Actualities

Three years after the “Bois français” brand was launched, France’s national timber confederation, the FNB, has opened a website dedicated to professionals in order to promote products and services on offer from companies in the sector.

A sawmill manager’s missions are many and varied: buying wood from forestry operators, managing work crews, managing production, conducting business relations with customers.

The glues used in engineered timber manufacture contain formaldehydes that raise environmental and sanitary concerns. A European group of researchers is working on ways to eliminate the use of these petrochemical derivatives. Meanwhile, some promising innovative alternatives are reaching the market.

It’s under way! The first regional project contests for aid toward improving forest stands have been launched. The government will be providing €4 million funding for this operation in 2018.