JAB ANSTOETZ is one of the world's leading companies for high-quality interior textiles — founded in 1946 in Bielefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) by Josef Anstoetz as a wholesale business for decorative and upholstery fabrics. The acronym JAB stands for Josef Anstoetz Bielefeld. After the sudden death of the founder, his nephew Heinz Anstoetz took over management in 1955 with 28 employees. Under his leadership JAB expanded to an international scale: 1956 founding of the upholstered furniture factory BW Bielefelder Werkstätten, 1968 first foreign subsidiary (Paris and Lyon), 1969 JAB Dekorationen (confection department), 1973 branches in Milan and Rome. 1994: majority stake in Carpet Concept Objekt-Teppichboden GmbH. 2000: majority stake in Chivasso (Netherlands), minority stake in Sahco-Hesslein. Today run in the third generation by Stephan and Claus Anstoetz and Chris-Jacob Schminnes. Approximately 1,600 employees worldwide, present in over 80 countries. Company claim: "The Design Company".

Brand portfolio of the JAB ANSTOETZ Group: JAB ANSTOETZ Fabrics (core brand — decorative and upholstery fabrics), Chivasso (Netherlands, design-oriented fabric house), Carlucci di Chivasso, Soleil Bleu (formerly Johannes Wellmann), Gardisette; JAB ANSTOETZ Flooring (flooring specialist), Carpet Concept (contract carpet specialist), Adramaq (LVT design floor), BW Bielefelder Werkstätten (upholstered furniture manufacturer, climate-neutral certified since 2021); ipdesign (furniture line). Product spectrum: decorative and upholstery fabrics (approx. 3,000 items in nearly 20,000 colours), roller blinds, pleated blinds and sun shading panels, carpets (Adramaq LVT), wallpapers (small, refined collection), handcrafted upholstered furniture. Sustainability: Nature Protect (fabrics from OceanSafe yarns), climatex® (Cradle to Cradle® Gold), biogas plant at Bielefeld headquarters (since 2012).

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hospitality, office and public contract projects a German family textile publisher based in Bielefeld since 1946 that with a fully coordinated programme of decorative and upholstery fabrics, flooring, sun shading systems, wallpapers and handcrafted upholstered furniture under the brands JAB ANSTOETZ, Chivasso, Carlucci, Carpet Concept and BW Bielefelder Werkstätten covers all textile and surface requirements of interior design from a single group, and with Nature Protect (OceanSafe yarns) and climatex® (Cradle to Cradle® Gold) — JAB ANSTOETZ has demonstrated since 1946 in Bielefeld that a family textile publisher can deliver all textile surfaces of a space from a single source: 3,000 items in nearly 20,000 colours, 80 countries, Cradle-to-Cradle® Gold as the sustainability benchmark.