Xylexpo attracts 14.2% growth in visitors

The May 24-28 event also hosted 441 exhibitors (122 from 29 foreign countries), over a total surface of 29,189m2, two thousand more than in 2014.

Organisers said the results reaffirmed Xylexpo’s position among the most important exhibitions in the wood technology and wood-based materials industry.

International visitors totalled 5,068 – 29% percent of total attendance, (up by 9.3% from 2014). Some 12,437 Italian visitors were recorded, 16.3% more than in 2014 and comprising 70.9% percent of all visitors.

“We are very satisfied with the results of the Milan exhibition”, said Dario Corbetta, exhibition director.

“We saw many people in the aisles of Xylexpo, plenty of exhibitors and visitors; we breathed a different air, a better atmosphere; there was a climate of participation and real interest. I want to stress the fact that everyone was at Xylexpo this year, ready to work together.”