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About Q2

Q2 stands for certified 'Rohleder' quality: designed for durability, everyday practicality and the highest standards.

Our Q2 fabrics are synonymous with tested quality and long-lasting reliability. They contain no chemical finishes, are particularly easy to wash and care for, and impress with their high lightfastness. Manufactured in Germany and backed by a 5-year guarantee, the Q2 quality seal offers a sustainable and reliable choice for the most demanding requirements.

1. Easy to clean: hygienic without chemicals

For your customers, this is often the strongest selling point at the point of sale: Q2 fabrics are incredibly easy to care for. And the best part is: we achieve this entirely without the use of chemical treatments. Many ‘easy-care’ fabrics on the market are impregnated after production. This coating washes off or rubs off over time. Not so with Q2. The easy-care properties are physically embedded in the fibre and the weave structure.

A hand cleans the upholstery fabric with a white cloth, demonstrating how easy it is to care for and clean the furniture cover.

2. Excellent colour fastness

Another key aspect of high quality is lightfastness. For our Q2 fabrics, we use only yarn that has been dyed before weaving (pre-dyeing). However, the process alone is no guarantee of top quality. There are significant differences in the dyes used on the market; often, cheaper alternatives are used for cost reasons, which fade quickly.

We, on the other hand, are uncompromising in our use of the highest-quality dyes available on the market. The colour pigments are firmly locked into the fibre, guaranteeing long-lasting colour fastness. This means that even under intense sunlight in modern, light-filled living rooms or conservatories, the colours hardly fade at all. A deep blue remains blue, a fiery red does not lose its intensity. This is what sets our premium upholstery fabric apart from cheaper mass-produced goods.

Hands holding a patterned fabric swatch book with a textured surface, for selecting high-quality upholstery fabrics.

3. Excellent scrubbing performance

Our Q2 fabric collection is the result of decades of research and development at our high-tech manufacturing facility. We do not rely on post-production finishing to simulate quality. The outstanding quality characteristics and care properties are inherent in Q2, meaning they are embedded deep within every single thread. This is the result of months of development cycles, the selection of the highest-quality raw materials, a special texturing of the yarns, and the use of excellent dyes. The construction is equally crucial.

Our weaving experts precisely adjust the weave to avoid excessively long floats (loose threads). Only in this way does our Q2-certified fabric become truly durable. The result is astonishing: a fabric made from high-performance polyester or polyacrylic, yet it feels like the finest natural fibre. We have eliminated the ‘plastic feel’ and replaced it with a soft, luxurious texture that you have to touch to believe. Such a high-quality upholstery fabric offers pure comfort.

Laboratory equipment tests the abrasion resistance of upholstery fabrics using rotating discs in a material test.

4. Design without limits

Technology is the foundation; design is the finishing touch. As a high-tech weaving mill, we are able to offer our Q2 upholstery, furniture and decorative fabrics in a range that is unrivalled. We don’t just weave fabric; we create textile worlds. Every upholstery fabric tells its own story. Every furniture fabric gives your collections a distinctive identity. Every decorative fabric serves as a textile highlight, adding emotional accents and harmoniously rounding off the ambience of a room.

We play with the look and the texture. Through the use of effect yarns, we create surfaces that appear three-dimensional. A high-quality Q2 fabric is alive. It reacts to light; it has depth. Whether you are upholstering armchairs that stand alone or furnishing entire living room suites, with our Q2 fabrics you will always strike the right note.

Colourful threads run parallel through a loom, forming the basis for high-quality upholstery fabrics.

5. A five-year warranty is your trump card

We are so confident in the quality of our products that we put it in writing. As a B2B partner, you can offer your customers a selling point that builds trust like no other: a 5-year manufacturer’s warranty.

This warranty covers all usage and care characteristics for domestic use:

  • Colour fastness (lightfastness)
  • Durability (no wear through when used correctly)
  • Ease of care

A piece of furniture sold with this promise signals to the buyer: “Here I am buying peace of mind.” It justifies a higher price point and reduces discussions about durability. A high-quality upholstery fabric with a guarantee is a real selling point.

A modern sofa upholstered in textured fabric in a bright living room, next to a small wooden footstool.

Q2 Product Portfolio

As Q2 is versatile, the design possibilities are endless. We can produce Q2 fabrics in the following grades.

A close-up of several folded upholstery fabrics in shades of grey, featuring a coarse weave and a high-quality textile finish.
Unis
Soft upholstery fabric with a subtle pattern in shades of grey and green; close-up of the textured surface.
Jaquards
A close-up of a textured grey upholstery fabric with a fine, even weave.
Velour
A close-up of a textured upholstery fabric in shades of grey, featuring a wavy weave and a soft surface.
Pinned

Please feel free to contact us to find out more
about our portfolio.

Certificate documents bearing the Q2 seal and test symbols as proof of certified quality and sustainability.

Trust is good, but certificates are better

In an age of growing health awareness, end customers are asking critical questions: “What am I actually sitting on?” With Q2 fabrics, you provide the perfect answer. As we do not use chemical stain-resistant finishes, there are no vapours that could trigger allergies.

A high-quality upholstery fabric must be safe. It must not contain any harmful substances. We guarantee this through our production in Germany and strict monitoring of all raw materials.

gentle on the skin

Our fabrics have been medically tested and feel comfortable against the skin.

checked

They bear the FKT seal of the Association for Body-Friendly Textiles (Fördergemeinschaft Körperverträgliche Textilien e.V.)

certified

Of course, we comply with the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and guarantee tested quality.

Q2 Second Life: The circle is complete

For us, sustainability isn’t just a trend – it’s a commitment. With Q2 Second Life, we’re taking the next step towards a circular economy. This innovative range combines the tried-and-tested benefits of Q2 with an eco-conscious approach.

A tree covered in moss.
A designer examines coloured skeins of yarn and fabric samples when developing new upholstery fabric collections.

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