ITALY - SCM is preparing for the upcoming edition of Ligna (Hanover, 15-19 May 2023) consolidated by a growth in double figures, that brought the Group's turnover in 2022 to EUR 850 million, and with technological proposals that meet the most current needs of a highly customised, versatile, interconnected and sustainable production.

In an exhibition area covering 3,000 m2, visitors to Ligna will have an opportunity to discover the vast range of new products developed by the Italian Group to meet every production need when machining panels, solid wood, timber construction and artisan woodworking.

Innovation with a common goal: to make processes more efficient, keep down costs, consumption and waste and simplify their management, as is the case with the Smart&Human Factory that will be presented in Hanover in two distinct versions for industry and the small businesses.

“At Ligna - declares Pietro Gheller, SCM's Product&Markets Director - we will give solid evidence of our ability to provide top-quality solutions for every woodworking application. We will present advanced automation systems that stand apart for being modular and configurable to suit the customer's needs and support a top-quality, flexible production while still guaranteeing high standards in efficiency and productivity".

The new SCM digital factory, continues Gheller: “is integrated and interconnected to the company's MES systems to optimise more complex production flows. Furthermore, it allows for real-time, 360° planning and monitoring of all the process stages, even remotely: from the order to design, right up to the after-sales service. The aim is the encourage an optimal, more sustainable use of energy resources and the materials used by the customer, as well as improve the plant's resources, by pre-empting the need for maintenance

and preventing any machine stops thanks to the data collected being processed".