Electrified plywood in shocking video, a sawmill reopens following devastating combustible dust explosion, and Redbook's hottest wood species report were in the wood industry's most viewed reports this week.

Innovative wood manufacturing technology news is flowing in at a quickening pace as the industry gears up for Ligna and Interzum - the big global shows for technology and supply held in Germany in May.

In the run-up to international woodworking show Ligna 2013, equipment maker Weeke says it sold more than 1,550 BHX 050/055 vertical machining centers after 1,300 days on the market, more than one a day through the end of 2012.

On Ligna 2013, Robert Bürkle GmbH, Freudenstadt, Germany, presents press and laminating technology for surface finishing of furniture parts and wood-based panels with the slogan "Bürkle makes it easy"

Brandt will show airTec hot-air edgebanding technology for seamless joints at Ligna 2013.

Forestry and timber industry professionals around the world are counting down the days until LIGNA opens its gates on May 6.