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FORWORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT50 years ago....50 years ago Louis de Poortere sent his son Jean in the United States of America.

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COMPANY ALLIANCE

A promising joint venture for the LDP GroupLouis de Poortere and Moldabella together for......

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CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS

An stunning resultLouis de Poortere weaves a beautiful carpet for a luxury hotel in Slovenia.

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INVITATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

Domotex 2009: A great success for LDP.Louis de Poortere launched its very first 100% ecologically friendly carpet

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NEW PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS

Summary of the main product developmentsColor house, decromatic, ecodream, polaris...

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Louis de Poortere new contact details

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

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COMPANY ALLIANCES

A promising joint venture for the LDP Group

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 manu-facturing 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 cre-ate 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.

50 Years ago....

Louis de Poortere sent his son Jean to the United States with the objective to establish a commer-cial 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 fol-lowed 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 per-manent 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 dif-ficulties 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 tradi-tional roots, a wish expressed by our founder Louis and control di-rectly 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 sup-port they brought in this difficult period and I welcome the assured presence of our friend Eddie Hol-lier who will have the challenging mission to represent all of us in this exciting market. PDR.

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INVITATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

Domotex 2009: A great success for Louis de Poortere.

At the international floorcovering exhibition in Hannover, Louis de Poortere launched its very first 100% ecologi-cally friendly carpet. This brand new product called Eco Dream, is exclusively composed of natural materials mak-ing it not only recyclable but most importantly, it is com-pletely biodegradable. With this new development LDP passionately wants to play its part in helping to preserve and protect our environment.

CUSTOM PROJECTS

Louis de Poortere produces an exclusive carpet

The designers at Louis de Poortere have cre-ated 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. 100% recyclable

Low emission production process

100% bio-degradable

100% natural composition

excellent heat insulator

The pollution of ourenvironment is a cumulative

effect due to each one of us …Let's preserve our planet !

Give it back as muchas we take from it

"supplier of the earth"

No chemicals

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New contact details from November 1st, 2009

Tel: 888-430-5868Fax: 888-430-5869Cell: 404-229-9034

Email:usa@depoorterelouis.com

Sales Director:Mr Eddie Hollier

Opening hours Or-der Intake: 8 :00 am - 17 :00 pm (New York Time) Address:Louis de Poortere USA, 51 Park Square,Roswell, GA 30075USA

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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

DECROMATIC: an unrivalled choice of plain coloured textured rugs is now available thanks to the Decromatic programme. This range, which is an addi-tion 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.

NEW PRODUCTS AND CONCEPTS

Summary of the main product developments for 2009

Please look at our brand new runner collection at www.louisdepoortere.com

Louis de Poortere’s new contact details

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

Louis de Poortere

will be exhibiting at

the SURFACES show in

Las Vegas from February

2-4, 2010

We look forward to wel-

coming you to our stand:

Booth 6122 (next to Design & Trends

Stage)

Visit our stand at SURFACES 2010

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