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E V E N T Hot Ligna news was the WM1000's début: it cuts logs up to 1.7 metres in diameter and was a messe talking point amongst African and Asian visitors particularly Wood-Mizer's verdict a 'much better' Ligna The verdict of Wood-Mizer on the Ligna exhibition in Hannover reflects the enthusiastic reports from the exhibition organisers themselves. Robert Baginski, Wood-Mizer's sales director comments: "For us, this Ligna was much better than in 2009, with almost a quarter more international customers from outside Europe, sales of machines from the stand and numerous serious enquiries. "In 2009 few international visitors from Africa and Asia came on our stand and almost nobody from Russian speaking countries. "This time many Asians, Africans and particularly South Americans conducted thorough enquiries into our mills. "All our 'green' (industrial scale) sawmills including our new big WM1000 sawmill, which cuts 1.7m diameter logs (a departure for Wood-Mizer), created serious interest. "It's too early to predict how many more we'll sell, because the sales cause and effect of Ligna on our industrial mills involves a long time-line, but we are very WOOD-MIZER TODAY SUMMER 2011