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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 of Cauval Group). 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 |
- 830 companies
- 3700 employees
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- Turnover : 535 million euros (more than 50% 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).
The increase of forest area has been particularly important in Aveyron: + 300% in Aveyron during the period 1950/1999 (+ 35% in France during the same period).
The Aveyron has got now 264 000 ha of forested area (30% of Aveyron) and produces more than 1 million m3 of wood (Current annual gross production) which 70% hardwood and 30% conifers. The local wood resource is important but still relatively little used by Aveyron's companies of second transformation sourcing most often on the national and international markets (North wood and exotic wood in particular).
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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 : SOCIETE.com/Infogreffe/Aveyron Expansion chiffres 2006 |
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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 |
- CAUVAL Group (ITA division DUMESTE at Sévérac le Château, Espalux Expansion/Valaubrac at Bozouls, Combettes at Entraygues)
- ATRYA group (FIA at La Cavalerie)
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| Leaders |
| Industrial joinery and framework |
Furnitures |
Wooden chalets |
Others |
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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 :
Cabinetmaker, joinery/furniture and joinery manufacturing arrangement, roofer, framework.
Several CERTIFICATES OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) : joinery, wood and other 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 :
Manufacturing wood/ layout/wood construction, building (metal, aluminum, 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 :
Timber building systems and housing, design of industrial products, design and implementation tools
- 2 YEAR-DIPLOMA FROM A UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY :
logistics and industrial organization
- Professionnal Degrees :
eco design of timber structures, ecoproduction of finished wood, 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)
- Lycée des métiers du bois et de l'habitat (wood crafts and housing) at Aubin, partner of the Technology Platform Wood Midi-Pyrenees
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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.
MARQUE DE QUALITE NF (quality mark)
ACERBOIS GLULAM ("bois lamellé collé")
CERTIFICATION INDIVIDUAL FCBA/CTBA (bedding)
- SOCOFAL TECHNILAT (La Primaube)
QUALIBAT (level of qualification "Quality Commitment" )
CERTIFICATION ISO 9001
Certification PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes) for
sustainably managed forests
- 3 companies certified : SUSSI ET FILS (Sauclières), SYCO (Rodez), SYLVA ROUERGUE (Rodez)
- 44 companies signed specifications of "PEFC forest " : BOIS DU ROUERGUE, BOIS ET SCIAGE DU SEGALA, ETS POULET, PERIE FRERES, ROZIERE, TRANSPORTS MATHOU...
LABEL "Belle literie"
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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, Finadorm Group - (wooden chalets, bedding and furnitures for early childhood)
"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
Finadorm Group (Fabre 2012, SOCOFAL, MATHOU...)
wooden chalets, bedding and furnitures for early childhood
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 Daniel DRUILHET - Manager Druilhet SARL - (framework)
"What is important to me, these are the values of Aveyron’s craft. My struggle is to gain recognition for these crafts. Through my job as carpenter and my status as President of the Chambre de Métiers et de l’Artisanat(Chamber of Trades and Crafts), I work for what is one of the major pillars of the Aveyron’s economy : 6300 craftsmen who employ 20,000 people in Aveyron. Stayed in Aveyron by choice, I created my business with my old companions. It is a great department with a very good mentality, beautiful landscapes, high-end crafts that we do not always find elsewhere." |
M. DRUILHET
SARL Druilhet
Framework
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 Christian CASTES - President Castes Industry - (joinery)
"From Villefranche, I fell into wood chips when I was young. The West Aveyron and joinery naturally occupy my life. My roots are here. From my home territory, I now sell the fruit of my work on the southern half of France. The quality and expertise of Aveyronnais are dear to me." |
M. CASTES
Castes Industrie
Joinery
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 Eric BARES - President Lignivalys - (siding parquets)
"Like any self-respecting Aveyronnais, Thierry SEBASTIA had to promote the qualities of the department since I agreed to invest in the basin, despite the warnings of my friends some of which are sure that Aveyron is the end of the world. Finally, I don’t feel disorientated. The Vosges and the basin of Decazeville have in common this mixture of rurality and industry restructuring(textile crisis in the Vosges), which gives residents a particular attitude to situations. I do not feel at the end of the world. It is the quality of the welcome that convinced me to invest in the basin. Throughout our setting-up, we felt surrounded." |
M. BARES
Lignivalys
Siding parquets
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