The first Ligna Conference, a summit staged in a non-Ligna year, was held in the Robotation Academy at the Hannover Exhibition Center in Germany, attracting 140 participants and sold out weeks in advance. IKEA, Jeld-Wen and SAP were among the presenters.

Organizers of LIGNA, the giant biennial wood manufacturing trade show, will launch a companion conference series during the off-years. The first will be held May 3-4, 2016 in Hannover, Germany, carries the theme, "Integrated Manufacturing in the Woodworking Industries - the Woodworking Community on its way to Industry 4.0." LIGNA also resets exhibitor categories.

Once again, Italy will have the largest national delegation at Ligna, the biennial exhibition of wood technology scheduled in Hanover from May 11 to 15.

Hexion Inc. invites attendees of the Ligna Trade Show to Hall 27, booth G17 as the company publicly displays its complete line of formaldehyde, forest product resin, and wax emulsion solutions.

At Ligna, Leitz has presented the new generation of its ProfilCut tools: ProfilCut Q. In its premium version, this solution offers the highest cutting speeds in the industry.

Machinery manufacturers of American-produced woodworking equipment will be represented at LIGNA 2015, the largest woodworking fair in the world. LIGNA takes place May 11-15 in Hannover, Germany.

The Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America (WMMA) will continue its time-honored tradition of organizing an exhibition pavilion when LIGNA plays host to the global woodworking community, May 11-15, 2015 in Hannover, Germany.

Leitz Tooling connects people, tooling and products. At Ligna, the world’s largest exhibition for the wood and forestry industries, Leitz will demonstrate how these connections work for manufacturing.

Woodworking Network will sponsor a North American trip to interzum and LIGNA, the world’s largest wood manufacturing shows in Germany.

A worldwide contingent of journalists were given a preview of some of the woodworking innovations and new technology on display at Ligna 2015.