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More than 90,000 visitors from over 100 countries attended the 2019 LIGNA woodworking show. Photo: Deutsche Messe
HANNOVER, Germany - The
world's
largest woodworking show has been canceled for 2021 due to lingering concerns over COVID-19 and will now be a digital-only event in September. The next regular LIGNA will be held from May 15 to 19, 2023.
The biennial show traditionally held in May at the Hannover Fairgrounds in Germany, had already been postponed to Sept. 27-Oct. 1.
In a statement, the show's organizers said: "Due to the continuing high level of infection worldwide in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the slow national and international progress on vaccination and thus the continuing existence of travel restrictions, Deutsche Messe, together with the VDMA Woodworking Machinery, has taken the decision to cancel the world's leading trade show for woodworking and wood processing plant, machinery and tools."