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Ege Carpets (Egetæpper)

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Made by: Mads Eg Damgaard
Date: founded 1938; tufting factory early 1970s
Place: Herning
Held by: Ege Carpets (Egetæpper)
Themes: Machine tufting & Dalton, Global diffusion of tufting, Woven carpet

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Cite this source

Mads Eg Damgaard. “Ege Carpets (Egetæpper),” founded 1938; tufting factory early 1970s. Ege Carpets (Egetæpper). egecarpets.com/en-gb/about-ege/history.

Research notes

Started in 1938 in Herning with two looms; registered first as Herning Bomuldsvæveri, a cotton mill (lex.dk); public company 1951. The company says it built a 25,000 m² tufting factory in Herning in the early 1970s, followed by a "Multicolour" plant for commercial carpet. Founder sat in the Danish parliament from 1964; died 1999. Makes woven and tufted carpet; known in the 1960s–70s for rya rugs. Why it matters: Scandinavia's main industrial carpet maker and a clear example of a weaving mill moving to tufting around 1970. Dates: 1938 confirmed (company and lex.dk); tufting date is from the company. "One of Europe's largest" is a company claim. Other pages with images: https://egecarpets.com/about-ege-carpets/facts Independent sources: https://lex.dk/Eget%C3%A6pper · https://www.classic-modern.co.uk/ege_rya Research note (Oct 2026): facts taken from search-result summaries; the pages themselves weren't opened. Check the cited pages before quoting.