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Once LIGNA turns 50 next year, we would like to hear from our companions about their favorite experiences with the jubilarian. 😍 We already did a small round of interviews with LIGNA’s Deutsche Messe and VDMA organizing team. The first results are here: https://lnkd.in/eRQ5YU6b What do you associate with LIGNA? Share with us exciting, funny, surprising, and beautiful experiences from the trade fair! We collect your LIGNA Stories and will publish them on our website and social media in the coming weeks and months. To make it as easy as possible for you, we have provided a short interview form on our website: https://lnkd.in/e8Qy3SPq Of course, you can also upload photos, videos, or documents. Thank you for participating in our LIGNA stories. Your contribution truly makes the LIGNA anniversary special! #Anniversary #Woodworking #50YearsLIGNA #LIGNA25

#LignaBatonOnTour Yesterday in Bangalore, India ... Once the LIGNA baton leaves our hands, it does travel the world. And in some cases it does not stay in one place only, but gets handed over from country to country, from one hand into another, symbolizing the core of our business: It's all about linking people! As part of the APAC product strategy meeting in Bangalore, the Leitz managing directors of the region also discussed the plans for Ligna 2025 with CEO Jürgen Köppel and Jonas Ball from the Group headquarters in Oberkochen. For them, it was also an excellent opportunity to hand over the #LIGNA25 baton to all #Leitz subsidiaries in Asia. The next meeting is already planned for 2025 in Hanover at ... well, guess where ... at LIGNA! Thanks to forwarding this great picture and all involved! Looking forward to see you all next year. Jürgen Köppel (CEO Leitz Group / Leitz GmbH & Co. KG) San Wangthanapat (Managing Director Leitz Thailand) Suresh Balakrishnan, Cmde (Retd) (Managing Director Leitz India) Shinichi Sato (Managing Director Leitz Japan) Jonas Balle (Export Manager Asia, Leitz Oberkochen) Max Theobald (Managing Director Leitz Singapur) Sam Czyczelis (Managing Director Leitz Australia)

Last week, we welcomed a long-standing partner of #LIGNA at the exhibition grounds in #Hannover: MiCROTEC - Innovating Wood from Italy, Bressanone. Microtec S.r.l. offers scanning and optimisation solutions for the entire woodworking industry. Before handing over the baton to Melanie Kaindl and Nadia Eisenstecken, we toured the exhibition space booked by MiCROTEC at LIGNA in hall 25 and 27 and discussed relevant details of stand construction planning and marketing opportunities for the upcoming show in May 2025. We look forward to Microtec S.r.l.'s appearance at #LIGNA.25!

#LignaonTour The „South“ of Germany feels a bit like „home“ lately for our LIGNA Team Stephanie and Silke From WEINIG Group in Tauberbischofsheim to KLEIBERIT SE & Co. KG in Weingarten they exchanged market information, thoughts, and ideas on everything evolving around the participations of those long-standing great partners in #Ligna25 Not only LIGNA with it‘s 50th anniversary but also those two companies combine the best of both worlds: tradition and future. Thanks a lot WEINIG Group with Gregor Baumbusch, Benedikt Schneider, Julian Ott and Nelli Gerb as well as KLEIBERIT SE & Co. KG with Andrea Becker-Weimann, Leonhard Ritzhaupt, peter mansky and Michelle Wurster for taking the time to meet and discuss and your hospitality! #almost120 #olderthan75 #almost50 #woodworkingmachinery #solidwood #woodbasedmaterials #chemicalindustry #adhesives

The journey through our 50 years of LIGNA continues over the summer. Today's feature: the look of our LIGNA catalogues. Isn't it fascinating to see how plain everything still looked in 1975, and how it became more colorful over the years? Between 1975 and 1995, it may not be a quantum leap, but the change is certainly noticeable. Do you also have any promotional materials like posters, banners, or image brochures from your companies that have evolved with LIGNA over the past 50 years? Send them our way, we'd love to share them. For more information about the history of LIGNA, visit here: https://lnkd.in/erUZUnqw #LIGNA25 #Woodworking #Anniversary

As we continue our historic journey through 50 years of LIGNA, we dive a little deeper into the second decade: 1985 to 1995. It is always fascinating to watch how technology has evolved in the woodworking and wood processing industry. 🪵 In case you are a history fan, take a look at our website where you will find a complete overview of the LIGNA’s history: https://lnkd.in/erUZUnqw You have photos or stories on LIGNA you would like to share with us? Please contact us directly: https://lnkd.in/ejGjSmEZ #LIGNA25 #Woodworking #Anniversary

… and here is the other part of the Team… Finally! After eight long years the industry came together again at the KWF Field Demonstrations, organzied by the Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik e.V. (KWF) in Schwarzenborn and #LIGNAOnTour was part of it. Fun fact: The weather did NOT match the atmosphere. 😂 We had fantastic and intense two days on site 🤗 , met many long-standing customers, partners and, of course, LIGNA friends, handed over quite a few LIGNA batons and discussed all things forestry work and forestry technology! LIGNA is here with its own booth. Please stop by at the tent/Z1-19! A huge shoutout to the organizers! You did a wonderful job and all your efforts are much appreciated. 🙏 #LIGNA25 SENNEBOGEN #SerraSawmills Logosol #DFUV Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. Deutscher Forstverein e.V. Deutscher Forstwirtschaftsrat e.V. (DFWR)

#LIGNAonTour in 🇦🇹 While another part of the LIGNA Team travelled to a destination to be revealed on Thursday, our Head of LIGNA Stephanie Wagner attended the 22nd meeting of the VDMA Woodworking Machinery Association‘s Marketing and Sales Working Group, headed and organized by Dominik Wolfschuetz. A heads-up and some presented insights from Stephanie on #LIGNA25 later, the group enjoyed the perfect host’s IMA Schelling Group choice of scenic location. The second day headed of by a Welcome from Wolfgang Rohner brought interesting insights on both the current market situation, about our host IMA Schelling as well as lectures on the possibilities of KI technology in sales by GAL Digital GmbH and the importance of Brand Marketing Strategies by Brand Trust GmbH. Thanks a lot to Larissa Frohner and Patrick Meyer for being a fantastic host and to Dominik Wolfschuetz for providing us with the opportunity to present LIGNA in front of this great audience of partners and long-time and new contacts! #vdma #dmag #woodworking #holzbearbeitungsmaschinen AL-KO Airtech, ATEMAG-Aggregatetechnologie und Manufaktur AG, Baumer Inspection GmbH, Riepe GmbH & Co. KG, Leitz GmbH & Co. KG, Vits Technology GmbH, SCHUKO Absaug-, Oberflächen- und Filtertechnik, Leitz GmbH & Co. KG, WEINIG Group, Festool, Hecht Electronic AG, HOMAG, Holtec GmbH & Co. KG, Siempelkamp, Dieffenbacher, Karl Heesemann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, KÜNDIG Group, LEUCO GROUP, Robert Bürkle GmbH, Schiele Maschinenbau GmbH, STEINEMANN TECHNOLOGY AG, VENJAKOB Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, WEINIG Group

#LIGNAonTour… … today together with the colleagues from the VDMA I had the pleasure to visit another long-time partner of LIGNA: Baumer Inspection GmbH in Konstanz (Lake Constance, beautiful area BTW) Before we passed the baton, Stefan Bickert, Stefan Eisenkohl and Dr. Christoph Schmitt gave us a thorough tour through the premises and really interesting insights in their product range. Thanks for taking the time to present and explain! #BaumerInspection is specialised in automatic optical inspection systems for defect detection and process monitoring. We are already excited to what they will have in store for #LIGNA25

From stand concept to forum formats, from focus topics to catering requirements, from visitor target group campaigns to market information, from set-up and logistics to press events, from invitation management to services offered … we covered it all. #LIGNAonTour again… A year before LIGNA we are exchanging ideas and together set the path towards a successful participation. Setting expectations and working closely together on a common goal defines great partnerships on an eye to eye level. Thank you HOMAG for your hospitality! #ligna25 #homag Achim Homeier Thomas Storz Anna Kimmich Silke Laule