Friday, June 10, 2016
LIGNA is one of the world’s leading trade fair for machinery, plant and tools for the woodworking and timber processing industry. The 2017 season will open its gates from May 22 to 26. It will feature a revamped thematic layout and a fresh, new Forestry Technology display on the open-air site and in the pavilions under the EXPO canopy. With an outdoor demonstration site, “avenues” addressing certain themes, an activity zone and the Wood Industry Summit, the enhanced LIGNA is putting forestry technology on center stage.
Christian Pfeiffer, the Director in charge of LIGNA at Deutsche Messe, explained: “LIGNA is the technology trade show for the forestry and wood energy industries. It is where users of woodworking and timber processing technology meet suppliers. As such, it is the only show where users will find technology for the entire wood value chain at one convenient location. The upcoming LIGNA will feature forestry technology more prominently than ever. We’ve partnered closely with our exhibitors to come up with a new thematic layout that will make it quicker and easier for solution-seekers to find what they are looking for.”
The significance of the new layout for the primary timber industry is that the Forestry Technology displays will be located immediately adjacent to the Sawmill Technology, Energy from Wood, and Wood Based Panel Production offerings. They will also be bordered by the new Tools and Machinery for Custom and Mass Production showcase, which includes Hall 27, where the providers of solutions for solid wood processing will be clustered. This new distribution of content in the halls bordering the open-air site will generate powerful synergies for visitors from the primary timber industry and put forestry technology on center stage.
The themed avenues will be located to the north and south of the demonstration site and will address the following five topics: mobile sawmills – logistics – logistics and transport – large-scale forestry machinery plus forestry tools and energy from wood – firewood production lines and tools.
Meanwhile, the demonstration site will showcase solutions across the entire primary timber process chain – everything from felling and transport solutions to chainsaw protective apparel, cable harvesting systems and chippers. All kinds of equipment and machinery, large and small, will be on display on each day of the fair. The demonstration site will be flanked by a grandstand, so visitors will have a clear view of each day’s live demonstrations. Organized in partnership with the German Forestry Council (KWF), the site will feature a mix of moderated demonstrations and static displays by participating exhibitors.
Another of the big attractions on the open-air site is Pavilion 33, which offers a program of practically oriented forums organized jointly by the KWF, the Lower Saxony School of Forestry and the German Association of Forestry Contractors (AFL). Keynote themes in Pavilion 33 include logistics in all areas of forestry, from harvesting to road haulage, not to mention education and training, and current issues facing forestry companies.
The Wood Industry Summit at LIGNA 2017 is themed “Access to Resources and Technology”. Located in Hall 26, the Summit is closely aligned – both thematically and physically – with the Wood Based Panel Production display area, also in Hall 26. The Wood Industry Summit is a combined dialogue and exhibition event that attracts large forestry companies and international players from multiple sectors, including the pulp and paper industries.
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