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International Forest Management and Woodworking Exhibition
FOREST AND WOOD 2013
12 - 14 April
RIGA AGRO 2013 and GARDEN. FLORA 2013 occuring simultaneously
In order to ensure the opportunity to follow the developments in the forest industry, developments in the technologies, as well as to acquaint visitors with the practical use of timber and related products and the latest information about what's new in the sector, already for the twelfth time the exhibition-forum of forestry and wood-processing products FOREST & WOOD will be held in the International Exhibition Centre Ķīpsala.
The results gathered after the previous exhibitions show that such a comprehensive exhibition on the forest and wood-processing industry has become a main event for the sector. Its expansion shows that the exhibition has a huge potential; traditions have been established and the professional institutions and associations can feel the results.
Concurrently with this exhibition the the 17th garden and floristry exhibition GARDEN. FLORA 2013 and the 10th international exhibition of agricultural industry and infrastructure exhibition RIGAAGRO 2013 are taking place.
STATISTICS
Year | Visitors | Participants | Countries
| | 2001 | 12,114 | 77 | 8
| | 2002 | 16,897 | 117 | 11
| | 2003 | 19,128 | 131 | 10
| | 2004 | 20,522 | 134 | 10
| | 2005 | 20,044 | 147 | 12
| | 2006 | 20,206 | 130 | 12
| | 2007 | 20,283 | 131 | 14
| | 2008 | 20 252 | 123 | 19
| | 2009 | 18 226 | 109 | 21
| | 2010 | 16 404 | 108 | 20
| | 2011 | 18 208 | 111 | 21
| | 2012 | 18 716 | 114 | 20 |
SECTORS REPRESENTED IN THE EXHIBITION
Wood working machinery, equipment, methods and auxiliary equipment
Forest tending and regeneration
Wood working machinery, power saws, spare parts, equipment and accessories
Preparation and transportation of timber
Machinery, equipment, methods and auxiliary equipment for primary processing of the timber
Sawmills and sawframes, log-peeling and calibration equipment
Equipment for preparation of wood, cutting tools, sharpening equipment
Drying rooms for timber and equipment
Dryers, their equipment and automatic machinery
Drying technologies and services
Machinery and equipment for chemical treatment of the wood, timber and surfaces
Equipment for timber protection, conditioning of timber, impregnation
Agents for timber protection
Auxiliary machinery and equipment
Lifting and moving equipment and machinery, equipment for sawdust collection and ventilation, hand-tools, maintenance equipment
Timber as energy resource
Equipment and machinery for production and transportation of woodchips, production and trade of sawdust briquettes
Heating boilers fired by sawdust, briquettes and granules, related technologies
Paper production
Mobile equipment for forestry and forest industry
Metering equipment, global positioning systems, means of telecommunication and mobile data processing equipment
Energy saving, environment protection and work safety
Used machinery and equipment
Education for forest industries
Services to the forest industry, planning and delivery of equipment and services
Publications on the subject
Construction, interior decoration, renovation
Recycling of raw materials and waste materials
Trade in timber, transportation and logistics, financial services
Associations working in the spheres |