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This June: Sweden’s ELMIA Wood 2009
RELEASE: February 13, 2009
CONTACT: Neil Ward (301/838-9385)
nward@forestresources.org
Rockville, MD – The 2009 ELMIA Wood Fair, the
world’s largest forestry demo fair, will take place Wednesday through
Saturday, June 3-6, near Jönköping, Sweden, preceded by an all-day
Conference on forest residue and slash harvesting on Tuesday, June 2.
“In spite of the recession, which affects the prosperity of forestry and
logging worldwide, ELMIA reports that exhibitor commitments are actually
at a higher level now than they were at this point for the last Wood Fair,
in 2005,” stated Neil Ward of the Forest Resources Association. FRA is
ELMIA’s U.S. representative. Detailed information is available at
www.forestresources.org/elmiawood.html.
 The 2005 ELMIA Wood Fair drew 50,050 visitors from around the world, to
view live harvesting demos and displays from 538 exhibitors on a 375-acre
forested site near Jönköping. English is the official language of both the
in-woods Fair and the residue and slash harvesting Conference.
“The ELMIA show is where manufacturers not only showcase their existing
lines but roll out innovations and prototypes,” Ward commented. “This
cycle, of course, biomass harvesting and processing will get special
attention.”
Contact FRA’s Neil Ward at
nward@forestresources.org or 301-838-9385 with any questions about
attending or exhibiting.
The Forest Resources Association Inc. is a nonprofit trade association
concerned with the safe, efficient, and sustainable harvest of forest
products and their transport from woods to mill. FRA represents wood
consumers, independent logging contractors, and wood dealers, as well as
businesses providing products and services to the forest resource-based
industries.
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