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Above: LIGNA is a hub for industry innovation. Photo: Deutsche Messe
tech-savvy workers and managing production more efficiently were very important for woodworking companies. “Hardly any exhibitor skips LIGNA – and for good reason,” said Dr Bernhard Dirr, managing director of the VDMA. “Especially in challenging times, direct dialogue with customers is crucial to generating new investment momentum through innovative solutions. LIGNA is the platform where pioneering technologies are presented to an international audience of experts. And it’s not just manufacturers who cannot afford to miss this opportunity – customers, too, must be there, as the future course of the industry is set right here in Hannover.”
Thijs Meijerink, material and technology engineer at IKEA, gave a presentation on AI at the LIGNA Preview, sharing opportunities and challenges for the woodworking sector. The wood product industries, he said, had statistically fewer employees under the age of 35 than many other industry small and medium-sized enterprises. This meant less inflow with new ideas, technologies and AI.
Above: Kleiberit at the LIGNA Media Preview
But benefits were there for those that embraced AI/improved data processes, helping build insight into the workings of companies.
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LIGNA.CIRCULAR
“Thinking in circles” is the motto of the second new format,
LIGNA.Circular. It will be integrated into the programme of the LIGNA stage in hall 12 and realised in collaboration with CADEMI, the
LIGNA.Circular partner. A total of six themed islands, located around the stage and occupied by several partners, will highlight different aspects of circular value creation across various industries throughout the trade show week. The focus will be on sustainable innovations in processes, materials, and products. Necessary adjustments for future co-operation within the industry and the transformation of business models will be discussed under the key themes of co-operation, innovation, servitisation, and transformation. The media partner of
LIGNA.Circular is HK - Holz- und Kunststoffverarbeitung from DRW-Verlag. For example, individual best-case studies
on innovations in machines and processes will be presented under the roof of the VDMA on the topic of ‘Machines’ – including examples from Dieffenbacher. The Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe eV (FNR) will provide insights into ‘Material flows of wood’. “At
LIGNA.Circular, Fachagentur
Nachwachsende Rohstoffe is adding an
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