Arkema has set up its Research and Development Centre for the East of France (the CRDE) in Carling (Moselle, France) ©Arkema France The ENSTIB campus in Epinal (Vosges, Lorraine) ©Enstib Seven, the Tranchant group casino in Amnéville has 400 slot machines, 21 gaming tables, a four-star hotel, a restaurant and an auditorium (Moselle, Lorraine) ©La Robe à l'Eau The Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc Basilica in Domrémy-la-Pucelle in Meuse (Lorraine) is the French national monument to Joan of Arc ©Michel Petit Center Parcs Domaine des Trois Forêts leisure centre in Moselle (Lorraine) ©Pierre et Vacances PSA Peugeot Citroën is present on two sites in Moselle (Lorraine), in Metz and Trémery ©PSA The paper and cardboard companies in Lorraine include some big names, such as Clairefontaine, based in the Vosges ©Clairefontaine Charal, but also RicheMonts, Bonduelle, Bel, Lactais, Maximo, Nestlé Waters, Coca-Cola, Geyer Frères: international leaders in the agri-food business all have operations in Lorraine ©Charal In Lorraine, you will find 19 golf clubs (here Amnéville golf club in Moselle) ©Amnéville-les-Thermes 'Le Haut des Ailes' produces 84 million KwH (Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine) ©Le Haut des Ailes Metz Nancy Lorraine Airport ©AMNL Bonduelle, but also Bel, Lactais, Maximo, RicheMonts, Charal, Nestlé Waters, Coca-Cola, Geyer Frères: international leaders in the agri-food business all have operations in Lorraine ©Brek Ristoranti, Fotolia Beer in Lorraine: two thousand years of tradition and know-how (here Mouzay beer from Meuse) ©A Naderi Arkema, which is part of the chemicals branch of Total, has a site in Carling (Moselle, Lorraine) ©Arkema Carling France The Vauban Citadel in Montmédy (Meuse, Lorraine) is on the border with Luxembourg and Belgium. Its ramparts were modified by Vauban in the XVIIth century ©CDT Meuse Chemicals in Lorraine: organic, mineral, fine and parachemicals, green chemicals ©Olivier, Fotolia The big names in logistics are concentrated in Lorraine (FM Logistic is present in Moselle) ©FM Logistic Calberson Lorraine is based in Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lorraine) ©Calberson Géodis 'Le Haut des Ailes' supplies 40,000 people with electricity (Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine) ©Le Haut des Ailes NJP: with its specialised and often visionary programming, the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival is a musical event that resonates beyond Meurthe-et-Moselle and much further afield than Lorraine ©Sadia, fotolia
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The timber industry in Lorraine and its markets

Updated on 2009-10-22

The timber industry in Lorraine represents...

27,000 workers, including:
► 4,000 in forestry
► 2,400 in sawmills
► 7,300 in timber frames and joinery
► 7,000 in the furniture sector
► 6,000 in paper and cardboard
► 500 in the timber products trade

4 of 5 million of m³ produced every year in Lorraine
70% of timber produced in Lorraine processed locally

The timber industry's markets in Lorraine are...

► Building & public works: 50% (joinery, timber frames, fitting out)
► Paper and printing: 20%
► Packaging: 20% (crates, pallets, cartons…)
► Furnishing: 10%


Timber in the Vosges means...

350,000 m³ of sawn timber a year Over 400 workers 600,000 m³ of logs processed a year 60% of the production of softwood in Lorraine ... full article

Timber research laboratories in Lorraine

The CTBA Production Engineering Centre at Maidières-les-Pont-à-Mousson The timber quality research laboratory at the INRA Centre at... full article





In the press

Wood industry in Meuse: Ober takes a gold medal at the Batimat fair

Specialising in stratified wood veneer, the Meuse business Ober of Longeville-en-Barrois (Lorraine) received a gold medal at the Batimat Fair for its tectonic Oberflex.  Responding to the... full article

Renewable energy: a biomass power plant for the Electricity Factory in Metz

The Electricity Factory in Metz (UEM) will inaugurate in August 2012 in Chambière in Moselle (Lorraine) a biomass power plant (€50m invested) to replace the current coal plant. It will... full article

Vosges: when the wood industry invites itself to a new treatment centre

A treatment centre for fibromyalgia will open at the end of 2012 in Martigny-les-Bains (Vosges, Lorraine) in the 8,000m² of the former Grand Hôtel International (€10m invested and... full article

Chêne de l'Est, high-end parquet flooring in Moselle

Based in Hambach (Moselle), Chêne de l‘Est saw growth of 7% in 2011. The Lorraine-based business has set itself apart from the competition by perfecting quality finish parquet flooring,... full article

Plastifibre gives new life to the wood industry in Lorraine

Plastifibre (Granges-sur-Vologne, Vosges) produces a wood-composite material containing up to 80% wood (in granular form) and is made for building, transport and interior cladding. In 2010, the... full article



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