cent. Around 60 per cent of the overall total of 27 400 international trade visitors came from Europe. The figure of 1 362 exhibiting companies (2005: 1 244) is also the highest recorded so far in the history of Domotex. They occupied an exhibition space of 93 000 m².