汉诺威木制工艺品与加工设备博览会（Handwerk）是世界上领先的木制行业展览会，两年一届，在汉诺威举行，展示木工行业最新创新技术，解决方案的木材加工行业和服务。展会上同时举行一些专题活动：物流信息系统的专题介绍，自动化系统与轻量化专题介绍，应用木特别介绍，木材生物能源、废木材的利用率和发电专题介绍。该展现为木工机械展 LIGNA一个展区，以LIGNA展为主。
协同作用，真正加起来：具有独特的成功记录专用展示平台 - 这是一个贸易展，它的业务。 2005年，特别显示木工和工匠Handwerk，霍尔兹和梅尔是在LIGNA汉诺威首次亮相。这个概念证明一炮打响，并给木工专业人员为网络和交易的想法和创新的理想场所。该显示器和丰富多彩的现场演示使本次车展中之秀非常受欢迎，现在Handwerk，霍尔兹和梅尔是所有木工夹具贸易专业公司。几年后，它是德国北部的为细木工及木工领先贸易展，吸引了来自许多国家的游客。
建立在坚实的基础：有了一个约3万平方米的展示面积，这是一个证明，不偷工减料。超过500名参展商展示最新创新技术，解决方案的木材加工行业和服务。游客人数稳步增长和非常积极的反应 - 尤其是来自德国南部的商人，凭借其强大的传统工艺 - 强调了Handwerk，霍尔兹和梅尔作为创新平台的重要性。所有这一切，当然对于预期的参展商是一个好消息！
展会数据：参观者来自90个国家人数，达到90000人，其中的36%是非德国的贸易商，展商有1765家，来自52个国家，展会面积达到130000平方米。
展品范围(Show Products):
林业（露天场地）；机械，设备，工具及配件，运输，存储系统；锯木技术；机械和工厂的生产锯材；圆木场和锯木厂的测量和优化系统；木质材料及单板生产；机械厂、配件的生产；木基材料和胶合板；固体木工·干燥系统的机械和设备；锯材·机械和工厂的生产和维护；机床；家具业；机械工业家具生产厂房及设施；工业表面处理技术；手工业，霍尔茨梅尔 - 细木工行业工艺，木工行业；实木，配件，服务；细木工和橱柜厂商的机器，设备及配件；机械，设备及配件的木结构建筑；木工，木建筑材料，木材贸易；内部装修/改建，技术家具生产。
展会报告(Show Reports):
Hannover, Germany. In its 50th anniversary year, LIGNA 2025 once again proved to be the leading platform for the international woodworking community, featuring 1,433 exhibitors from 49 countries. From May 26 to 30, it brought together the global woodworking and wood processing industry in Hanover, provided a significant boost to the sector, ignited fresh momentum, and laid the foundation for future investments.
“LIGNA has impressively reaffirmed its unique position as the world’s leading trade fair for the industry. Around 78,000 visitors from 156 countries came to Hanover – putting us on par with the previous event in 2023. Given the circumstances, that is a strong result,” said Dr. Jochen Köckler, CEO at Deutsche Messe AG. “Despite all the benefits of digitalization, nothing can replace the experience of seeing machines in live operation at a trade fair. I would like to thank all LIGNA exhibitors who demonstrated this so clearly here,” Köckler continued, adding: “The combination of innovation, technological progress, and passion is the best foundation for renewed investment.”
The proportion of trade visitors at LIGNA 2025 was 93 percent, with 60 percent of them holding management positions – 44 percent of those in top management.
Whether in forestry, sawmilling, production, manufacturing, or craft industries, exhibitors presented solutions spanning the entire value chain, showing how current challenges can be addressed and turned into opportunities. The spotlight was on digitalization, automation, artificial intelligence, smart production, sustainable and climate-friendly construction using wood and wood-based materials, and the responsible, future-oriented use of wood as a resource.
Köckler stated: “What makes LIGNA unique worldwide is its role as an international marketplace for the woodworking and wood processing industry. This is where global supply meets international demand. With 56 percent of visitors coming from abroad, LIGNA clearly demonstrates that it is the undisputed world’s leading trade fair for the industry and enables global business at the highest level.” The largest groups of international visitors came from Poland, Italy, and Austria, followed by the Netherlands, France, and Belgium.
Markus Hüllmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association, also gave a positive assessment of LIGNA 2025: “We had a successful LIGNA that provided motivation and momentum in an otherwise uncertain environment. The situation differs across segments and manufacturers, but everyone here in Hanover discussed important projects and recharged their batteries. For some, this even resulted in unexpected orders at their stands – which gives us confidence that the industry will quickly bounce back.”
Focus Topics reflect the Spirit of the Times
With its three focus topics – CONNECTIVITY, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION, and ENGINEERED WOOD – LIGNA 2025 addressed precisely the areas that not only concern the industry but also offer genuine hope for a world urgently seeking sustainable development. Exhibitors clearly embraced their responsibility, as evidenced across all ten exhibition halls, two pavilions, and the outdoor area, covering a total of 114,078 square meters. A wide array of smart solutions – from reforestation to finished products – confirm the status of wood as a renewable raw material and the construction material of the moment.
Jan Kurth, CEO of the German Furniture Industry Associations, on LIGNA: “This year’s LIGNA showcased innovative approaches to resource-efficient production across the entire value chain – among many other advancements – providing valuable momentum for us in the German furniture industry. The topics of sustainability and the circular economy are of central importance to our manufacturers.”
Supporting Program inspires with Living Traditions and new Formats
Like no other trade fair in its sector, LIGNA combines a business platform with craftsmanship. It stands equally for groundbreaking developments in high-tech mechanical engineering and innovations in craft businesses. The two new formats, LIGNA.Circular and LIGNA.TruckStop, also attracted great visitor interest.
Reflecting the circular transformation that was omnipresent at LIGNA, LIGNA.Circular in Hall 12 became a hotspot for concrete concepts on the circular economy and sustainable material use. In a more hands-on way, LIGNA.TruckStop invited carpenters, joiners, and craftsmen from all trades to exchange ideas about the latest power tools for workshops and business management.
Innovative Strength reflected in more than 900 Trade Fair Premieres
For half a century, most companies have traditionally timed their product developments to debut at LIGNA, presenting them for the first time to the international trade community. The particularly innovative character of LIGNA 2025 is demonstrated by more than 900 trade fair premieres, including numerous advancements that elevate the resource-efficient use of energy and materials to a new level.
Another clear trend at LIGNA 2025 was the redefinition of the human role amid the technological revolution driven by AI and machine learning. Contrary to many expectations, humans are neither being marginalized nor replaced; instead, they are given more space to develop their creativity. Genuine emotionality is becoming an indispensable complement to artificial intelligence. Dr. Jochen Köckler commented: “The cohesion and cooperation within the woodworking community at LIGNA was clear evidence of this. Trade fairs are meeting places for people in a community that cannot be replaced. Genuine closeness cannot be streamed or replicated by AI.”
The next LIGNA will take place from May 10 to 14, 2027, at the exhibition grounds in Hanover. “Together with the exhibitors and the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association, we have decided that from 2027 onwards, LIGNA will no longer be held over Ascension Day but will instead offer five full working days of business,” Köckler explained.
