Ligna at Hannover Exhibition Center is every two years the meeting place number one of the wood and forestry industry. Exhibitors from all over the world showcase their latest products and technologies in the areas of forestry, sawmill technology, solid wood processing, wood panel and veneer production, wood crafts and furniture manufacturing. Ligna is the world-leading trade fair for wood-processing and thus important for knowledge transfer and networking in the industry. Numerous user-oriented special presentations, seminars, symposia, and international contact exchanges and conferences complete the event.

On the whole the organisers welcomed on the 5 days of the fair, from 22. May to 26. May 2017, about 1500 exhibitors and 93000 visitors on the Ligna in Hanover.

The Ligna will take place on 5 days from Monday, 15. May to Friday, 19. May 2023 in Hanover.