Wood Products & Technology 2022 – KG List among exhibitors
KG List will participate in the Wood Products & Technology fair from 30 August – 2 September 2022.
Wood Products & Technology is the Nordic region’s largest meeting place for industrial woodworking and social construction in wood. This year’s fair focuses on some exciting themes – digitalization, skills development and training, sustainability and circular solutions, and architecture with wood as a basis.
KG List, Sweden’s leading manufacturer of edge-glued panels and hardwood components, will participate as an exhibitor at this year’s fair. We will have our experts from sales, purchasing, orders, and marketing on-site to introduce the company’s capabilities – from processing top-quality Swedish timber to delivering finished products for final installation.
We hope to network with colleagues, new and existing customers, and be inspired by leading experts in the wood industry!
Wood Products & Technology takes place at The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre in central Gothenburg on 30 August – 2 September 2022. Visit KG List’s stand at location C01:17.
Exhibition about local production – The Future is Local
Welcome to the exhibition ‘The Future is Local’, curated by the companies VERK and A NEW SWEDEN, in close collaboration with Stockholms Auktionsverk. The exhibition, which will take place during Stockholm Design Week 7–12 February, is about local production from raw materials to finished products. KG List is proud to be among the companies participating in the exhibition.
The finishing touches on the chair V.DE.01 at Stolfabriken in Tibro. Photography: Nicho Södling
The Future is Local is about is about local production and takes an inspiring and transparent look at the process of VERK’s and A NEW SWEDEN’s completely sustainable products.
“We want to share our knowledge about manufacturing 100% Swedish-produced products and to show that sustainable production is actually possible. Total transparency benefits everyone,” says Simon Anund, founder of VERK.
Both VERK and A NEW SWEDEN only use Swedish materials, which are transformed into products of the highest quality through local production.
“We want to show the benefits of local production. Not only does it provide increased transparency and traceability, but it substantially reduces the carbon footprint, too. The supply chain of our garments is less than a fifth of the length of the typical supply process,” says Lisa Bergstrand, founder of A NEW SWEDEN.
The exhibition highlights the players involved, the producers of the raw materials: wool, leather, glass, wood, and steel, as well as the craftspeople and manufacturers of the actual products. Seminars with different themes based on local production will also be held over the course of three evenings.
“This is an excellent way to visualise and educate more people about what a Swedish production society can look like today. We must take care of the few Swedish players we actually have in the processing industry and safeguard their existence,” says Simon Anund, who underscores the demand for locally produced products.
With The Future is Local, VERK and A NEW SWEDEN aim to both educate and inspire, at the same time as they hope to make the concept of “Made in Sweden” stand for something really good again.
Wednesday 9 February. Theme: Local production – competitive local production is created through increased demand. We take a deeper look at the subject.
Thursday 10 February. Theme: Local materials – there is a real need to develop the processing process in favour of local materials. How do we go about it?
Friday 11 February. Theme: The future – new consumption patterns demand adapted production strategies. How do they take shape and how do they become competitive?
The panellists are carefully selected specialists in each field
The new cross-cut line in full operation at KG List in Norrhult
The new cross-cut line is now fully operational in KG List in Norrhult, Sweden – a result of an investment of approximately SEK 20 million. This provides an increased refinement of oak, birch, and ash in KG List.
In 2021 KG List invested approximately SEK 20 million in a new cross-cut line. This will enable increased processing of, above all, oak, but also Swedish birch and ash that is sawn in Österbymo Hardwood. The cross-cut line contributes to an advanced adapting to the customers’ wishes and needs, which is a substantial part of KG List’s business.
The cutting capacity will increase three times compared with the previous volumes. In addition, the investment results in increased flexibility. Higher yields also lead to a step towards less waste in production. Thanks to the development, KG List has also recruited 4 new employees to the production facilities in Norrhult.
As a next step, we expect to increase the processing of raw material in Österbymo Hardwood by 20%. Next year, the intention is to increase it by another 20% thanks to the expanded production capabilities, says Johan Ingvarsson, CEO of KG List.
The cross-cut saw on the new set-up was delivered by System TM – a leading global supplier of tailor-made solutions for the wood industry. The scanner was delivered by Microtec in Linköping – a leading supplier of quality control systems to the woodworking industry. In collaboration with Sågspecialisten, the line has also gotten a planning solution with outstanding quality from Weinig.
The investment is an advancement towards the ambition to refine more of Swedish hardwood and thereby meet the increased demand both within and outside the country’s borders. It increases KG List’s capacity to further develop cooperation with existing customers and to be able to expand to new markets.
Our partners from System TM have been at KG List capturing the new cross-cut line in operation.
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