subject: Carpet Industry - Flourishing Rapidly [print this page] Carpets are important accessory for a longCarpets are important accessory for a long. Carpet industry is one of the oldest and now every house must have carpets on their floors. We can find the glimpse of carpet industry in the ancient times. Indus valley civilization was the oldest civilization and they were also weaving carpets for their houses. This shows that this industry started thousands of years ago.
Basically carpets are of two types. Handmade and machine made. Hand made carpets have greater value and higher demand as compared to the machine made carpets. Central Asia is popular for hand made carpets. The reason why hand made carpets are more expensive is their way of knotting. Every knot is piled with hand and it takes about a month or more than that to complete one carpet.
Carpet industry is grooming day by day. Now you can get carpet of many materials infect the materials never thought of being used are now utilized by making carpets. You can find carpet made of rubber now. The rubber tubes of cycles and bikes are now used for making carpets and they look fabulous.
Every material used in carpet manufacturing has its own unique perspective.
Experts are working on the quality of the carpets and new ideas to make use of different materials. This variation gives competition to the manufacturers, giving a boom to the carpet industry.
Like other industries carpet industry also have variations according to the cultural aspects of different countries. Every country has its own specific style of weaving and styling of carpet, making it unique. Traditional shades are prominent in every country's carpets. Afghani carpets, Pakistani carpets, Turkish carpets and Chinese, all have their cultural values added to the weaving of carpet. They are highly demanded all over the world. Their striking colors and designs make them out class.
Carpet industry is also involved in making rugs and mats. Rugs and mats are also demanded. Rugs and mats also have variation of shapes, sizes and colors.
Some people like to have small pieces of carpets on the floors; rugs and mats are best for them.
Economic recession all over the world is also affecting carpet industry. People are moving around to find carpets, which are beautiful and have minimum price. But the people who are keenly interested in buying carpets do not bother the price. They want quality and luxury at any cost. The industry is flourishing and new ideas give it a push for the carpet manufacturers to work more on the carpets.
