An interesting time to hold major woodworking and furniture industry exhibitions in an uncertain global economic climate, but Beijing’s WMF and FAM shows generated a positive response. Mike Botting was there to bring this report

Held in Beijing in even years, the WMF show for woodworking machinery and furniture manufacturing equipment, running concurrently with the furniture accessories, materials and wood products exhibition, is considered by many to be China's 'Ligna exhibition', having a similarly broad spread of exhibitors from all sectors of the industry. Other Chinese exhibitions tend to be more focused on particular sectors such as furniture production.