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Bernard Pons inaugure la foire forestière d'Epinal

Publication date 29/04/1972 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Bernard Pons, Secretary of State for Agriculture, inaugurated the forest fair in Epinal. Jean MICHAUD, President of the National Wood Federation, says on this occasion that the "real Lorrains" know the importance of the wood industry, which remains healthy and continues to be exported. Bernard PONS confirms these words. Images of mechanical machinery.

Mechanization of timber exploitation

Publication date 15/11/1975 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

In recent years, the exploitation of wood has undergone major transformations thanks to mechanization, which began in 1954 with the first power saws, continued in 1965 with the skidding carried out with articulated tractors, then with the ownership of semi-automatic processing chains. In the future, the sawmills will be run by a computer. Thanks to this mechanization, production has increased by 25% in five years, which does not, however, mean the death of small sawmills. Interview with Jean MICHAUT, President of the National Wood Federation, on the coexistence of small and large sawmills.

Testimony of a carpenter on the evolution of his profession

Publication date 16/02/1962 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

A carpenter, who has been working since 1903, evokes his learning and the simplification of work thanks to machines: "the work is less hard" for young people today.

Wood: Scandinavian techniques

Publication date 11/07/1974 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Interview with Claude MAYEUX, President of the National Federation of Northern Timber Importers. During a business trip to Sweden, he discusses the technological advances and modern woodworking methods used by the Scandinavians in order to obtain a better yield.

Wooden soles during World War II

Publication date 14/08/1942 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

During the Occupation period, soft wooden soles were manufactured by shoemakers to cope with the shortage of rubber and leather.

Development of the forest economy

Publication date 27/04/1968 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Interview with Mr. Lebrun, Director of the National Forestry Office, about the evolution of the forest economy which must adapt to the industrialization and mechanization of the exploitation of wood.

Polybois near the port of Lorient

Publication date 16/10/1969 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Report in the company Polybois. She left Paris to settle in the industrial area of Kerpont, in Lanester near Lorient. It benefits from the proximity of the port of Lorient where arrive the logs imported from Africa necessary for its activity of transformation of wood into decoration panels. Interview with the factory manager.

The transport of wood and the port of Nantes

Publication date 21/09/1978 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Report in the port of Nantes, the first port in France to import timber. New arrangements to alleviate the capacity problem in the port of Nantes are expected in 1980. Interview with Jean-Marie DEPELCHIN, head of the maritime charter company S.C.A.C.

Wood industry: competition and protectionism

Publication date 27/04/1968 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

In the Vosges, interview with a person in charge of the wood sector. He would like the French State to have a protectionist policy in order to favour French timber and protect the economy of the sector that is being undermined by competition and imports from Eastern European countries. Germany has taken decisions to protect its wood production which have reduced its imports.

The largest sawmill in Europe in Ariège

Publication date 01/12/1972 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Visit to Saint Paul de Jarrat, near Foix, the largest sawmill in Europe, equipped with state-of-the-art mechanization chains.

Unloading of wood at the port of Saint-Malo

Publication date 05/07/1966 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

Report in the port of Saint-Malo. For the unloading of wood, it is the only one in Europe to have adapted the flotation technique of Nordic softwood to tropical logs imported from West Africa. This method makes it possible to store wood in a basin of the port and no longer on the docks.

Demonstration of mountain logging techniques

Publication date 29/09/1962 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

As part of an international cable training course in Luchon, the foresters presented various materials and techniques used for mountain logging. A demonstration of skidding by cable car was proposed.

Edgard Pisani: the wood sector in Aquitaine

Publication date 27/04/1965 From €100.00

Wood sector in France

During a visit to Bordeaux, the Minister of Agriculture Edgar PISANI addresses the problem of the forest in the Southwest. He hopes that reforestation will increase in France during the fifth plan. It stresses that Aquitaine will be one of the major beneficiaries of this increase, because of its great potential.

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