At the official press conference, Dr. Jochen Klöckler, Chairman of the Executive Board of Deutsche Messe AG, and Markus Hüllmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association, also provided an outlook on developments in the industry.
The action on stage could be followed not only on site but also via livestream on the LIGNA website. More than 1,700 interested people were there on the net!
You too can experience the press conference in the on-demand livestream.

To the LIGNA. Preview livestream

We are already looking forward to welcoming you in Hannover from May 15 to 19.

Focus on prefab building processes
In their keynotes at LIGNA.Preview, Bernd Oswald, Co-Founder GROPYUS, and Prof. Achim Menges, University of Stuttgart, showed how the resource-saving use of wood as a building material can already be implemented technologically today.

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The industry comes together
During the personal networking exhibitors and press had the the opportunity to meet live and on site: 17 companies presented their innovations at the LIGNA.Preview.

See list of exhibitors

LIGNA.Recruiting - match made at LIGNA

At LIGNA.Recruiting in Hall 12 we become matchmakers: interested talents and young professionals meet potential employers. Your job vacancies will be advertised on the digital job wall on site, via the exclusive online trade show channel "LIGNA" and the industry channels "Handwerk" and "Industrie" at www.fachjobs24.de, as well as via the media network of our cooperation partner, the Konradin Media Group. Would your HR department like to arrange appointments with potential applicants directly at LIGNA? Use our LIGNA.Recruiting area and book your "company promo table".Contact us!

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