Kramis celebrates 35 years of manufacturing exclusive rugs

Kramis Teppich Design AG from Altbüron in the canton of Lucerne is celebrating its 35th birthday in 2022. Since 1987, the company’s factory has been producing exclusive and sustainable rugs for both floors and walls that meet high standards of quality and design via a process known as hand tufting. The products are available at a select range of interior design studios and architects, with whom Kramis says it has worked over a period of many years.

The classic craft of hand tufting enables customized designs, meaning that individual customer wishes can be realized. However, Kramis also collaborates with artists such as Baptiste Honorin Jehan.

With hand tufting, a vertically stretched backing material is processed using a yarn gun. With this single-needle machine, tufts of yarn are shot through the backing material from behind. In contrast to the classic woven carpet, in which patterns are created by individual weft threads woven across, a mass-produced and individual pattern design can be created using a hand-tufted approach.

For this, Kramis only uses high-quality natural fibers, such as undyed Swiss pure new wool obtained from Alpine sheep, as a short video demonstrates. In another video about his company, founder and managing director Felix Kramis explains: “20 years ago we were the first company to start working with linen”. He goes on to describe himself as a composer in the clip, before adding: “I'm a dreamer, of course. I've wanted to create a magic carpet for a long time. But I haven’t quite managed that yet”.

Felix Kramis believes that the future is bright for his company: “Because we are a family business, I have no concerns about the future. We have so many advantages over our competitors that we always find a niche somewhere along the line”.