LIGNA 2025
LIGNA, the world’s leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry.
May 26-30, 2025, Hannover.

Germany Events LIGNA 2025

Back to trade.gov/germany home 

LIGNA 2025

May 26-30, 2025

LIGNA, the world’s leading trade fair for the woodworking and wood processing industry, will take place on May 26-30, 2025, in Hannover, Germany. 

In 2025, LIGNA will celebrate its 50th anniversary as the leading meeting place for the woodworking community, demonstrating its high status. LIGNA 2025 will be focusing on the automation and digitalization of production processes, sustainable production and innovations for sustainable building. With seven display categories, this trade show serves as a world summit for suppliers in the primary and secondary wood industries. 

In 2023 LIGNA attracted 80,000 professionals from 160 countries. Around 60% of all visitors came from outside Germany, demonstrating the high internationalism of the event. 1,300 companies from 50 countries presented their solutions for the wood and furniture industry, the wood craft and the primary sector. LIGNA 2023 offered visitors a wide-ranging supporting program featuring conferences, special displays, awards ceremonies and over 60 live presentations from around 90 speakers. Please find a listing of the U.S. exhibitors in 2023 here.

Our Exhibitor Support Program - No-fee services for U.S. exhibitors at LIGNA 2025:

  • Take advantage of our virtual export promotion services: https://www.trade.gov/virtual-services
  • Free Export Promotion Counseling Sessions before, during, and after the show.
  • Information on how to protect new designs you may be showing, and to take expedited action against foreign exhibitors who copy your design and trademarks. Please see important information about trademark and design protection at German trade fairs on our website: Germany Events IPR (trade.gov)
  • Introduction to an International Trade Specialist at your nearest U.S. Commercial Service office in the United States.

Please also visit the LIGNA website: https://www.ligna.de/en 

Your U.S. Commercial Service Contact:

Ulrike Riegeler

Commercial Specialist
U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt
Giessener Strasse 30
60435 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49-(0) 69-7535-3157
E-Mail: ulrike.riegeler@trade.gov