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LIGNA

The World's Leading Trade Fair for Woodworking and Wood Processing Plant, Machinery and Tools

LIGNA is the world’s leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry and has been held every two years since 1975, in odd-numbered years in Hanover. It showcases the complete range for both the primary and secondary industries: tools, machines and systems for custom and mass production, surface technology, wood-based panel production, sawmill technology, energy from wood, machine components and automation technology, as well as machinery and equipment for forestry technology.

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Date

10.05.-14.05.2027
Cycle: every two years
Year founded: 1975
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Fairgrounds

Messegelände
Hanover
Germany

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Organisers

Deutsche Messe AG

Messegelände
30521 Hanover
Germany
Fon: +49 511 89-0
Fax: +49 511 89-32626
info@messe.dehttp://www.messe.de

Project team

ligna@messe.dehttp://www.ligna.de

VDMA Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen

Lyoner Str. 18
60528 Frankfurt on the Main
Germany
Fon: +49 69 6603-1340
Fax: +49 69 6603-1621
infoholz@vdma.orghttp://www.wood.vdma.org

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Sector focus

Woodworking, Furniture Production (industry 39)
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, veterinary medicine (industry 49)
Surface Treatment Technology (industry 63)

Main offerings

Automation
Energy Management
Forestry Engineering
Veneer Industry
Fork-Lift Truck
Wood Working
Timber Processing Machinery
Wood Felling
Wood Craft
Wood Transport
Woodworking Machinery
Wood Materials Industry
Wood Industry
Industrial Automation
Industrial Furniture Production
Industrial Robots
Power Heat Technology
Components
Logistics
Solid Wood Processing
Furniture Machinery
Surface Mount Technology
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
Round Timber Storage
Drying Installations
Sawmill Technology
Tools
Carpentry Machines
industrial coating technology

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Trade visitors

Statistics

Key figures
5/2025
Exhibitors
1.425
Domestic
482
Abroad
943
Other represented firms
Visitors (number of admissions)
75.922
Domestic
33.243
Abroad
42.679
Trade visitors
Domestic
Abroad
Space (gross)
194.000
Space (net)
113.318
Special show space
687
Exhibitor stand space
112.631
Hall space
103.715
Domestic
41.733
Abroad
61.982
Open air
8.916
Domestic
6.162
Abroad
2.754
Origin of exhibitors 2025 from 49 countries
Argentina2
Australia1
Austria66
Belgium13
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Brazil6
Bulgaria1
Canada15
China, People's Republic153
Croatia1
Czechia19
Denmark26
Estonia1
Finland25
France20
Germany482
Greece6
Hong Kong, China SAR3
Hungary3
India10
Ireland3
Israel3
Italy235
Japan9
Korea, Democratic People's Republic2
Latvia6
Liechtenstein1
Lithuania7
Luxembourg1
Malaysia1
Netherlands24
Norway3
Poland25
Portugal6
San Marino5
Serbia2
Singapore1
Slovakia2
Slovenia9
Spain34
Sweden43
Switzerland21
Taiwan27
Thailand1
Türkiye54
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland11
United States of America33
Uruguay1
Vietnam1
FKM trade visitor structure
2023
Visitors (number of admissions)
77.351
Proportion of trade visitors
94%
Total Germany (%)
43
Bremen
1
Hamburg
3
Lower Saxony
30
Schleswig-Holstein
5
North Rhine-Westphalia
22
Hesse
5
Rhineland-Palatinate
3
Saarland
1
Baden-Württemberg
8
Bavaria
11
Berlin
2
Brandenburg
2
Mecklenburg-West Pommerania
1
Saxony-Anhalt
2
Saxony
2
Thuringia
2
Professional position (%)
Entrepreneur, co-owner, freelancer
5
Managing director, board member, head of an authority etc.
29
Area manager, works manager, plant manager, branch manager, head of public office
9
Department head, group head, team leader
17
Other salaried staff, civil servant, skilled worker
24
Lecturer, teacher
1
Trainee
4
Other position
4
Student
5
Other not gainfully employed
1
Area of responsibility (%)
Management
35
Research and development, design/construction
4
Manufacturing, production, quality control
11
Buying/procurement
2
Finance/accounting, controlling
6
Information and communication technology
1
Personnel administration, administration
0
Sales
5
Marketing, advertising, PR
1
Logistics: material management, storage, transport
1
Maintenance/repairs
3
Other area
27
Student
5
Other not gainfully employed
0
Economic sectors (%)
Manufacturing industry / production
48
Construction/interior construction
17
Wholesale and Retail
5
Agriculture and forestry
4
Research and development
4
Services provided by companies and freelancers
2
Other service
5
Other economic sectors
9
Student
5
other non-professionals
1
Distance to home (%)
up to 50 km
7
more than 50 km up to 100 km
9
more than 100 km up to 300 km
23
over 300 km
60
Foreign origin total (%)
57
EU
58
Other european countries
13
Africa
2
North America
7
South and Central America
6
Middle East
2
South-, East-, Central Asia
9
Australia/Oceania
4
Countries with the highest visitor shares (%)
Poland
5
Austria
5
Belgium
5
France
4
Italy
4
Size of company/organization (%)
1 - 4
14
5 - 9
9
10 - 49
22
50 - 199
18
200 - 499
10
500 - 999
5
1 000 and more
11
Student
10
Other not employed
1
Influence on purchasing/procurement decisions (%)
decisively
26
collectively
26
in an advisory capacity/organization
22
no
17
Student
10
Other not gainfully employed
1
Frequency of trade fair visits (%)
Previous event
30
Earlier events
37
First visit
49
1.9
Survey conducted by: Wissler & Partner
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