Arab Carpet & Flooring Expo 2016 

About the Fair

24th Oct, 2016 to 27th Oct, 2016 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, United Arab Emirates Arab Carpet Expo along with the incorporated Arab Flooring Expo, Yarn and Fiber Expo and the International Green Carpet and Flooring Conference in 2016, will run for the second time, and have the objective of providing a set of world-class international events in the symbolic city of Abu Dhabi at the award-winning ADNEC venue. Abu Dhabi is the symbolic and chosen city for these events due to the presence of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque which owns the world's largest hand-made carpet and has truly world-class flooring. This unique carpet, made especially for Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque by around 1,300 Iranian carpet knotters, measures 5,627 m2 (60,570 sq ft). Its weight is 35 tonnes, has approximately 2.27 Billion knots and took approximately two years to complete. It was made from Cotton, and Wool sourced from New Zealand and Iran. Arab Carpet Expo and its incorporated Events aim to make Abu Dhabi the hub of Carpet and Flooring in the MENA region by providing a platform for the world's