The 2025 Moscow Wood Industry and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition Woodex (hereinafter referred to as the Russian Woodworking Machinery Exhibition) will be held at the Crocus International Exhibition Center in Moscow from December 2nd to 5th. The exhibition is held every two years. ITE is its organizer. After years of development, the exhibition has become one of the world’s top ten furniture equipment (furniture accessories) exhibitions.
Woodex is the largest and most influential woodworking machinery exhibition in Russia. It has received strong support from the European Federation of Woodworking Machinery Manufacturers, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, the Federal Bureau of Industry, the Moscow Government, the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Russian Federation. The total area of Woodex is 28,000 square meters. There are 472 exhibitors and 15,000 exhibitors from China, Belarus, Italy, Germany, Spain, Brazil, Japan and South Korea. The exhibition has passed the UFI certification of the International Exhibition Union. Among them, 49 companies are participating for the first time, and 70 companies are from China. The exhibition area is 18,000 square meters, and more than 6,000 professional visitors have visited the site.
The exhibition scope covers woodworking machinery and equipment, furniture production equipment and tools, furniture accessories and auxiliary materials, furniture hardware, metal furniture production equipment, logging machinery, wood residue recycling equipment, paint materials, adhesives, sealants and wood protection auxiliary equipment, etc.
Market Background
In 2022, the year when the Russian-Ukrainian war broke out, Russia’s economic scale returned to 2.2 trillion US dollars, with an increase of more than 19% over the same period. Previously, Russia had been out of the top ten in the world due to factors such as the debt crisis, but this time Russia not only announced a high-profile return, but also became the eighth in the world. The economy is stable and not declining but increasing. For example, in 2023, a large number of Chinese companies poured into the Russian market to make money. Ten years ago, there were only a dozen Chinese exhibitors at the hardware exhibition, and in 2023, there were nearly 800 Chinese exhibitors. Other exhibitions are also hard to find. As the saying goes, “seek wealth in chaos”, some companies even turn 80% of their energy to the Russian market, and Russian salesmen have become extremely popular. A large number of Chinese foreign trade companies and factories have achieved good results by focusing on the Russian market.