Panel World Gears Up To Exhibit At Ligna

Panel World magazine and its affiliates will be exhibiting at the upcoming international wood products fair, Ligna, to be held May 15-19 in Hannover, Germany. In addition to Panel World, the Hatton-Brown organization, which dates back to 1948 in Montgomery, Ala., today publishes five business magazines geared to the wood products industry. These include:

  

Panel World (covering the North America and international structural and non-structural wood panel industries

Timber Processing (covering the North America and international softwood and hardwood sawmill industries)

Wood Bioenergy (covering the North America and international wood-to-energy industries including industrial wood pellets, biomass electricity and biofuels)

Timber Harvesting (covering the North America and international in-woods harvesting industry)

Southern Loggin’ Times (covering the Southern U.S. logging industry)

Panel World serves as the media host of the biennial Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE), with the ninth edition scheduled March 14-15, 2024 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ga.

Timber Processing, Panel World and Wood Bioenergy serve as the media hosts of the biennial Timber Processing & Energy Expo, with the sixth edition scheduled September 25-27, 2024 at the Portland Exposition Center in Portland, Ore.

Wood Bioenergy serves as the media host of the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, with the eighth edition scheduled March 12-13, 2024 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Ga.

All three of these events are produced by Hatton-Brown and its affiliates.

At Ligna, Hatton-Brown will be represented by Editor-in-Chief Rich Donnell and International Sales Specialist Murray Brett.

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