A booth at the 2022 Vietnam International Woodworking Industry Fair. This year's expo will be held in Ho Chi Minh from September 20 to 23. (Photo: VNA) It will showcase comprehensive automatic production lines and wood systemintegration for driving the transformation of the Vietnamese woodworkingindustry, according to the organisers.
There will be eight themed pavilions from Austria, Canada, China, France,Germany, Italy, the US, and Taiwan (China).
The expo will also feature a livestream to showcase the latest technologiesfrom Taiwan(China) and seminars on four key topics: smart factory, keep movingforward simple; green factories towards net zero carbon; machinery healthmanagement, smart maintenance; and EU Deforestation Regulation and green supplychains.
Speaking at a press conference earlier last week, Nguyen Chanh Phuong, deputychairman of the Handicrafts and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA),said wood products exports were down nearly 26 per cent in the first eightmonths of this year to 8.3 billion USD.
But there have been signs of recovery since May, with exports topping 1.2billion USD a month, he said.
He cited a Vietnam Administration of Forestry forecast that exports in theremaining months of the year would reach 6 billion USD, taking the year’s totalto 14-14.5 billion USD.
Woodworking firms have invested relatively large amounts in machinery andequipment in recent years, but the use of advanced technologies remains belowpotential and trails other wood products exporting countries such as China andPoland, he said.
The expo would offer an opportunity for firms to obtain information aboutmachinery and premium materials from countries leading in these areas, headded.
The expo will be held together with the Vietnam International FurnitureAccessories, Hardware & Tool Fair at the Saigon Exhibition and ConventionCentre in District 7./.
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