The world’s largest forestry fair continues to raise the bar for international forestry fairs. A year from now it will be time again for Elmia Wood. Source: Timberbiz
This global trade fair is creating even more space than before to present all the innovations for the entire logistics chain from seedling to industry.
“We’re focusing even more on presenting the breadth of forestry operations and efficient, practical applications that create growth and return on investment,” said Jakob Hirsmark, manager of Elmia Wood. “There will also be shows of harvesting in full operation, in real life conditions.”
Modern forestry is all about efficient production and logistics that must function all the way from the seedling stage to when the raw material reaches industrial customers. Elmia Wood from 7 to 10 June 2017 focuses on the totality of this process in several ways.
One innovation is an arena for final felling that stretches across seven hectares, called the Final Felling Arena. Here manufacturers will demonstrate harvesters in full operation to compare the machines and how they perform.
Logistics and drones
Another new section at Elmia Wood will be Load & Transport, which brings together everything to do with forestry logistics.
Here visitors will see products and services for the maintenance and construction of forest roads, the transport of forest raw materials, and timber handling at terminals and wood yards.
“These products were exhibited at previous editions of Elmia Wood but we’re now gathering all of them in their own dedicated area to give visitors a better overview,” Mr Hirsmark said.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have made their debut in the forestry sector. This is an exciting technology for the future – drones are now at the point of becoming a part of forestry operations.
At Elmia Wood drones will have an area, the Drone Zone, where visitors can decide what the new technology can offer.
This is one of the world’s largest forestry fair and attracts more than 500 exhibitors and about 50,000 visitors from all around the world.
“The booking pressure from exhibitors is high. Now, almost exactly one year before the fair, many places are already booked,” Niklas Lundgren, Key Account Manager for Elmia Wood said.
