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.

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