About

The European Confederation of Woodworking Industries represents 21 European and National organisations from 15 countries and is the body backing the interests of the whole industrial European wood sector: more than 180.000 companies generating an annual turnover of 152 billion euros and employing 1 million workers in the EU.

Our Activities

Sustainability

Our wood products only from sustainably managed forests

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Construction

Turning buildings into carbon sink using wood products

Trade

Free & Fair Trade, Maintaining & Improving Standards, While Lowering Operating Costs

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Social Affairs

Contributing to employment, sector attractiveness, reducing inequalities, and building resilience

Research, Developement & Innovation

Exploring research opportunities for developing smart products and social growth within the circular bioeconomy

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Why Wood?

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The European woodworking industries provide renewable alternatives to fossil-based and carbon-intensive materials; they source their raw materials from sustainably managed forests and process them in a resource-efficient way that minimises waste and enhance circularity. As such they are a building block of the European circular bioeconomy that brings jobs in urban and rural areas.