Association for Promotion of French Sawn Timber

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CompanyBOURDAUD ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC- CTBA - LCA p 4

COVOBOIS SA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 4

DUCERF SA /Bois profilés ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ISO 9000 - PEFC p 5

EUROCHENE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC p 5

GROUPE LEFEVBRE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC - FSC p 6

GROUPE SYLVABOIS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC - FSC p 6

LAPASSADE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 7

MONNIOT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! p 7

N.B.E ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 8

SCIERIE CENCI ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC - NF p 8

SCIERIE JOSLET ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC- ISMP 15 p 9

SCIERIE MUTELET & Cie ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ISO 9002 - PEFC p 9

S.R.C ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 10

TARTERET Philippe SA ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ISO 9001 - PEFC p 10

TECSABOIS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 11

VIEU & Fils ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 11

6, rue François 1er - 75008 Paris - FRANCE

Tel : + 33 (0)1 56 69 52 00 Fax : + 33 (0)1 56 69 52 09 E-mail : contact@FrenchTimber.com

For more information on French wood products, species and suppliers, check our web site :

www.FrenchTimber.com

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! ! ! ! ! PEFC- CTBA - LCA p 4

! PEFC p 4

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ISO 9000 - PEFC p 5

! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC p 5

! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC - FSC p 6

! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC - FSC p 6

! ! ! ! PEFC p 7

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! ! ! ! PEFC p 8

! ! ! ! PEFC - NF p 8

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! CTB Sawn timber - PEFC- ISMP 15 p 9

! ISO 9002 - PEFC p 9

! ! ! ! PEFC p 10

! ! ! ! ISO 9001 - PEFC p 10

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PEFC p 11

! ! PEFC p 11

CertificationPEFC / FSC : Forest Certification

CTB Sawn timber / NF: Product certificationISO : Company’s process certification

ISMP 15 : phytosanitary label

Others members of FrenchTimber :

O.N.F : National Forest Board, forest management

Certified PEFC, ISO 9001 and 14001 .............p 12

FÉDÉRATION DES BOIS TRANCHÉS :

Sliced woods veeners products .......................p 13

C.I.B. : International Timber Tradeshow......................p 13

Sawmills location p 12

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Bourdaud SA

Covobois SA

! Company InformationThe company employs 48 people

! Activities• forestry operations• primary processing: 25,000 cu m of wood cut ontwo sawlines: 50% hardwoods – 50% softwoods• secondary processing: oak and pine,semi-finished products : sawn to order– laminate sections - veneered sections On a 7 hectare site there is 10 000 m2 covered area and a 300 cu m drying capacity

! SpeciesHardwoods : OAK

! Products:• Ordinary framework - joists - cut from stock up to 11.50 m• 27 mm strips • Wedges/blocks – large beams• Flooring • Boules • Sawn to order• Laminate and veneered sections

! ServicesDrying - Grooving - Planing - D3 and D4 bonding

! CertificationPEFC -CTBA-LCA (D4 bonding certification for external woodwork applications)

Pascaline GORREELA GRANDE-HAIE - 44170 NOZAY - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 2 40 79 43 32 - Fax : + 33 (0) 2 40 79 31 22E-mail : info@bourdaud.fr - Web site : www.bourdaud.fr

Mme Vallet8 rue Jules Ferry – BP 21 - 88 201 REMIREMONT Cedex - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 29 23 18 92 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 29 62 50 12E-mail : contact@covobois.com - Web site : www.covobois.com

! Company presentation:We are a commercial office, result of the grouping of10 sawmills from the Vosges area.We produce and sell both softwood and hardwoodlumbers.Language: English and German

! Species & sawn timber:Beech: 10 000 m3 sawn timberOak: 5 000 m3 sawn timberSpruce – Fir: 15 000 m3 sawn timberScots Pine: 2 500 m3 sawn timberDouglas Fir: 3 000 m3 sawn timber

! Products:– Sawn Timber – Structural lumbers, boards, square edged, beams …

! Services:Drying – Planing - Impregnation…PEFC certified

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Ducerf SA / Bois profilés

Eurochêne

! Company presentation:150 People – 1 Hardwood Sawmill - 1 SecondTransformation Unit : Hardwood panels productionfinger joint – edged glued panels – frame production We export in more than 40 CountriesWe speak English, German, Italian.

! Species & sawn timber:First sawmill ecocertified in France we offer a fullrange of hardwood.40 000 m3 roundlogs annually sawn from which 80 % is oak.20 % other hardwood species – Beech, Ash, Maple, Cherry, Walnut, Chestnut, lime-tree.

! Products:- Boules, selected planks - Beams, dimension woods- Square edged sawn timbers, one edged sawn timbers, strips- PATCHWOOD: fingerjointed panels for worktops,interior design, furniture- PANOPLOT: edge glued panels

- Panels species : OAK / ASH / MAPLE / CHERRY/IROKO/BEECH/ SAPELE/ more than 13 species- PANELS for furniture industry- FINGER JOINTED SQUARES for joinery

! Services:- PEFC certify - ISO - A large range of products available from stock in allkind of production - A large kilning capacity - An adaptability to all specific requests -- A permanent assistant to your sales department - Pro activy in the export market with 40 countries - Strong engagement in the durablemanagement of the forests.

FLORENCE PERRUCAUDVENDENESSE LES CHAROLLES -71 120 CHAROLLES - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 85 88 28 33 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 85 88 28 38E-mail : florence.perrucaud@ducerf.com - Web site :www.ducerf.com

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! Company presentation:- How to find us : East of France, between Lyon and Besançon. - Nearest Airport Lyon St Exupéry, location map available on website- Size: 2 sawmills with 60 employees and 40 000 m3 sawn logs.- Activity: 50% France + 50 % Export- We speak english, german, spanish.

! Species & sawn timber:French Oak : 65% European Beech : 30% miscellaneous hardwoods:Maple Sycamore, Cherry, Ash ….

! Products:Veneer logs – Boules – Mismatched Boards – Square edged boules – Dimensional Stocks cut to order after kilning – Strips -Beams cut to size – Featheredge boards -Solid wood panels.

! Services:Timber guaranteed free of stick stainsSeasoning under shedsKilning from 18 mm to 80 mm thick, with a yearlycapacity of 17 000 m3

Steaming capacity: 4800 m3

Planing : 2000 m3

Terms of delivery strictly respectedHaulage : we can arrange the transport, DDU or CIF ….

! Certification- CTB sawn Timber 115 (quality certification)- PEFC 10-31-319

Eric JULIEN 12 route de Miery - 39230 SAINT-LOTHAIN - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 84 73 76 56 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 84 37 03 45E-mail : eurochene@eurochene.com - Web site : www.eurochene.com

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Groupe Lefebvre

Groupe Sylvabois! Company presentation:Employés : 38Four different companies: Sylvabois (Logs andstaves production), STB (two sawnmills), TSO(Coopdrige), SLTI (Trading Company in Hong KongImport & Export)Language : English

! Species & sawn timber:- OAK - BEECH - WILD CHERRY - ASH - CHESNUT- PEAR WOOD, WALNUT, BIRCH

! Products:- Logs : All quality. No limitation of volume- Timber : Boards unedged, Boards Square edged,Square, Flooring strip, Beams, Boules in all speciesand European standard quality- Staves : French oak (thin grain, middle grain,large grain)

- Roasted wood : in all species included pine andspruce in finished product like deck, whole flooring, flooring. In finger joint or solid wood- Barrels : for wine and alcools from 225 to 700liters, in oak, Acacia, Cherry

! Services:- Drying - Planning- Ecocertification : PEFC : Sylvabois/STB/TSO (2005)

FSC : SLTI

! Company presentation:- 320 employees- 3 sawmills (2 in France and 1 in Romania)- Activities: From harvesting to processing products

! Species & sawn timber:- Specialized in beech

45 000 m3 per year

! Products:Beech veneer logs Unedged and one square edged beech boardsFinger jointed laminated solid panelsPre-cut parts sawn to your sizes! Services:

- Drying - Steaming- Planning- Finger jointed gluing- PEFC certification

Laurent DENORMANDIE11 rue des veneurs 60200 Compiègne - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 44 38 50 00 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 44 38 50 09E-mail : compiegne@sylvabois.com - Web site : www.sylvabois.com

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Joël LEFEBVRE / Florence TAMION240 rue d’Orival BP 6 - 76950 Les Grandes VentesTel : + 33 (0) 2 35 04 77 00 – Fax : + 33 (0) 2 35 04 77 01E-mail : service-export@groupe-lefebvre.fr - Web site : www.groupe-lefebvre.fr

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Lapassade

Monniot! Company presentation:

12 000 to 14 000 m3 of hardwood logs processedeach year.30 employees for 50 m3 of daily millingStorage : spreading over 10 hectaresCovered area of 1 hectare

! Species & sawn timber:- Oak represents 80 % of our production- Other natives species : Beech, Ash, Lime, Maple, Sycamore, Cherry …- Tropical timber : mainly from Ivory coastIroko, Sipo, Framire, Frake, Dabema ...

! Products:Mainly boules and waney edged.We also do some squares, beams, strips, squareedgedAll of these are graded by size and quality

! Services:Drying : traditional and vacuum capacity of 400 m3Pre-drying : 400 m3

Fabien CHARREYRON14 avenue de Verdun - 10500 BRIENNE-LE-CHATEAU - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 25 92 84 28 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 25 92 62 07 E-mail : monniot.scierie@wanadoo.fr

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! Company Information:Our company is located in South West of France. It has been operating since 1922.Business languages: French, English, Spanish

! Species and sawn timber:Hardwood: we exploit logs: slicing, peeling andsawing qualities Oak for staves comes from Tronçais, Vosges, Nièvreand Limousin forests.Other species as, Beech, Cherry, Poplar, Ash, …come from all regions of France. Softwood: We can supply species as Pine, Spruce,Douglas, Fir.We can also furnish tropical wood.

! Products: - Logs: Several grades - Timber: Boules, 1 side or 2 sides edged - Sleepers - Staves: natural or toasted – various grain- Building products - Plywood - Melaminated panels

! Services:Fresh cut or Kiln Dried - Natural or steamed Treatments: Anti stain, Class 2 or 3 by impregnation.

! Certification:PEFC certified

Zone Artibois – 64230 ARTIGUELOUVE - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 5 59 83 01 15 – Fax : + 33 (0) 5 59 83 07 38E-mail : ets.lapassade@wanadoo.fr - www.lapassade.com

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NBE (Normandie Bois Entreprise)

Scierie Parqueterie Cenci ! Company presentation:We are located in Franche-Comté (East of France) inone of the most wooded region of France. (We have2 sawmills: one in Ronchamp and one in Vellefaux).Twenty persons are working in the forest and thirty-five in the sawmill / parquetryThe company is controlled by M. Noël & Patrice CENCI.

! Species & sawn timber: We mainly provide hardwoods(Beech, Oak, Ash, Maple etc.. in logs and in sawn timber)

! Products:• Square edged : beech• Loose unedged boards: beech, oak, ask, maple

• Strips : beech• Flooring: oak, beech, ash, maple, hornbeam

! Services:Drying, steaming, planning, impregnationPEFC/10 31 165 and NF 92

M. Noël CENCI43 rue des Mineurs - 70250 RONCHAMP - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 84 63 50 91 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 84 63 51 95E-mail : noel.cenci@cenci.fr - Web site : www.cenci.fr

! Company presentation:NBE is a group of 5 sawmills and 2 timber merchants,based in Normandy. For 15 years now we are specia-lized in exporting our timber all over foreign coun-tries.

! Species & sawn timber:We are supplier of European hardwoods. We mainlydeal with Oak, Beech, Chestnut but also Ash, Cherry,Maple. And some Softwood likes Douglas Fir.

! Products:We have a wide range of products such as Boules Airand Kiln Dried, Square Edged all thicknesses andgrades, Beams fresh sawn and air dried. We can alsooffer round logs. Barrel Staves.

! Services:As a group and thanks to our last investments (pre-kiln) we are able to supply bigger quantities especiallyin kiln dried wood in shorter time. We have the PEFC certification.

Anne-Laure RIPOCHE3 Bd de Strasbourg - 61000 ALENCON - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 2 33 82 24 60 - Fax : + 33 (0) 2 33 32 25 52E-mail : contact@NBE61.com - Web site : www.NBE61.com

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Scierie Joslet

! Company presentation:- 22 employees- one sawmill, sawing of oak- language : English, Spanish, Deutch

! Species & sawn timber:Oak, supply of 13 000 m3 logs per year

! Products:Sawn Timber (Boules, square edged,strips, select plank, square)

! Services:- Drying AD & KD- PEFC

Philippe PERRODIN 39 rue du moulin - 39120 RAHON - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 84 81 85 39 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 84 81 80 16E-mail : scierie.mutelet@wanadoo.fr - Web site : www.mutelet.com

! Company presentation:60 employeesActivity : sawmill

! SpeciesMain species : Oak Others species : chestnut - poplar – beech -cherry

! Products:- Square edged timber – strips – cut to order – boules – sleepers – baulk – loose unedgedboards.- Finger jointed timber – solid wood panels – glued laminated timber – blocks – glued laminated blocks – parquet.- Stave …

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Drying – planing

! Certification : CTB SAWN TIMBER – PEFC – ISMP15

Mr Jean Paul JOSLET Goursac - 16260 CHASSENEUIL SUR BONNIEURE - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 05 45 65 02 83 - Fax : + 33 (0) 05 45 65 15 57E-mail : scierie.joslet@wanadoo.fr

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14Tarteret Philippe SA! Company presentation:Sawmill specialized in Oak and other native hard-woods since 195448 employees (Languages: English, German, Italian)Hardwood AD or KD (900m3 of drying room, 800m3

of pre-drying room)

! Species & sawn timber:(Origin CHAMPAGNE AND BOURGOGNE)• Oak: 12 000 m3 per year (92%)• Ash: 400 m3 per year (3%)• Beech: 500 m3 per year (4%)• Other native hardwoods: 100m3 per year (1%)

! Products:- Boules (Thickness 15 to 150mm)- Oak beams in all sections and lengths- Sawn to size products- Selected Planks (18 to 65mm)- Squares (50x50mm to 100x100mm)- Solid woodfloor- Square edged

! Services:Possibility of delivery. 80% of our stock is undercover. Our total surface of 165 000 m2 (including45 000m2 under cover) allows us to maintain apermanent stock of 3 000m3 kiln dried wood avai-lable for just in time delivery.

! Certification: - ISO 9001/ 2000- PEFC

10190 ESTISSAC - FRANCE (150km south east of Paris)Tel : + 33 (0) 3 25 40 44 23 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 25 40 61 31E-mail : scierie@tarteret.com - Web site : www.tarteret.com

SRC Group! Company presentation:Located in the heart of the Burgundy oak forests,the SRC Group is specialized in oak manufacturing. SRC Group presents two main activities: - the sawmill,- RC PARQUET, the wooden flooring factory.The Group SRC employs about 60 persons dividedinto the two companies. Thanks to his sales depart-ment (Export trending), the company can meet anyenquiries in foreign languages (English, German,Spanish and Italian).

! Species & sawn timber:The main activity of the SRC Group is the sawing of European oak from Burgundy, done in the most rigorous and scrupulous selection of each bath. - logs yard- predrykiln of 600 m3

- drykilns : 15 units with a total capacity of 1 200 m3

for drying boules and square edges of various thicknesses,

- sawing area : an impressive system processing 30 000 m3 of oak annually,- boules yards.

! Products:- Boules - Square edges – Strips - Unsquare edgedboards - Depeared planks - Wooden flooring, finished and unfinished.

! Services:Drying – Planing - PEFC.

Collin Christophe (Sales Manager)Route de Cluny BP 24 - 71640 GIVRY - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 3 85 44 30 31 - Fax : + 33 (0) 3 85 44 42 66E-mail : src@src-scieries.fr - Web site : www.src-scieries.fr

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Tecsabois

Vieu & fils

Mr. VIEU Francis MASSAGUEL 81110 DOURGNE - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 5 63 73 33 63 - Fax : + 33 (0) 5 63 73 33 60E-mail : f.vieu@scierie-vieu.com - Web site : www.scierie-vieu.com

! Strategic geographical position:Situated in the Midi Pyrenees region, close to themain Mediterranean ports and the main motorways,the sawmill benefits from the proximity of twoimportant forested areas; the Pyrenees to the southand the Massif Central to the north.

! The company’s presentation :Forest Management and harvesting, sawmill, flooring manufacturer and trading/wholesaleAn annual production of 40 000 m3 of logs is harvested by the company.Out of this total, our 40 employees use 25 000 m3

in our sawmill and further added valued productsmanufacture.

! Species & sawn timber:Hardwood (Broad-leaved trees) : European Beech,oaks, chestnuts and other hardwood species

! Products :Hardwood : Loose unedged boards - Boules

! Services :- Drying- planing- timber impregnation- certification

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! Company presentation:- Oak sawmill timber from the Center

Region - kilns chambers- cuts and wood-working workshop.

! Products:Traditional frameworkPierced oak traditional verandaPierced square edges or beams

! Oak sawn timber:- Selected planks : 18-27-34-41-54.- All dimensions frameworks.- Square edges : 60x60, 80x80,

100x100, 120x120.- Wood cut to order from

selected planks.

Mr Georges SagetBP n°1 - Route de Saint Florent - 45720 COULLONS - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 2 38 36 12 04 - Fax : + 33 (0) 2 38 29 22 47E-mail : tecsabois-coullons@wanadoo.fr - Web site : www.tecsabois.com

“The oak ready-to-use”

Traditional framework

Pierced square edges or beams

Pierced oak traditional veranda

Office National des Forêts

Magrum Max, Head of Timber Trade2 avenue de Saint Mandé - 75570 Paris cedex 12 - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 1 40 19 59 06 - Fax : + 33 (0) 1 40 19 59 42E-mail : max.magrum@onf.fr - Web site : www.onf.fr

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• 11 000 employees, turnover of 609 millions euros• management of 4,5 M ha (state-owned forest

and other public forest) in Metropolitan France and 8 M ha in overseas territories

• commercialized fellings : 13,8 M m3 per year• sustainable management : 2,5 M ha already certified PEFC• business language : french, english, german, spanish

" principal forest species :Hardwood : 5,4M m3 :- oak (pedunculate and sessile)- common beech - others : ash, maple, cherry…Softwood : 3,7M m3 :- silver fir - spruce - scots pine - douglas

" Products: Logged and standing timber" Services: PEFC, logging, transporting

Barillet 1#1! Bourdaud SA 2#2! Groupe Lefebvre3! Covobois SA 3#4! Ducerf SA / Bois profilés5! Eurochêne

Eymard 4#6! Groupe Sylvabois7! Lapassade

Les Fils de Cyrille Ducret 5#Monnet Seve & Sougy 6#

8! Monniot9! NBE Normandie Bois Entreprise

Piveteau 7#Scierie Archimbaud 8#

10! Scierie Parqueterie CenciScieries de Corgnac 9#Les Bois de Tertu 10#

11! Scierie JosletScierie Moulin 11#

12! Scierie Mutelet & CieSélection Vosges 12#Siat et Braun 13#

13! SRC Group14! Tarteret Philippe SA15! Tecsabois

Pro Lignum 14#16! Vieu & fils 15#

Vuillet SAS 16#A" ONFB" Fédération des Bois Tranchés

Sea ports use for export

The french sawmills, partners aiming toward export

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The French Sliced Wood Veneers Federation represents nineteen different companies.

" Our main objectives are to: • Promote the use of veneers coming

from sustainable managed forest.• Inform the end users about why

and how to use real wood products.• Emphasize the recognition of its

members worldwide.

" The main species used in the French production are:- Oak, beech, maple…- Pine- Tropical woods.

Fédération des Bois Tranchés

For more information regarding our mission and our members, please contact:

M. Yves Costrel6 rue François Ier- 75 008 Paris - FRANCETel : + 33 (0) 1 56 69 52 00 - Fax : + 33 (0) 1 56 69 52 09E-mail : Yves.costrel@fnbois.com - Web site : veneers.frenchtimber.com

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