Uruforest 2026 | The regions forestry industry meets in Colonia, across the river
From October 21 to 24, Juan Lacaze, in the Uruguayan department of Colonia, is once again the meeting point of the regions forestry industry. Uruforest 2026 reaches its second edition with a 75-hectare property, active demonstrations and the Regional Forestry Forum, which for the first time is held within the fairgrounds.
For the Argentine forestry sector, the proposal is concrete: find the entire Uruguayan forestry chain in a single visit. Forestry and industrial companies, suppliers of machinery, technology and services, producers and public organizations share the property, with Montes del Plata, UPM, ANCAP, Urufor and J. Hartwich as sponsors. The first edition, in 2024, received more than 7,000 professional visitors from more than 20 countries. For the current edition to be held in October, the organization reported that Argentine producers and businessmen have already confirmed their attendance. The interest is back and forth. Uruguay and Argentina share a basin, species and markets, and a good part of the issues that occupy the sector on one side of the river are also discussed on the other. Regional integration and complementarityUruforest proposes this exchange in terms of complementarity: scenarios, opportunities and problems that are regional rather than national. the forestry industry in the Southern Cone, with voices from Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, and continues with international trade, logistics, technology and construction with wood. Among the exhibitors is the Minister of Transportation and Public Works of Uruguay, Lucía Etcheverry. Three arrive from Argentina: Ignacio Méndez, from Bidcom Agro; Franco Rodríguez Viau, from SatellitesonFire, and Aldo Grasso, with Argentina: towards a new industrial forestry model. Parallel to the Forum, the fair is held in the open air: 40 of the 75 hectares are forested and the active demonstrations focus on forestry. On the afternoon of Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd, the Uruforest Open Agenda is added, in an agroforestry integration day. The location plays in favor of the visitor. Argentinian. Juan Lacaze is about 45 kilometers from Colonia del Sacramento, which can be reached from Buenos Aires by ferry, with daily services and a crossing that takes around an hour on fast ships. The complete program and information to plan the visit can be found by visiting the official site of uruforest.com.
