The staff at Search North America has enjoyed attending some of the following wood products industry expos, trade shows, and conferences…
THE INTERNATIONAL MASS TIMBER CONFERENCE is held in March each year. This conference centers around cross-laminated timbers (CLTs), mass plywood panels, and glulam, which are innovative green alternatives to structural concrete and steel used in mid to high-rise buildings and bridges. Visit www.masstimberconference.com for more information. The International Mass Timber Conference is one of the largest gatherings of CLT and mass timber experts in the world. It hosts professionals from across the forest, manufacturing, design, development, and construction industries. Last year, over 1,600 experts from 30 countries attended.
THE INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKING FAIR, held every even year in August in Atlanta, Georgia, is North America’s largest woodworking technology and design trade show and conference for the global woodworking sector. Visit www.iwfatlanta.com for more information. The IWF includes hundreds of U.S. product introductions, from raw materials, supplies, and finishing accessories to woodworking and material processing machinery. Attendees interact with the latest solutions in architectural woodwork, cabinetry, flooring, furniture manufacturing, engineered products, doors, windows, machinery, tools, metals, plastics, and many more.
THE PANEL AND ENGINEERED LUMBER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (PELICE) is an educational and networking event for the wood products industry. The conference is held every even year in March in Atlanta, Georgia. It caters to the structural and non-structural industries, including veneer, plywood, OSB, MDF, particleboard, mass timber, and other engineered wood products. Attendees are composed of ownership, officers, management, and supervisory personnel from the leading wood products producers in the world. For more information, visit www.pelice-expo.com.
THE TIMBER PROCESSING AND ENERGY EXPO is an industry-specific event that is held in September every two years. This is a conference for decision-makers in the lumber, plywood, engineered wood products, and wood-to-energy industries. Visit www.timberprocessingandenergyexpo.com for more information. At the last expo, about 3,000 industry personnel attended. These attendees (from 40 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and 20 countries besides the U.S. and Canada) came to view 225 exhibiting companies on 60,000 square feet of booth space.
THE WOOD BIOENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXPO attracts industry professionals and academics from the industrial wood pellet, biomass power, biofuels, veneer, plywood, OSB, MDF, particleboard, engineered wood products, and mass timber sectors. For more information, visit www.bioenergyshow.com. The conference is held every even year in March in Atlanta, Georgia, and it features presentations and exhibitors focused on new product development, equipment, and production technologies.