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:
France Douglas is therefore contributing to the structuring of an industry that is increasingly asserting its economic potential, year after year.
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.
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
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
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
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
Fibois Bourgogne Franche Comté Christian DUBOIS
Fibois Aura Stéphane COCHET
Fibois Occitanie Christophe GLEIZE
Fibois France Céline LAURENS
Fibois Nouvelle Aquitaine Jean-Marc MEYER
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
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
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.