Found, Dare, Rethink – Start-Ups at LIGNA.FutureSquare

There is still room for improvement when it comes to start-ups in Germany – mainly due to cultural attitudes, a lower willingness to take risks, slower processes, and limited financing options.

Vital Forests as Guarantors of Climate-Friendly Wood

The forestry industry leads LIGNA 2025 visitors on new paths toward greater resource efficiency.

LIGNA Exhibitors showcase smart Solutions for “Sustainable Production"

When the global woodworking and wood processing industry gathers at LIGNA 2025 in Hannover from May 26 to 30, it will do so in a challenging environment. New U.S. tariffs and international countermeasures are creating significant risks for numerous industries – and LIGNA is not immune to these developments.

Highlights of the LIGNA.Stage

In LIGNA’s 50th anniversary year, LIGNA.Stage will once again be located in Hall 12. All presentation slots are already fully booked from Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m..

Climate Ticket for LIGNA 2025 – free Public Transport

All visitors to LIGNA 2025 can use public transport free of charge.

At a Glance

LIGNA 2025 compactly summarized

Information for Journalists

LIGNA – The World’s Leading Trade Fair for Tools, Machines, and Equipment for Woodworking and Wood Processing

Smarter Construction:

LIGNA 2025 perfectly showcases the key role of wood-based materials in sustainable construction, with a focus on ‘ENGINEERED WOOD’.

LIGNA 2025: Exhibitor numbers exceed previous event levels

LIGNA.TruckStop featuring five show trucks and LIGNA.Circular presenting six themed islands

Woodworking Community sees LIGNA 2025 as the most important Milestone

Exhibitors rely on LIGNA as an economic driver.

Innovation and Automation for the Wood Industry

Markus Hüllmann, Chairman of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association, painted a pragmatic yet opportunity-oriented picture of the woodworking machinery sector at the press preview for LIGNA 2025.

LIGNA defies Industry Downturn: more than 105,000 sqm already booked

Six months ahead of its opening, the world’s leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry has already secured commitments from 1,100 exhibitors spanning more than 105,000 square meters of exhibition space.

Hendrik Rawe is the new department head for LIGNA

Hendrik Rawe is the new department head for the trade fairs LIGNA, INTERSCHUTZ, parts2clean, and SurfaceTechnology GERMANY at Deutsche Messe.

LIGNA.Circular focuses on circular Transformation

A new format premieres at LIGNA’s anniversary edition 2025: LIGNA.Circular. From May 26 to 30, 2025, Hall 12 will showcase a hot topic for the woodworking industry, focusing on the circular transformation in woodworking and wood processing.

Excellent Booking Status for LIGNA’s Anniversary Edition in 2025

A year before LIGNA 2025 celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is already receiving significant support from exhibiting companies.

Focus Topics as Enablers of Future Value Creation in Woodworking

With its focus topics LIGNA.CONNECTIVITY, LIGNA.SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION and LIGNA.ENGINEERED WOOD, LIGNA 2025 in Hannover will be an important source of direction and impetus for the entire industry. Over the course of five days, the world's premier trade fair for woodworking and wood processing tools, machines, and systems will highlight the advancements in the key transformation processes.

LIGNA celebrates its 50th Anniversary

The woodworking community has a milestone birthday coming up: LIGNA will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025. During the height of the oil crisis in 1975 the world's leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry emerged from HANNOVER MESSE, where it had its home for many years as the continuously growing “Woodworking Machinery Group Show” under the auspices of the then Fachgemeinschaft Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen im VDMA e. V. (Woodworking Machinery Association).

LIGNA with new Event Dates from 2027 onwards

From 2027, LIGNA will be setting a new strategic course in terms of dates. It will leave the usual event period over Ascension Day and from 2027 onwards will continue to be held in the odd-numbered years – but detached from the public holiday – in spring in Hanover, Germany.

LIGNA strengthens Communications Team

As of September 1, 2023, Silke Gathmann has taken on the role of press spokeswoman for LIGNA and will place an increased focus on media communications for the world’s leading trade fair for woodworking and wood processing in the future.

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.