Ligna 2015 at a glance

Organiser: Deutsche Messe AG, Messegelände, 30521, Hannover, Germany
Tel: +49 511 89-0 Email: info@messe.de website: www.messe.de

LIGNA online: www.ligna.de/home

Show dates: 11 to 15 May 2015 (Mon-Fri)
Opening hours: 9h00 to 18h00

Admission prices:
Day ticket Advance purchase: € 21
At ticket counters: € 25
Full-event ticket advance purchase: € 36
At ticket counters: € 39
Reduced-price day ticket: € 11
Further information: www.ligna.de/en/tickets

Partnership with interzum in Cologne: Admission ticket valid for both LIGNA (Hanover) and interzum (Cologne).
 
Accommodation:
Hotel rooms in all price categories can be booked via http://www.visit-hannover.com/en/Accommodation-Arrangements/Accommodation/Hotels-Online-Booking
or directly via Hannover Marketing and Tourismus GmbH, +49 511 12345 555, hotels@hannover-tourismus.de.

Display categories:

• Forestry and forestry technology
• Sawmill technology
• Wood panel products and veneer production
• Solid wood working
• Machinery, plant and equipment for industrial furniture production
• Industrial surface finishing technology
• Joinery, cabinetmaking and carpentry trades, engineered woods, accessories, services
• Energy from wood

Special presentations
Focus themes, group pavilions and special presentations

LIGNA focus themes:

• Integrated manufacturing in the furniture industry
• Processing of plastics, composites and other non-wood materials
• Wood Industry Summit

Group pavilions:

• Skilled trades
• Software
• Automation
• Lightweight construction
• Young, innovative companies in the skilled trades/furniture industry
• Young, innovative companies in the sawmilling/forestry industries
• Forestry and bioenergy from wood: Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Consumer Protection and Regional Development
• LIGNA entrepreneurial expertise centre
• New trends pavilion
• Innovations on the open-air site
• Firewood production line
• NRW -Making more out of wood
• Fifth STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® SERIES LIGNACup
• 11th Lower Saxony Crane Driving Championships
• The cabinetmaker’s workshop of the future
• Teaching and research
• VDMA ligna.tv
• Carpenter and joiner centre
• Form and function
• Special exhibition by the Proholzfenster association
• German timber construction awards
• International industry associations  

Press releases and photos are available for downloading at www.ligna.de/pressservice.
For general information, services, ordering, exhibitor and product searches,
visit www.ligna.de/en/about-the-trade-show/programme/exhibitors-products

Online services for visitors:
myLIGNA is your gateway to a range of exclusive services, including My Fair Planner, My
Info Counter, complimentary ticket registration and the LIGNA newsletter
service.

Match and Meet helps
You make the most of your time at LIGNA. Set up your detailed search profile
and zero in on the right suppliers and partners before the fair has even
started.

ligna2go.de (also available on the app store) helps you plan and organize your tradeshow visit by
giving you mobile access to the LIGNA exhibitor and product databases, an overview of all LIGNA events and your personalised trade fair planner. It will be made available about four weeks prior to the fair and also comprises a “mobilefair guide” that will help you find your way around the grounds.
Smartphone users can use www.ligna2go.de free of charge via our free WiFi service while
they’re on site!