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.
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