Timber Fair Klagenfurt: new visitors record

These results exceeded all expectations: the International Timber Fair Klagenfurt recorded 22,000 trade visitors this year (an increase of 5 percent). Increases were noted in particular in visitors from the countries of South-East Europe. The exhibitors spoke of a ‘new start in the industry’ and were very pleased with the new business contacts they made.
452 exhibitors from 22 nations presented at the Fair from 26 to 29 August 2010, covering the themes of ‘wood, forestry, sawmills, transport, wood construction and bio-energy’. “Our trade fair was able to build on its position as one of the most important timber and forestry fairs in Europe and has now become a hub for Central, Southern and South-Eastern Europe,” emphasise trade Fair President Walter Dermuth and Managing Director Erich Hallegger.
According to the market research company “Der Ladler”, the “sawing technology” field was top of the areas of visitor interest with 45 percent of the result followed by ‘wood processing, carpentry and joinery’ with 42 percent and “forestry machinery and forestry equipment” with 41  percent.
37 percent of all visitors, i.e. a third, came from Central, Southern and South-Eastern Europe. Slovenia represented the highest share comprising 34 percent followed by Italy at 32 percent and Germany at 24 percent. Growth was also recorded in visitor numbers from Croatia, Hungary, Russia and Slovakia.