26 | Feature: LIGNA Preview


Above: Kallfass cross-cut saw


◄ engineer, 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. But benefits were there for those that embraced AI/improved data processes, helping build insight into the workings of companies.


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


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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 exciting focus with the topic ‘Material flows of wood’,” said Dr Andreas Schütte, managing director at Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe eV. “Our goal is to highlight current developments in the supply and use of wood, while also emphasising important research activities in the field of efficient wood usage within the framework of the circular economy.”


The Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research (WKI) and the Association of the German Wood-Based Panel Industry (VHI) are focusing on ‘Circularity in wood-based materials. The Timber Construction Research Centre, supported by the Institute for Building Construction and Timber Construction at TU Braunschweig, will showcase various project presentations. The Association of the German Furniture Industry (VDM) will also present current approaches.


EXHIBITORS


In the halls of Hannover Messe, there are the following focus areas –


• Halls 11 - 15 and 27 | Tools & Machinery for Custom & Mass Production


• Halls 25 - 26, Open-air Site | Energy from Wood


• Hall 26 | Wood Based Panel Production


• Hall 16 | Machine Components and Automation Technology


• Halls 16 + 17 | Surface Technology • Hall 25 | Sawmill Technology


Here is a sample of Ligna news from key wood technology exhibitors: For SCM, LIGNA will mark the 50th anniversary of the company’s presence at the trade fair, demonstrating how the combination of technology, specialist advisory and digital innovation can transform any challenge into a growing opportunity. New exhibits include the new CNC machining centre “oikos xs 650” for timber construction, offering improved performance, greater productivity and flexibility when processing beams of cross-section up to 650x310mm.


Also launching is SCM’s “topset xxl” ►


• Open-air Site & Pavilions | Machinery for Forestry, Roundwood & Sawn timber Production


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