GERMANY - LIGNA.Innovation Network made a convincing debut from 27 to 29 September 2021. The new digital event for the international woodworking and processing industry impressively demonstrated the importance of such a format in these challenging times.

120 exhibiting companies and more than 80 renowned speakers from industry, politics and research have shown perspectives for the industry. More than 5,000 registered participants learned about innovations and trends in the industry. This makes the LIGNA.Innovation Network clearly one of the world's largest conferences of wood industry. The event was organised by Deutsche Messe Hannover together with the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association along the focus themes of LIGNA.

"The innovations presented here by the companies, as well as the topics discussed in the interactive conference program, have made it clear how important exchange continues to be in order to meet the current challenges in business and society," said Dr. Bernhard Dirr, Managing Director of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association. "Even if we missed the personal contact we have at a trade fair, the LIGNA.Innovation Network has clearly shown how informative and inspiring digital events can be."

120 national and international companies showed comprehensive product overviews and best-case applications and provided information on concrete solutions via live stream and video chats.

The content of the digital event LIGNA.Innovation Network can be accessed on-demand by all registered participants from October until the end of the year.