This year's International Woodworking Fair will be smaller, but there will still plenty to see and do.

RHO, ITALY – The organizers of Xylexpo, Europe’s biggest woodworking event of the year, say they have signed up 550 exhibitors and more than 127,000 square feet of display space. In a press release, Xylexpo officials said, "The figures are encouraging. The situation in the wood industry - that the global economic crisis has been influencing strictly - is not stopping applications from exhibitors coming from all over the world."