Our organization
The FCBA technological institute was born from the merger of the AFOCEL (Association Forêt Cellulose) and the CTBA (Technical Center for Wood and Furniture), on June 1, 2007.
FCBA employs about 300 people and is located in Champs-sur-Marne (77) – headquarters -, Bordeaux (33), Cestas Pierroton (33), Charrey-sur-Saône (21), Verneuil-sur-Vienne (87), Grenoble (38), Nantes (44) and Nancy (54).
FCBA's mission:
As an industrial technical center, FCBA’s mission is to promote technical progress, to participate in the improvement of yield and to guarantee quality in the industry.. Its field of action covers the entire forestry-wood and furniture sectors : forestry, logging, sawmills, pulp and paper, wood-based panels, carpentry, structures, furniture, packaging and various products. It also works with various suppliers in these sectors. FCBA is the only research organization in Europe that works from the beginning of the forestry and wood industry to the end of the product’s life..
Its activities are organized around fundamental principles:
Acquire, centralize, manage and disseminate scientific and technical information:
research and development, economic, regulatory and technological watch, documentation.
To put its know-how and its recognized competences at the disposal of companies:
technology transfer, consultancy, technical assistance, testing, training, information…
Supporting the professions to become leaders in national and international markets:
standardization, quality, certification, advanced technologies.
As a privileged partner of companies, FCBA is attentive to their technical and economic environment, to help them integrate technological innovations and adapt to the rapid evolution of markets.
The strengths of the FCBA Technological Institute
Unique expertise in the field of genetic improvement (in partnership, in particular with INRAe) and in the silviculture of plantation forests,
An operational technical and economic competence to optimise the management of production forest resources
The largest team in France in the field of wood harvesting and supply
A multidisciplinary team of experts in all areas of wood use in construction: mechanical assemblies, gluing, dimensioning of components and structures.
State-of-the-art testing facilities in Champs-sur-Marne and Bordeaux to meet all the needs of companies in terms of product suitability for use, standardization or certification in France or abroad
Recognized expertise in design by use in the field of furniture
A competent standardization office for all the standards of the forestry-wood and furniture industries.
Governance
Board of Directors
Forestry Cooperatives
Stéphane VIEBAN
Chairman of the Board of Directors of FCBA
Member of the FCBA Bureau
General Manager Alliance Forêts Bois
FBF (France Bois Forêt)
Jean-Michel Servant
Member of the FCBA Bureau
President of FBF
FBIE (France Bois industries Entreprises)
Frédéric CARTERET
Member of the FCBA Bureau
President FBIE
Sawmill
Marlène MIVIELLE
Marketing and Technical Director at Centre Bois Massif
Wood and Construction Industries (structure and joinery)
Michel VEILLON
President of the FCBA Financial Commission
Member of the FCBA Bureau
General Manager OSSABOIS
Silviculture and Private Forestry
Bruno de Brosse
President Fransylva
Packaging
Jean-Philippe GAUSSORGUES
Member of the FCBA Bureau
President of the “SYPAL” Pallet Commission of the FNB
President of EPAL France
Paper pulp
Stéphane COREE
Managing Director of Comptoir des Bois de Brive
Panneaux
Catherine LOCATELLI
Quality Manager Compagnie Française du Panneau
Construction companies (building – craftsmen and small building companies)
Jean-Michel MARTIN
President of the UNA-CMA de la CAPEB
Marc SAUVAGE
Member of the FCBA Bureau
Managing Director of SAUVAGE SAS
Vice-President FFB Pôle Bois
Ameublement Français
Juliette Rapinat-Freudiger
Membre du Bureau FCBA
Administrator of l’Ameublement Français
PERSONNALITiES
Nathalie BARBE
Director of Institutional Relations of Overseas and Corse – ONF
François BONNET
Ministerial delegate for forestry and wood at the Ministère de la Transition écologique
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE COMPANIES
Magali PICON
Representative of the CFDT
Francine HATTERMANN
CFE-CGC representative
FCBA MANAGEMENT
Christophe MATHIEU
General Manager
GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONERS
Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire
Marianne RUBIO
Office of Forestry and Wood Industries
Head of Office
Pauline FAVRE
In charge of the Structuring of the Forest-Wood, Horse and Bio-economy Sector Mission
Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances, de la souveraineté industrielle et numérique
Aurélie Lécureuil
Head of the Wood and Paper Sector Mission
General Directionl for Enterprise (DGE)
GENERAL ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Lionel Paillon
Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances de la souveraineté industrielle et numérique
External auditor
Jean-Christophe LABOURDETTE
Cabinet IN EXTENSO