Position as the world's leading trade show further expanded

Over its five-day run, from 15 to 19 May, LIGNA 2023, the world’s leading trade fair for woodworking and wood processing featured a plethora of innovations, inspiration and networking. 1,300 companies from 50 different countries presented their solutions for the wood industry, the furniture-making industry, the woodworking trades and the primary sector.

Greater sustainability in the Woodworking and Wood processing Industry

When the machines and systems are powered up and running again, furniture parts are produced in live demonstrations and innovations come to life – then you know it's LIGNA. The pandemic forced a four-year wait on exhibitors and visitors alike – now the world's leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry is finally taking place live again, and providing the opportunity for face-to-face contact and networking.

5 days of program: LIGNA.Stage is the new knowledge center at LIGNA.23

Hannover - In addition to its centerpiece - the exhibition of woodworking and wood processing machinery and equipment - LIGNA.23 also offers its visitors an extensive supporting program.

Focus on the Starting Point for Sustainable Value Creation

LIGNA 2023 with a broad spectrum of machinery and equipment for forestry, roundwood and sawntimber production

World of Wood Processing builds on skilled Trades

With numerous program highlights for the skilled trades, LIGNA 2023 underscores the central importance of carpenters, joiners and joiners for the woodworking industry

LIGNA 2023 provides orientation for the industry

The focus topic "Woodworking Transformation" at LIGNA 2023 outlines viable scenarios for the wood and furniture industry along the current and future lines of development in digitization, as well as solutions for the woodworking trade.

LIGNA 2023 provides valuable Impulses for sustainable Management

With its focus on "Green Material Processing," LIGNA 2023 is setting an important signal for the development of international sustainability strategies. As the world marketplace for the wood industry, it is the ideal place for this.

Construction industry turns to Wood - LIGNA 2023 delivers Solutions

As the trade show with the world's widest range of processing machinery for wood construction, LIGNA 2023 will examine the focus topic "Prefab Building Processes" from all angles. After all, timber house construction has gained massive market share over conventional construction methods in recent years.

The Future of Woodworking and Wood Processing starts at LIGNA.Campus

Research and development, as well as education and training, are indispensable on the road to a more sustainable and productive future for woodworking and wood processing. From May 15 to 19, 2023, the LIGNA.Campus format in Hannover will provide renowned technical colleges, universities of applied sciences and universities with the ideal platform for their diverse educational offerings and groundbreaking research findings.

It’s LIGNA again!

The Woodworking Community meets in Hannover

The LIGNA ticket shop is open

The ticket shop for LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry, which takes place in Hannover from 15 to 19 May, is now open. Interested parties can purchase tickets for the event via the webshop.

75% of Display Space at LIGNA 2023 already booked

Despite a series of extraordinary challenges, including rising energy prices, material shortages and economic uncertainties in many markets, the woodworking and wood processing industry is in good spirits some six months before LIGNA.

1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference cannot take place

The 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference planned for 1 and 2 June 2022 cannot take place.

MEM INDUSTRIAL 2022

More than 200 leading brands representing the industry's entire value chain participated in MEM Industrial 2022. Centro Citibanamex welcomed over 4,000 visitors to its 9,500 square meters of exhibition space between March 29 and 31. The event attracted professional international buyers from Asia, Europe, North America and Latin America, as well as each of Mexico's 32 states.

Focus topics at LIGNA 2023 address current industry developments

“Woodworking Transformation”, “Prefab Building Processes” and “Green Material Processing” are the focus topics of the upcoming LIGNA from May 15 to 19, 2023. They address current industry developments and will be presented by exhibiting companies as well as accompanied by additional formats.

1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference to be launched on 1 and 2 June 2022

After its cancellation in autumn 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 1st Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference is now being launched in summer 2022. The organizer of the LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for the wood industry, Hannover-based Deutsche Messe, and the Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (TH Rosenheim) are teaming up to welcome you to Rosenheim on 1 and 2 June.

New structure: Deutsche Messe AG with reorganization

Hendrik Engelking to take over overall portfolio of LIGNA, Interschutz, parts2clean and SurfaceTechnology GERMANY | Stephanie Wagner new Head of LIGNA

MEM INDUSTRIAL 2022 is postponed to March 2022

The MEM Industry Advisory Board had met in mid-January with the aim of assessing the feasibility of the 26-28 January 2022 MEM in light of the increase in Covid-19 Omicron variant cases in different parts of the country and globally.

New digital platform connects international wood industry

Digital.Innovative.Interactive: LIGNA.Innovation Network made a convincing debut from 27 to 29 September 2021. The new digital event for the international woodworking and processing industry impressively demonstrated the importance of such a format in these challenging times. 120 exhibiting companies and more than 80 renowned speakers from industry, politics and research have set new impulses and shown perspectives for the industry.

New digital event LIGNA.Innovation Network to launch on Monday

The first edition of LIGNA.Innovation Network will kick off on Monday. From September 27 to 29, the new digital meeting place for the woodworking and wood processing industry will connect international companies, suppliers, users, research and education, promote dialogue around the focus topics of Woodworking Transformation, Prefab Building Processes in timber construction and Green Material Processing, and highlight opportunities for the industry.

LIGNA.Forum digital with new impulses for the woodworking industries

The LIGNA.Forum digital will be held as part of the new online event LIGNA.Innovation Network, which runs from 27 to 29 September 2021. The two-day conference programme will feature recognized industry experts on the focus topics of Prefab Building Processes and Woodworking Transformation.

Wood Industry Summit Digital: full programme with renowned speakers

Material availability, climate protection and the Green Deal: the last few months have clearly shown how important these issues are. In order to promote dialogue for a future-oriented bioeconomy despite the COVID 19 pandemic, the Wood Industry Summit will be launched as a digital event for the first time. The two-day online conference, organised as part of the LIGNA.Innovation Network, will bring together more than 30 international experts from industry and politics.

MEM Industrial–Tecno Mueble Internacional

The MEM Industrial–Tecno Mueble Internacional (MEM-TMI) Organizing Committee, comprised of Hannover Fairs México and the Jalisco Furniture Manufacturers’ Association (Afamjal), together with local authorities and Expo Guadalajara, today confirmed that the 2021 edition of the event, which will take place on August 18-21 at Expo Guadalajara, will proceed as planned under an in-person format, in compliance with a stringent safety and hygiene protocol applicable to all visitors and participants.

Wood industry lines up behind LIGNA.Innovation Network

September 27 marks the launch of the LIGNA.Innovation Network (LIGNA.IN) – a new digital format for the international woodworking and wood processing industry. In the face of the ongoing challenges posed by the global COVID-19 pandemic, this digital event, combining an expo with a series of conferences and networking opportunities, is being warmly embraced by the industry.

LIGNA.Innovation Network: Preparations in full swing

With a triad of Expo, Conference and Networking, the LIGNA.Innovation Network (LIGNA.IN) will offer an alternative digital platform from September 27 to 29, 2021 to the international woodworking and wood processing industry. Preparations for the new digital event are in full swing. Exhibitors can now register for the LIGNA.Innovation Network and book their digital participation packages in the LIGNA Shop.