The beautiful Centrexpo Cogeco in Drummondville, Quebec will play host to the first industrial woodworking show in Eastern Canada in more than a decade.
Drummondville is strategically located in Centre-du-Québec, halfway between Montreal and Quebec, at the crossroads of the most important road junction in Quebec (A 20 and A 55). Salon Industriel du Bois Ouvré (SIBO) will be held Oct. 27-29, with a wide range of exhibitors featuring state-of-the-art woodworking technology as well as the latest in hardware and supplies, software, and services.
The wood products and forest industries are powerful drivers of Quebec’s economy. The size and scope of these industrial-economic engines amplify why the return of SIBO this October will play a critical role in connecting wood products manufacturers and suppliers.
“SIBO 2022 will be a game-changing event for the woodworking industry in Eastern Canada,” said Harry Urban, SIBO show manager.
“This will be a first-class trade show for Eastern Canada’s industrial woodworking market.”
Approximately 28 per cent of Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 was generated by Quebec’s forestry sector, which exports nearly $12 billion of forest products each year, the second-largest amount of any province. And the Quebec residential furniture industry is the biggest in the country, comprising 45 per cent of the jobs in this sector in Canada.
