 On September 4-6, 2008, the forest
grounds near Tuchola (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship) will be hosting
the 11th Fair of Forest Management, Wood Industry and Environmental
Protection "EKO-LAS," organized by the Bydgoszcz Fair SAWO in
cooperation with the Regional Directorate of State Forests in Toruń and
the Association of Forest Entrepreneurs. Co-organizers of the Fair
include Europe’s well-known forestry trade fair organizers, including
Elmia – Sweden, KWF – Germany, and the Poznań International Fair.
Honorary sponsors of the Fair include the Minister of Environment and
the General Director of State Forests.
“Eko-Las” is the largest and the only fair event in this industry
organized in the country and entirely in forest. This year’s edition
looks like another success, since the ordered exhibition area has
already exceeded the area from the previous year. Next to domestic
participants, the fair will be also hosting exhibitors from Germany,
Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, and the Czech Republic.Forest grounds will also have special
exhibition stands for presentation of machine and equipment operation,
showing harvesters and forwarders, plows, milling cutters, hoisting
winches, shredders, wood splitting machines, trailers for logging and
transport of wood, machines for milling trunk timber, nursery machines,
mobile band saws, nets, forest tools, as well as tractors, special
vehicles, off-road vehicles, and many other machines. The offer of our
indoor exhibitors includes uniforms, footwear and clothing, forest
equipment and tools, tools for the wood industry, forest road
construction technology, computer and measurement systems, and trade
publications, as well as presentation of the State Forests and an
economic-tourist offer of the region of the Tuchola Forest. In
addition, on September 4, 2008 at 1 p.m., the fairgrounds will be
hosting a scientific-technical conference "Safety at work during timber
harvesting using logging machinery," organized by the Work Environment
Engineering Department of the University of Life Sciences in Poznań.
The program of other fair events will feature many sports activities.
On September 5 at 10 a.m. there will be a lumberjack show with
participation of our national team that will be representing Poland at
this year’s championships in Germany. Contestants will take part in the
following competitions: saw assembly, double buck, pruning, and axe
chopping. In addition, at 8:30 a.m. the OSiR Municipal Stadium in
Tuchola on Warszawska Street will inaugurate the 9th Soccer Tournament
of Forests Inspectorates for the Cup of the General Director of State
Forests, which will be organized by the monthly forestry trade
publication “Przegląd Leśniczy.” On the same day, at 11 a.m., the rifle
range of Plaskosz near Tuchola will organize the fifth, open shooting
competition for the Cup of the Chairman of the Association of Forest
Entrepreneurs. Visitors will also be able to participate in attractive
competitions, including axe throwing and wood identification, organized
by the Grube Company at its stand.During the official opening of “Eko-Las,”
there will be a solemn announcement of results of the contest of
products exhibited at this year’s fair, which will be awarded with
“Gold Medal” of the Fair and special commendations of the General
Director of State Forests, Director of the Regional Directorate of
State Forests in Toruń, and the Chairman of the Association of Forest
Entrepreneurs.
Partners of the “Eko-Las” Fair include the following newspapers and
trade publications: Drwal, Forum Przemysłu Drzewnego, Gazeta Przemysłu
Drzewnego, Głos Lasu, Kurier Drzewny, Las Polski, Miesięcznik Drzewny,
Przegląd Leśniczy, as well as websites: Lasypolskie.pl, Drewno.pl,
Firmylesne.pl, Fordaq.com
With a traditional saying of the Tuchola Forest “Come to visit us, the
forest will welcome you and people will open their doors”— we cordially
invite to the EKO-LAS Fair and its events. This year, the fair will be
organized in the woodland of Gołąbek located 7 km away from Tuchola, on
the road running to Śliwice. The Fairgrounds will be open on September
4 and 5 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on September 6 between 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m. |
