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LIGNA

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

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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
Fon: +49 511 89-32148

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
5/2023
Exhibitors
1.288
Domestic
444
Abroad
844
Other represented firms
0
Visitors (number of admissions)
77.351
Domestic
33.363
Abroad
43.988
Space (gross)
195.000
Space (net)
113.937
Special show space
736
Exhibitor stand space
113.201
Hall space
104.808
Domestic
43.622
Abroad
61.186
Open air
8.393
Domestic
5.314
Abroad
3.079
Origin of exhibitors 2023 from 50 countries
Argentina2
Austria55
Belgium17
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
Brazil11
Bulgaria1
Canada14
Chile1
China, People's Republic61
Congo, Democratic Republic1
Croatia1
Czechia17
Denmark28
Egypt1
Estonia1
Finland21
France18
Germany444
Greece4
Hong Kong, China SAR2
Hungary1
India6
Indonesia1
Ireland5
Israel2
Italy264
Japan10
Latvia6
Liechtenstein2
Lithuania7
Luxembourg1
Malaysia2
Netherlands29
Norway2
Poland28
Portugal4
San Marino4
Serbia2
Slovakia1
Slovenia12
Spain30
Sweden35
Switzerland21
Taiwan16
Thailand1
Türkiye54
Ukraine1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland15
United States of America24
Uruguay1
FKM trade visitor structure
5/2023
Visitors (number of admissions)
77351
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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