France’s largest timber show – Carrefour International du Bois – is fully booked some three months before the event gets under way.

The June 2-4 exhibition in Nantes will feature about 500 exhibitors in four halls and is expected to attract 10,000 trade visitors from 60 countries.

Prospective visitors can now register to attend by visiting www.timbershow.com.

Show features include the Timber Techniques and Solutions Area, which will present timber solutions for collective and social housing, renovations and where hardwoods fit in within timber construction systems. Presentations explaining the progression of timber construction in France are also taking place.

Carrefour will also see the second edition of Research and Innovation In Timber and the annual congress of the National Wood Energy Committee – focusing on Wood Energy in Industry.