12 June 2018LIGNA 2019: From woodworking to smart surfaces
The organizers of LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for machinery, plant and tools for the woodworking and timber processing industry, have announced the main topics to be highlighted at the next show, which runs from 27 to 31 May 2019 in Hanover.
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The three main topics will be: “Integrated Woodworking – Customized Solutions”, “Smart Surface Technologies” and “Wood Industry Summit”.
Integrated Woodworking – Customized Solutions
Digitization, integration and automation. These three major trends and the efficiencies they bring to the wood industry and woodworking trades will remain high on the agenda at LIGNA under the banner of "Integrated Woodworking – Customized Solutions." In 2019, the show's exhibitors will focus on new wood-industry applications for smart technologies, new developments and customized solutions for intelligent production across all areas of the wood value chain.
Their exhibitions and displays will span a broad array of themes, including augmented reality, virtual reality, digitization, customer-specific tailoring and safety, not to mention the growing pressure on manufacturers to deliver precision, flexibility and fast throughput. Together, the exhibitors will showcase the many opportunities of batch-size-one production – the ultimate in integration and customization. The "Integrated Woodworking – Customized Solutions" theme will speak to LIGNA's entire wood-industry visitor contingent, being of relevance for primary and secondary production, and everything else in between. The exhibitors will be demonstrating solutions of all sizes for users of all scales. That's everything from complex, integrated plants for industrial users, to entry-level systems for SMEs and mid-size workshops, to individual solutions for specialists.
Smart Surface Technologies
Surface technology has been steadily expanding its presence at LIGNA, and in 2017 featured for the first time as a display category of its own. The surface technology sector is enjoying strong growth on the back of mounting customer demand for product individualization, and in 2017 this trend resulted in significantly enlarged displays in the surface technology section of the show. The organizers are therefore planning to further highlight and expand this topic at LIGNA 2019, focusing in particular on adhesives, liquid coatings and lacquers and digital printing. Last year's show in fact featured several providers of digital printing solutions. In 2019, the digital printing lineup will also include 3D printing technologies.
Wood Industry Summit
Topics and issues of importance to the international forestry and wood industry will again be explored in depth at the Wood Industry Summit, which in 2019 is running under the byline “Access to Resources and Technology”. The themes covered by the Wood Industry Summit include digitization in forestry, data protection and data integrity, forest firefighting, forestry infrastructure, road networks and logistics. The Wood Industry Summit at LIGNA 2017 was a resounding success, featuring numerous international exhibitors, not to mention high-power delegations from 12 nations.
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