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The sector of wood and furniture employs 3700 people in a wide range of plants going from
wood-cutting businesses to famous kitchen designers
(Espalux, Combettes). Aveyron is one of the leading centre for wood and furniture in France and the first one in Midi-Pyrénées.
Wood is one of the traditional industries in the Aveyron. Since the Middle Ages, each village has had its foresters and its carpenters.
Today, the presence of major groups plus many small businesses situated throughout the département meshes together to create a network of highly skilled artisans.
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 Some performance statistics |
- 765 companies
- 3700 employees
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- Turnover : 535 million euros (more than 40% of wich is for joinery and framework).
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| Natural resources |
Evolution of woodland since 1950
 The forest of the Massif Central is the single largest forest in France. For more than 50 years, it has attracted the lions' share of investment funds for replanting in white woods and redwoods (pines, firs, spruces, Douglas firs).
It now amounts to a natural resource of some 30 million m3 of unfelled wood, mainly deciduous (55%).
The forest of the southern Massif Central, predominantly deciduous (65%), young and growing strongly, represents a natural resource of some 12 million m3 of unfelled wood, more than a third of the total on the Massif.
The evergreen forest of the southern Massif Central already supplies almost 1 million m3 annually, two thirds for worked wood, one third for logs.
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| The importance of the sector |
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 A lot of activities cover the entire sector : forestry, furniture, saw-mills, joinery, framework, industrialized wood-cutting and wooden chalets.
The traditional craftsmanship of the cabinet makers in Aveyron has been recognised by DATAR, with its status as one of the "Localised Productive Systems" within France.
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| Source : COFACE / SOCIETE.com - chiffres 2004 |
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| Already present in Aveyron |
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| A massive network of successful small businesses with finely honed skills, spread throughout the département, ensuring the long term future of the industry and meeting the needs of companies throughout the region. |
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| The major groups |
- DUMESTE (ITA STEINER:
Séverac le Château)
- ESPALUX: Bozouls
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| Leaders |
| Industrial joinery |
Kitchens |
Furnitures |
Chairs |
Beds and bedsteads |
Wooden chalets |
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| An active environment |
Training
VOCATIONAL TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS/ CERTIFICATES OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE)
The leading training centre in Midi-Pyrénées
Several VOCATIONAL TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS : ebenist and cabinetmaker, wood layouts
Several CERTIFICATES OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) : wood and other materials, metal, glass and synthetic materials, architecture and building techniques
SECONDARY SCHOOL VOCATIONAL DIPLOMAS
one of the highest success rates in France, especially in technical and technological options
Several trainings specialising in the production and transformation of wood : industrial automation, building (metal, aluminium, glass, synthetic materials)
HIGHER LEVEL
Several training programmes (level Baccalaureate + 2 years up to +5 years) proposed by the Jean-François Champollion University, IUT, colleges, Consular Training Centre
- BTS : wood production system
- 2 YEAR-DIPLOMA FROM A UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY : production management and organisation (OGP)
- Professionnal Degrees : computerized management of production, quality management
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Innovation and Technical Support
A network of excellence
- At Rodez, the "Centre
Régional d'Innovation
et de Transfert de
Technologie" for
wood (CRITT) close
by the Ecole des Mines
(Engineering faculty)
at Albi-Carmaux
- A wood drying plant heated by wood representing a total capacity of 600 m3 (11 cells of between 30 and 100 m3 – CCI Rodez).
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| Recognised Quality |
Companies in the Aveyron guarantee the quality of their products, by adopting the principal internationally recognised standards in their sector of activity.
CERTIFICATION ISO 9001
- Furniture: Cayron (Nuces)
Quality standards NF/CE
- Kitchen: Espalux (Bozouls), Combettes (Entraygues)
- Furniture: Belloubet (Rieupeyroux), Cayron (Nuces)
- Chairs : I.T.A. (Séverac),
- Parquets: Les parquets du Rouergue (Decazeville)
- Roofting/rafters (ACER bois): Batut (Agen), Charles et Mouysset (Rodez), Loubière (Trémouilles)
- Mobilier professionnel
(Business furnitures): Mathou créations (Onet le Château)
LABEL
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Leading figures in the industry testify
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 André PERIE - Manager, Périé Frères - (sawmill)
"The Aveyron forest is continuing its policy of replanting, particularly on Lévézou and the Monts de Lacaune vith evergreens. The reputation of the initial transformation sector is built on its careful selection and know how. Often cited, Aveyron is a reference for the added value transformation of local reconstituted woods. Butting up, veneering, and pressurised laminating are processes which the locals understrand and carry out with originality and talent." |
 M. PERIE
Périé Frères
Sawmill
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 Pierre CAYRON - President and Chief Executive Officer, Cayron ameublement - (furniture)
"The Aveyron has a solid network of professionals with specialised skills. Our future depends on our ability to adapt and to innovate. Today, Aveyron offers a quality product suited to the needs of the market, as well as a dynamic image. Our strength is the signature on our furniture, made in Aveyron, a sign of solid values. Our aim is to be among the market leaders in France, offering service and quality to our customers. The desire to please the customer must always be uppermost in our minds. Our furniture, made out of cherry or walnut, is found in the most prestigious outlets throughout France and increasingly abroad." |
M. CAYRON
S.A.S Cayron
Furniture |
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 Jean-Rémy BERGOUHNE - President and Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Fabre 2012 - (chalets) and SOCOFAL S.A. - (bed brand TECHNILAT)
"Wood is a noble material which enhances its setting and architecture. From Périgord to the Camargue, from Aubrac to the Côte Vermeil, our holiday villages "Havitat" respect the local traditions and blend in with their environment to look authentic. It was in the Aveyron, with its mosaic of landscapes, that I found my inspiration. Always respecting the local heritage, Fabre 2012 exports its savoir-faire throughout France, its overseas dependencies and to Europe." |
M. BERGOUHNE
Groupe Fabre 2012
SOCOFAL S.A.
Chalets and bed brand
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