S taged every four years in a forest south of Jönköping Elmia Wood is the world s leading forestry fair The next edition will take place soon from 7 to 10 June and will be bigger and broader than ever We have visitors who are looking for solutions for the entire value chain says exhibition manager Jakob Hirsmark The gamut runs from the seed to the transport of timber For this reason there will be a new section named Load Transport for forest roads timber handling and transport Elmia Wood has already featured ex hibitors in this segment in the past The fact that a new product group has been created for them will enable a sharper focus Elmia s Jakob Hirsmark is convinced that this will help make talks between exhibitors and visi tors more effective He is expecting 30 ex hibitors in the new Load Transport section half of whom are making their debut at Elmia Wood Well known truck manufactur ers such as MAN Germany Tatra Czech Republic Liugong China will be partici pating as will Volvo construction equipment from Sweden In total over 550 companies will be exhibiting at Elmia Wood occupying a stand space of 190 000 square metres www elmiawood com In autumn another major logistics event will be on the agenda in Jönköping From 10 to 12 October Elmia Nordic Rail will open its gates together with Elmia Future Transport and Elmia Nordic Road This is the most important event for infrastructure and the transport industry in Northern Europe points out Jörgen Nyström The most in vestments within the European Union are made in our region and we have the highest level of construction activity says the man ager of Elmia Nordic Rail This will proba bly continue in the next few years and ex plains the growing interest There will be good opportunities for exhibitors also be cause there are not enough machines and materials available for the planned projects The lacking equipment and materials need to be ordered from abroad and then transported there There is a huge demand enthuses Nyström adding a good piece of advice for global companies in the same breath This is the ideal moment to enter this new mar ket To survive on this market one needs the right know how and good contacts This is where the conference programme of Nordic Rail comes into play with its different focus themes One covers legal framework con ditions laws regulations and government decisions The sec ond is dedicated to visions ideas and the future A third focus is directly on transport and logis tics There will also be a match making session where projects are presented and buyers and suppliers can communicate with each other directly Project and procurement managers will be there to answer any questions emphasises Jörgen Nyström They will give potential partners the necessary information in cluding advice on entering pro posals www elmia se PB TradeFairs Internation al 1 2017 INTERNATIONAL SWEDEN Good times for logistics Trade fairs need to remain relevant for their target groups says organiser Elmia The transport sector is gradually gaining importance and a sharper focus Ph ot o E lm ia 48 Die Elmia Nordic Rail findet zusammen mit der Elmia Future Transport und der Elmia Nordic Road statt Elmia Nordic Rail will open its gates together with Elmia Future Transport and Elmia Nordic Road

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