20th International Wood Machining Seminar

Recent Advances in the field of Wood Machining

June 7-10, 2011. Skellefteå, Sweden

(Pre-seminar tour June 5-7)

Welcome to the 20th International Wood Machining Seminar, IWMS-20. The seminar will be held in Skellefteå, Sweden, on June 5-10, 2011. IWMS-20 is the 20th in a series of world-class seminars started in 1963. IWMS-20 provides a forum for leading international researchers and practicing engineers to present and discuss recent advances in wood cutting tools, processes and machinery. Primary objectives are practical information exchange and technical interaction among wood machining professionals.

IWMS-20 is being held in Skellefteå, the home of the Wood Technology Department of Luleå University of Technology, a leading centre of wood machining research in Sweden. An optional pre-seminar tour will enable IWMS-20 participants to visit nearby wood processing plants and other places of interest.

For the convenience of participants, IWMS-20 is being held in conjunction with the Ligna Hannover woodworking machinery trade fair, to be held in Hannover, Germany, 20 May - 3 June 2011.

You are warmly invited to attend and contribute to IWMS-20, and to join the pre-seminar industrial tour.

Sponsors

Contact: Anders Grönlund, anders.gronlund@ltu.se