Eurobois 2024: a new edition at the heart of the challenges of the wood industry

This edition will be an opportunity to illustrate the dynamism of the wood industry since it takes place in parallel with “France Bois 2024”. An initiative promoting the inclusion of French wood in current construction projects for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The opportunity for the entire sector to demonstrate its capabilities, its ecological and societal assets to clients, public authorities and the general French public.

Skills and values ​​which will once again be at the heart of Eurobois this year. Focus on this show anchored in its time, in touch with the challenges of the wood industry and ecological transition.

At a time when the ecological transition is essential for all sectors, wood can boast of having remarkable advantages: it is naturally biosourced, renewable and low carbon! Supported by government initiatives and encouraged by new regulations in favor of the environment, the wood industry is mobilizing to strengthen its competitiveness: digitalization of wood transformation processes, increasing the skills of stakeholders and adapting to increasingly high demand. personalized. All stakeholders place innovation and sustainable development at the heart of their projects.

Eurobois is the unmissable event where players in the sector can exchange and promote their solutions and products to highlight their ecological and societal assets (decarbonization of buildings, eco-construction, waste management, etc.) to clients and public authorities.

Always anchored at the heart of the sector's challenges, the 2024 edition will highlight four major themes: employment and training, primary transformation, industry 4.0 and layout. These strategic axes are all opportunities to stimulate innovation, promote synergies between players in the sector and consolidate the leadership of wood as a material of the future.

Eurobois: The leading event in the wood industry in France

The Eurobois 2022 edition in figures

• 480 exhibitors and brands
• 22.883 professionals present
• 13 activities and highlights
• 5 events hosted
• 8 companies selected for the Eurobois Awards

Eurobois is the leading trade fair for the wood industry, bringing together in one place sawyers, joiners, cabinetmakers, carpenters, fitters, decorators, furniture, bathroom and kitchen manufacturers, as well as specifiers. It is an event conducive to meetings, exchanges, discovery of the latest innovations and new business opportunities. Eurobois covers a wide range of areas related to wood, ranging from material transformation to tooling, including robotics, treatments and finishes, as well as layout. As a place of convergence for these different sectors, the show plays an essential role in every stage of woodworking. The event is also a true catalyst for innovation, highlighting the latest developments through a dedicated competition, as well as the exclusive presentation of global innovations.

4 essential themes at the heart of the sector’s challenges in 2024

Eurobois will highlight 4 major themes still fully anchored at the heart of the sector's challenges.

The first link in the wood industry chain, primary processing will once again be highlighted at the show this year. Many innovations will be presented to improve log yard management, cutting, sawing, sharpening and veneer production. These innovations demonstrate the evolution of equipment which is modernizing and optimizing its economic efficiency.

The layout will also have a particularly important place since a space will be entirely dedicated to it this year. Designers, architects, decorators, cabinetmakers, kitchen and bathroom manufacturers will be able to discover the latest trends and new products, such as panels, surface treatments, hardware, integrated lighting, and tools. These subjects will be the subject of live demonstrations, conferences on the Wood Arena and will be discussed in particular during the COHOME LABORATOIRE DE L'AGENCEMENT event, organized by Les Equipementiers de l'Ameublement Français.

Machines and solutions intended for the digitalization of production will also be at the heart of the 2024 edition. Enough to demonstrate the constant commitment of manufacturers to modernize and optimize their tools to facilitate production flexibility, simplify operations and enable maintenance predictive. In parallel with the solutions presented by the exhibitors, the subject of 4.0 will be addressed through live demonstrations and dedicated conference topics.

Finally, employment and training, considered essential conditions for the development of the sector, will be highlighted during this 2024 edition. Professions and training to support the increase in skills of professionals as well as the recruitment of new profiles will be promoted, particularly within the framework of the Eurobois Campus. The show will play a facilitating role by promoting meetings between companies looking for talent and job seekers, as well as between training organizations and professionals looking for further development.

On the program for the 2024 edition

This new edition will be marked by numerous activities and highlights which will punctuate the 4 days of the show:

• The Eurobois Campus, a place for meetings and exchanges entirely dedicated to employment and training in the wood industry
• The MOB panel manufacturing workshop to discover in real time all the stages of reconstituting a manufacturing workshop.
• The Eurobois Trophies: A true platform for innovations, the Eurobois Awards are being renewed in 2024 to promote ever more novelties, technological developments and make the wood industry shine!
• COHOME ARRANGEMENT LABORATORY, the space for French Furniture Equipment Manufacturers to discover real technical, functional and aesthetic revolutions for interior design projects, dedicated to interior designers and architects.

What's New in 2024

Home of the European Championship for Young Carpenters

In 2024, Eurobois will host the European Championship for Young Carpenters! This high-level technical competition will feature around thirty young people from 9 different countries! During three days of competition, young carpenters from European countries build sophisticated models of frames and demonstrate the professional use of the construction material wood.

The Wood Arena: a space dedicated to conferences, round tables and interviews on all current topics in the sector

Organized by Eurobois and Editions des Halles, with the support of France Bois Forêt, and in partnership with Wood Surfer and Atelier Bois, the Wood Arena will offer conferences, round tables and interviews on key topics in the sector as well as moments of conviviality during the 4 days of the event.

Key figures for the French timber industry

• 21.1 billion euros is the added value of the sector in 2020. Source: VEM forestry sector
• 395.000 direct jobs in 2020 including 21 created between 500 and 2016. Source: VEM forestry sector