GERMANY - Due to the continuing high level of infection worldwide in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slow national and international progress on vaccination and thus the continuing existence of travel restrictions. 

Deutsche Messe, together with the VDMA (German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association), have taken the decision to cancel the world's leading trade show for woodworking and wood processing plant, machinery and tools. The next LIGNA will be held from May 15 to 19, 2023.

"Uncertainties in the wake of the pandemic still remain very high worldwide. In close consultation with the VDMA, we have therefore decided to cancel LIGNA as a physical event in 2021", says Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chairman of the Managing Board of Deutsche Messe AG.

"In order to offer the industry a platform for innovations, knowledge exchange and networking, alternatively we will set up a digital networking and content platform that will be launched at the end of September. We are also planning the Rosenheim LIGNA.Conference in early summer 2022. For both event formats, we are incorporating the many new insights and positive experiences from the recently hosted Hannover Messe Digital Edition."