Expocorma

According to the organiser, ExpoCorma 2026 runs from Wednesday 18 to Friday 20 November 2026 at Recinto ExpoCorma, Av. Villa Verde 84, Coronel, in Chile's Biobio region. The organiser calls it the main forestry and timber meeting in Latin America and says it brings together the forestry, timber, pulp and paper industries. Our listing places it near Concepcion; the organiser's address is in Coronel.

The organiser lists 12 activities over three days. Opening ceremony on Wednesday 18 November from 12:00 to 13:00 in the main hall, then the seminar La base para crecer from 15:00 to 17:30. On Thursday 19 November there are parallel seminars from 10:00, the Madera 21 awards at 11:30 and an afternoon seminar from 15:00. Friday 20 November has the CORMA best-workers awards from 11:00 and technical talks by exhibitors until 18:00. The organiser says the programme is subject to change; its official PDF has the current version.

Yes. The organiser lists a ProChile Rueda de Negocios (business round) on Thursday 19 November from 10:00 to 18:30 in Sala Pabellon 2. Exhibitors also give technical talks in the main hall on Thursday afternoon and again on Friday afternoon.

The organiser invites companies, suppliers and institutions offering forestry machinery and equipment, industrial technology and automation, pulp and paper solutions, timber construction, and operation and maintenance services. It also runs a Plaza Central of 1 by 2 metre spaces, open to a maximum of 24 foundations, entrepreneurs, artisans, professional institutes and universities that work with wood and its derivatives.

The organiser publishes a lodging directory of 21 places to stay in Coronel and Concepcion, from hotels and hostels to guesthouses, cabins and apartments. Its official sponsor hotel is Hotel Costanera Concepcion at Cochrane Poniente 75, Concepcion. A restaurants page lists places to eat nearby.

The organiser has a Compra tu ticket page on expocorma.cl, but the pages we checked show no ticket price, so confirm the price there before you go. Contact the organiser on +56 9 5228 7212. It also says student groups from the Mas Talento programme are received on the mornings of Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 November.