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The mission of VDMA Woodworking Machinery reflects the core business disciplines of its members.
Tools for woodworking – Data model for the description of geometry and process parameters
Innovative solutions, smart technologies and international networking for the wood industry - a review of a successful second edition of LIGNA.FutureSquare 2025.
Tools for woodworking – Reference points
OPC UA for Woodworking Machines – Part 1: Vertical Interface
As a VDMA member, Kohnle GmbH Hartmetall-Werkzeug-Fabrik demonstrated at LIGNA.FutureSquare 2025 what networked and sustainable woodworking looks like today - with smart tool solutions made in Germany.
Thinking tools digitally - that is the guiding principle of iBlade®. At LIGNA.FutureSquare 2025, the specialist from Kolbermoor demonstrated how intelligent tool management can be used to efficiently manage almost all (machining) tools.
The Startup Area @ LIGNA.FutureSquare went into the next round. From May 26 to 30, 2025, 14 startups from four countries presented their pioneering solutions for the industry at LIGNA, the world's leading trade fair for woodworking and wood processing.
The industry association expects a stable level for the current year. This outlook assumes an increase in order intake from the third quarter of 2025.
At LIGNA.FutureSquare 2025, the startup improvem from Austria showed how the digital twin makes wood processing more transparent, efficient and sustainable - for smarter production processes and future-proof companies.
Revolutionizing intralogistics with intelligent wood-based materials - that is ligenium's mission. The startup, which was already nominated for the 2023 Mechanical Engineering Summit Startup Award, presented itself for the first time at LIGNA.FutureSquare 2025.
"The woodworking machinery industry is expecting incoming orders to pick up from the third quarter of 2025," said Markus Hüllmann, Chairman of the Board of VDMA Woodworking Machinery at the LIGNA Preview on February 20, 2025 in Hanover.
After a successful debut at LIGNA.FutureSquare 2023, the Polish startup Deeplai was back at the Startup Area this year. Deeplai brings state-of-the-art AI technologies to the wood industry.
In 2019, the woodworking machinery trade association launched the communication medium LIGNA.TV to reach German-speaking joiners and carpenters. With over 474 published videos and 15,600 interested subscribers.
Der Fachverband Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen vertritt die unternehmerischen und technischen Interessen der Herstellern von Maschinen, Anlagen und Werkzeugen für die Holzbearbeitung.
VDMA 24391 defines requirements for the quality and operation of plasma surface treatment systems.
