B.I.C.-Carpets (Belgian International Carpets) was established in 1956. In the early years, the company mainly manufactured fitted carpet for the highly competitive American market, where B.I.C.–Carpets soon gained a sizeable market share. In these early years a pioneering spirit was at the heart of the company’s philosophy. That self same desire to renew and improve has earned B.I.C – Carpets not only the respect of the industry but also a host of awards and nominations. One of the company’s designs, B.I.C. Stone, is so revered that it has become part of the permanent Design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Today, B.I.C. - Carpets constantly searches for new weaving techniques, different textures and innovative colours. As a result of this quest for new ideas and original combinations, B.I.C.-Carpets experiments with a variety of fancy yarns. Some of these yarns are developed by ‘in house’ designer Bart Goderis. In order to keep on meeting the customers’ demands, B.I.C.-Carpets has its own professional in-house designer. He’s able to work closely together with the production. This results in products with a unique aspect based on a solid weaving construction. With a mixture of skill, knowledge and art, B.I.C.-Carpets manufactures ‘residential carpets’ and ‘contract carpets’ for various companies, hotels, restaurants. B.I.C.-Carpets has a separate division that makes aircraft carpet. It is obvious that in all these fields, the innovative basic values of the company are essential. B.I.C.-Carpets has its showroom in the original factory in Kortrijk. The weaving plant in Wevelgem is a modern, innovative and integrated company with a worldwide reputation, specializing in high-quality woven – mainly woollen – carpet. The recognition for these important basic values was ensured when the company obtained the ISO9001:2000 certificate, a quality label that gives the company’s employees just recognition for their design, development, production and sales skills. For the people working at B.I.C.-Carpets this is a daily challenge.