Lesdrevmash

For the first time, the Lesdrevmash exhibition was held in 1973 in the pavilions of the Sokolniki recreation park. The initiator of its creation was the Ministry of Forestry, Pulp and Paper and the Wood Processing Industry of the USSR . At that time, the forest was one of the most important export items - in 1971-1975. timber supplies ranked fifth in the overall export structure of the USSR. The exhibition "Lesdrevmash" from the very beginning has become the hallmark of the country. The first exhibition was attended by about 700 companies, enterprises and foreign trade organizations from 21 countries of the world, more than 2000 exhibits were presented. The second exhibition was held five years later - this was the frequency of industry events.

The exhibition grew and attracted more and more participants and visitors. In 1994, Lesdrevmash, which was already taking place at the Expocenter , was called in the press the noisiest exhibition in Moscow. The fact is that due to the high level of equipment of the exhibition center, it has become possible to demonstrate energy-intensive and large-sized woodworking centers in action. So all the equipment presented worked in real time. Lesdrevmash had a great influence on the development of the Russian forest industry. The experience of the first five shows has shown that this is one of the real opportunities for timber industry experts to get acquainted with the latest news and trends in the forest industry, to solve the issues of their further improvement and development. As a result, the organizing committee decided to hold the exhibition not once every five years, but once every two years.

In 1996, the Lesdrevmash exhibition received the support of the European Federation of woodworking machinery manufacturers, Eumabois , which recognized the prestige of the exhibition abroad.

In 2000, at a meeting of the board of directors of the World Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), it was decided to award the exhibition with the UFI mark, a kind of “quality mark”, guaranteeing compliance with the highest international exhibition standards.

In 2002, for the first time in the framework of the exhibition, the international forum "Forest and Man" was held, devoted to the problems of rational use of forest resources, the state and prospects of development of the timber industry in Russia. The forum was organized by the Union of Timber Manufacturers and Exporters of Russia and OJSC Centerlesexpo. Today the forum is one of the leading industry events; it is held with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation. The forum events are attended by more than 400 companies from Europe, America, Asia, Russian enterprises, representatives of international structures and national industry associations from around the world.

In 2002, the exhibition was a record in all respects. More than 1000 companies from 33 countries took part in Lesdrevmash, 30 thousand specialists visited it. The event was included in the top 5 world industry exhibitions and became the largest in Eastern Europe in the theme “Woodworking and forestry”.

Since 2004, the exhibition began to be held under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. And since 2006, with the support of the Moscow government. In the same year, a new section appeared in the Lesdrevmash exposition - Wooden Housing Construction, specially organized taking into account the tasks of the national project “Affordable and Comfortable Housing - for Russian Citizens”.

In 2008, Lesdrevmash became the only exhibition in Russia that again received the support of the European Federation of Woodworking Equipment Manufacturers EUMABOIS. In the same year, the national pavilions of Germany, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, Finland, France and the Czech Republic were created at the exhibition. Then the section “Russian Regions - Priorities for the Development of the Forest Complex” first appeared, in which seven regions took part.

  In the All-Russian Exhibition Rating 2012–2013  "Lesdrevmash" was recognized as the best exhibition in Russia on the subject of "Forest and woodworking."  In 2014, the exhibition turned forty years old.

In 2014, Forest Industry magazine provided the daily full-color newsletter of the Forest Industry.Daily exhibition. Each morning, exhibitors and visitors began with materials from the new issue of the newsletter - about the latest news, about the most interesting and significant events, presentations, conferences. During the exhibition, 12,000 copies were distributed. newsletter. One of the significant projects of the Lesdrevmash exhibition was its Information Center, organized jointly by the editors of the Forest Industry and Expocentre Fairgrounds.

The partner of the Information Center was the Japanese-Swedish company Komastu Forest . Every day of the exhibition, the Information Center hosted press conferences of participating companies and events for a wide business audience. Over the four days of the exhibition, the Information Center hosted 7 press conferences of the largest companies in the industry, including Komastu Forest , Ponsse , John Deere , USNR , Intervesp. In addition, a press conference of the international exhibition LIGNA (Hannover, Germany), briefings by representatives of the expositions of Italy and Finland were held at the Information Center venue.

Also, on the first day of the exhibition, the Information Center hosted the ceremony of awarding the All-Russian Forestry Prize Lesprom Awards -2014. On the second and third day of the exhibition, the editors of the Forest Industry held round tables for a wide business audience - “The market for wood raw materials in Russia” and “ Trends in the global forest industry markets ”, at which leading industry experts spoke.

• Forestry
  • Machines, vehicles, devices and technologies
  • Information systems, vehicles, storage systems and logistics
• Sawmill industry
  • Machines and technological installations for the production of lumber
  • Marking systems and optimization of cutting round timber
• Solid wood processing
  • Massive wood processing machinery and equipment
  • Disposal of waste and woodworking residues
  • lumber drying systems
• Production of wood and veneer materials
  • Machines, plants and accessories for the production of wood materials and veneers
• Joinery
  • Machinery, equipment and accessories for the carpentry
• Carpentry craft
  • Machinery, equipment and accessories for carpentry
• Furniture industry
  • Machines, installations and devices for industrial production of furniture
  • Process Automation Tools
• Specialized Presentations
• Products and equipment of carpentry and carpentry
  • Wood in art and construction
  • wood in the interior
  • wood trade

More than 500 exhibitors from 30 countries of the world regularly appear at the exhibition. Lesdrevmash exhibition takes place in 10 large halls and in an open area. The total exhibition area is more than 45,000 m².

The statistics of 2012 are confirmed by the audit of statistical indicators of the exhibition event issued by the World Association of the Exhibition Industry .

• Official site of the exhibition
• Photo report from the exhibition Lesdrevmash 2014
• Official bulletin of the exhibition "Forest Industry.Daily"
• Information center of the exhibition "Lesdrevmash"