LIGNA 2025: Hanover, Germany May 26-30

Global stage, Canadian spotlight: Inside LIGNA 2025 in Hanover Under the wooden and steel beams of the Hannover fairgrounds, the hum of high-tech machinery competed with the buzz of conversations in dozens of languages. It was the sound of the wood world converging — 1,433 exhibitors from 49 countries and nearly 80,000 visitors from 156 […] The post LIGNA 2025: Hanover, Germany May 26-30 first appeared on Madison’s Lumber Reporter.

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