GERMANY - The Weinig Group is satisfied with the results of the world’s leading trade fair for the industry in Hanover. The Weinig and Holz-Her brands met with lively interest from visitors from over 100 countries.

At a special press conference, the Weinig management board announced the cooperation with Italian timber framing specialist Essetre. In conjunction with the majority takeover of the equipment manufacturer H.I.T., Weinig now offers a complete profile covering the entire spectrum of solid wood processing, from band saws and multi-blade rip saws to machinery for planing, cutting, profiling and AI-assisted scanning to systems for constructive woodworking, supplemented by the panel processing technology of the HolzHer brand.

In terms of order inflow, the trade fair targets were achieved and orders from 28 countries were booked. Despite the general decline in visitors from 95,000 to 80,000, as reported by the trade fair organizers, the 5000 sqm Weinig stand was as busy as in 2019.

One of the central topics of the trade fair was increasing resource efficiency through a wide range of innovative solutions in all product areas. In addition to the traditional magnets of planing, profiling and cutting, the experts from Weinig System Solutions were particularly convincing with their project expertise in linking individual modules to form efficient large-scale systems. Furthermore, the Weinig Group showed the possibilities offered by successive expansion of existing production systems and their adaptation to individual demand situations.

At the press conference on the first day of the trade fair, CEO Gregor Baumbusch presented good figures. The Weinig Group achieved sales of 586 million euros in 2022.