Launch meeting of the European WOODMARKETS Project in Toulouse, France

WOODMARKETS project, digital transformation at the service of wood industry in the SUDOE region

The WOODMARKETS project’s consortium brings together twelve partners from different entities in the SUDOE region, experts in the wood sector of 1st. 2nd and 3rd transformation. The objective is supporting the introduction and reinforcement the digital environment in the wood industry of the SUDOE region in order to increase skills, visibility and improving business competitiveness.

On 14-15 November 2019, the kick-off meeting of the EUROPEAN Interreg Sudoe PROJECT “WOODMARKETS” was held, organised by the project leader FORESPIR, at the headquarters of the Digital Cluster “Digital113” in Toulouse, France.

WOODMARKETS project aims to support the introduction and reinforcement of the digital environment in the wood industry of the SUDOE region in order to increase skills, visibility and improving business competitiveness.

WOODMARKETS seeks the improvement of digital skills of companies in the wood processing sector (1st, 2nd and 3rd) in the SUDOE area to enhance their visibility, competitiveness and resilience in a global market.

The WOODMARKETS project, led by FORESPIR, where the Council participates as a partner responsible for Communication and Broadcasting, has 12 partners: 5 Spanish partners (Consorci Centre de Ciència I Tecnologia Forestal of Catalonia, Baskegur, AIDIMME, FEVAMA and the Council of Chambers of the Valencia Community), 5 French partners (FORESPIR, FIBOIS Occitanie, CRITTBois Occitanie, Pôle de Compétitivité XYLOFUTUR and Associatioun pour la Valorisation des Bois des Pyrénées) and 2 Portuguese partners (Centro de Inovação Empresarial da Beira Interior and y Centro de Inovação e Competências da Floresta Associação).

In addition, it also has the support of several partners organisations: Asociación de empresarios de la madera de Navarra, Agence de Développement Économique de la Région Occitanie /Pyrénées-Méditerranée, PINHOSER, and Associação para a competitividad da indústria da fileira florestal.

The Project lasts 36 months, it will finish in September 2022, and it is co-funded by the Interreg SUDOE Programme (ERDF).

For more information about the WOODMARKETS project, please contact AIDIMME.

Guillem Segura Orenga

MATERIALES Y PRODUCTOS • Tecnología y Biotecnología de la Madera