GERMANY – As the trade show with the world’s widest range of processing machinery for wood construction, Ligna 2023 will examine the focus topic “Prefab Building Processes” from all angles.

After all, timber house construction has gained massive market share over conventional construction methods in recent years.

As a natural and renewable raw material, wood ensures a lower CO2 impact during the production and construction of timber houses than other building materials. In addition, timber houses are becoming increasingly cost-efficient – a trend that can be further enhanced by optimizing prefabrication processes.

This is because the prefabrication of wall and ceiling elements including doors and windows, complete roof trusses, stairs and much more, which can be preassembled under controlled conditions, helps achieve higher quality as well as faster construction times in timber construction.

For example, CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) has become increasingly popular in recent years. Demand for CLT is expected to continue to increase in the future, which could result in growth of more than 30 percent for CLT lines in the coming years.