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Introduction

Governance

Membership

Introduction

France Douglas has been bringing the sector together for more than 20 years

France Douglas was founded in November 1993, initiated by forestry and sawmill professionals in France's main producing regions.Their aim was to ensure, with as much 
cohesion as possible, the promotion of Douglas fir.

To meet this goal, France Douglas has focused on developing its operations in the following four areas:

  • Monitoring standardization work that contributes to defining technical guidelines for the qualification of materials and their usage conditions,
  • Engaging in the research work necessary for a better understanding of the material, as well 
as ways to obtain the most value from it.
  • Supporting industry professionals, which translates into constant exchanges of information 
and, where needed, collective action to improve the organization and competitiveness of 
the sector It is within this framework that France Douglas has supported its 50 or so members to develop a standardised product range which contributes to capitalising on a renewable national resource with remarkable technological properties.
  • Implementing a consistent communications programme.

France Douglas is therefore contributing to the structuring of an industry that is increasingly asserting its economic potential, year after year.

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Governance

Interprofessional Association

France Douglas has national jurisdiction, and from the start has intended to bring together in a balanced way all areas of the sector that have a stake in promoting the Douglas Fir.

The composition of the Board of Directors reflects this intention: it brings together both local representatives, divided up into five thematic sections, and national representatives from professional federations or research and development bodies who are ex officio members.

The thematic sections, each having five members, cover the whole sector, from the upstream (producers) to the downstream (sawmills, second-stage processing, advocates of our products and design offices). The fifth section brings together regional interprofessional associations working in areas that have significant Douglas Fir resources, thus promoting coordination between the Association and the latter.

The full members, namely around fifteen bodies or federations who regularly participate in the work of the association, provide consistency with the national level.

Board of directors

Committee officers

Permanent staff

Board of directors

Production actors

Fransylva Occitanie Thierry ARMENGAUD First Vice-Chair

Union Régionale des Forêts et des Haies d'Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Anne-Marie BAREAU

Fransylva - Limousin Dominique COURAUD

Fransylva Rhône Bruno DE BROSSE

Forestiers Privés de Bourgogne Hugues de CHASTELLUX

First-stage processing actors

B.B.F. - Bongard Bazot et Fils Jean Philippe BAZOT Chair

Dubot Bois et Scierie Florian BAUDRON Committee officer

Scieries du Forez Michelle FOULHOUX Committee officer

SA Scierie Garmier Marc GARMIER Deputy treasurer

Provvedi Industrie François PROVVEDI

Second-stage processing actors

S.A.S. Cosylva Julien BOUTHILLON Treasurer

Piveteau Bois Gwénolé LEES Deputy secretary

Bois et Sciages de Sougy Guy MONNET Second Vice-Chair

Arbonis Jean-Marc PROVOT

S.A.S. Tertu Jacques de MAUSSION

Certified operators

Arts et Métiers ParisTech Louis DENAUD

Bordeaux Sciences Agro Sabine BRUN-RAGEUL

Comptoir Egletonnais du Bois Thierry FARGES

Lifteam Jean-Luc SANDOZ

Alliance Forêts Bois Stéphane VIEBAN

Promotion actors

Fibois Bourgogne Franche Comté Christian DUBOIS

Fibois Aura Stéphane COCHET

Fibois Occitanie Christophe GLEIZE

Fibois France Céline LAURENS

Fibois Nouvelle Aquitaine Jean-Marc MEYER

Full members

Institut Technologique Forêt Cellulose Bois Ameublement Marin CHAUMET

Union Nationale des Syndicats Français d’Architectes Pierre CHOMETTE

Union des Industriels et Constructeurs Bois Dominique COTINNEAU Committee officer

Forestiers Privés de France Serge DE POIX Committee officer

Experts Forestiers de France Luc DETRUY

Fédération Nationale du Bois Nicolas DOUZAIN-DIDIER Committee officer

Office National des Forêts Benoit GENERE Committee officer

Union Nationale des Communes Forestières Alain MEUNIER

Fédération Française du Bâtiment (Union des Métiers du Bois) Rodolphe MAUFRONT Committee officer

Syndicat National des Pépiniéristes Forestiers Pierre JOBIN

INRAE Léopold SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ

Union de la Coopération Forestière Française Lionel SAY Secretary

Centre National de la Propriété Forestière Roland DE LARY Committee officer

Xylofutur Marc VINCENT

Committee officers

Thierry ARMENGAUD

First Vice-Chair

Fransylva Occitanie

Jean Philippe BAZOT

Chair

B.B.F. - Bongard Bazot et Fils

Julien BOUTHILLON

Treasurer

S.A.S. Cosylva

Dominique COTTINNEAU

Committee officer

Union des Industriels et Constructeurs Bois

Serge DE POIX

Committee officer

Fransylva

Nicolas DOUZAIN-DIDIER

Committee officer

Fédération Nationale du Bois

Florian BAUDRON

Committee officer

Dubot Bois et Scierie

Michelle FOULHOUX

Committee officer

Scieries du Forez

Marc GARMIER

Deputy treasurer

SA Scierie Garmier

Benoit GENERE

Committee officer

Office National des Forêts

Gwénolé LEES

Deputy secretary

Piveteau Bois

Rodolphe MAUFRONT

Committee officer

Fédération Française du Bâtiment (Union des Métiers du Bois)

Guy MONNET

Second Vice-Chair

Bois et Sciages de Sougy

Lionel SAY

Secretary

Union Coopération Forestière Française

Roland DE LARY

Committee officer

Centre National de la Propriété Forestière

Permanent staff

Sabrina Pedrono

General manager

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Régis Lagoeyte

Development manager

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Ambre Lespinasse

Community manager

Membership

France Douglas: the tool which has been promoting the cause of Douglas Fir for more than 20 years!

Standards and regulatory monitoring:

As a member of the various standardisation committees, France Douglas, having enabled Douglas Fir to be introduced into the French and European standards mechanism, has been monitoring its position in legislation since then (standards, DTUs, etc.), in partnership with its members for whom it plays an interface role. 

 

Studies and research work: 

  • Classification of the material: France Douglas conducts the necessary studies to better understand the material's property. 
  • Characterisation of products for construction: France Douglas has produced a collection of three technical guides describing the main construction, renovation and decoration products.
  • Specific studies: France Douglas undertakes all studies of a nature to increase understanding of the Douglas Fir on the market: Collective Environmental Declarations, Volatile Organic Compound emissions level, etc. Each member can benefit from and use the result of these studies for its business. 
  • Creation of new improved varieties: France Douglas is taking part in a programme which aims to create varieties which have the best technological properties and are best suited to climate change.

 

Promotional activity:

  • Presence at trade fairs: France Douglas represents the sector at the main national and international trade fairs: Carrefour International Wood Show, Bâtimat, Eurobois, etc.
  • Targeted initiatives for professionals: Every year, France Douglas organises several information days and visits to buildings with architects and public/private decision-makers.. 
  • Press relations: France Douglas regularly disseminates information in the main communication media.
  • Publishing and dissemination of specific documents: France Douglas provides its members with technical (product guides) and general (information brochure) documentation.
  • Display on the Association's website: your company profile can be browsed on France Douglas's website. It is presented to visitors at trade fairs and professional forums.