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It's show time!
Published:  18 April, 2001
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We are in an odd-numbered year so it must be time for the big biennial exhibitions, Ligna and Interzum. Chronologically, the first is Interzum, the exhibition for the value adding sector, in Cologne. For the past five years, this event has had growing competition from the annual ZOW exhibition, held in north Germany's furniture heartland every February. While ZOW is a far smaller event than Interzum, some consider it more user-friendly, focused and better timed for choosing furniture designs for the new season.

However, Interzum still enjoys massive support, with 1,700 companies exhibiting, including panel and laminate manufacturers and decor suppliers.Ligna is of course well-established as the premier world event for machinery makers in every sector from forestry to finished products and this year's show will contain all the major manufacturers of panel-related machinery. One of the nice things about Ligna is that manufacturers of machinery for similar applications are generally positioned close to one another. Thus most panel machinery manufacturers are in Hall 2, with other important suppliers located in around six other halls of the 16 or so available. This issue's regional focus is on the Iberian peninsula - Spain and Portugal. The latter is home to the world's largest panel making group, Sonae, but I think one of our most interesting stories is on independent company Jomar's line, making a revolutionary new panel. There is a lot of panel production in Iberia and our focus contains several fascinating profiles. I hope you enjoy reading them and I look forward to seeing many of you at those shows in May.  

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