On December 2, 2025, a delegation of 45 participants from wood companies and architects from Austrian Carinthia visited us with the aim of learning about innovative examples of wood construction in Slovenia and establishing business contacts with Slovenian companies and architects.

The Austrian delegation was led by the TINAA Timber Innovation Network Alpe Adria (https://www.tinaa.at/) and included several wood companies, architects, educational organizations and representatives of cities and the Austrian state of Carinthia. From the Slovenian side, several companies such as: Marles hiše, M Sora, Doors, Omid, CRI, Lesarski grozd and several architects joined the networking with their Austrian colleagues. The organization and implementation of the delegation was supported by: the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia – Association of the Wood and Furniture Industry, the public agency SPIRIT Slovenia and the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sports.

The delegation visited several examples of innovative wooden construction, such as: the new Center for Seed Production, Tree Cultivation and Forest Protection at the Forestry Institute of Slovenia, the annex of the Department of Wood Science at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana, the wooden kindergarten Pedenjcarstvo and the wooden sports halls in Trzin and Vižmarje-Brod, where the delegation was also received by the Deputy Mayor of the City of Ljubljana, Mr. Žnidaršič.

The delegation also organized business networking with Slovenian wood and furniture companies and architects, where concrete business contacts were established. We are proud to have achieved our goals and contributed to the deepening of economic relations between Slovenia and Austria.

The delegation was supported by the public agency SPIRIT Slovenia and the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sports.