Statute
The Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association (EFWIA) brings together more than 70 leading wood enterprises
Our mission
We help to create prosperity, developing local industry and construction based on renewable resources and environmentally friendly energy.
Our vision
A healthy living environment and a decent standard of living supported by a well-developed forest and wood industry and the valorisation of domestic timber.
Objectives
- Internationally competitive forest and wood industry
- Standing for the common interests of members and promoting shared goals
- Raising awareness of the sector’s role in society
- Sustainable forest use
- Development and growth of wood use
- Innovative solutions in the sector
General information
Established in 1996, the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association (EFWIA) is a non-profit association that serves to unite companies that are predominantly active in the wood and forest industry.
The Association has 72 members, including four (4) educational institutions providing professional education. The Management Board of the EFWIA has 17 members. The CEO of the Association is Henrik Välja.
It is the goal of the EFWIA’s activities to represent and defend the interests of its members and to contribute to the creation of the legislative and economic conditions necessary for the further development of the mechanical and chemical forest industry.
In 2002, we began the project Puuinfo, the goal of which is to increase the sustainable use of wood.
Cooperation
The Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association is a member of the Estonian Employers’ Confederation. The EFWIA has been a member of the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries (CEI-Bois) since 2002.
The EFWIA enjoys excellent networking contacts with the Estonian Forest Association, the Estonian Private Forest Union, the Estonian Fund for Nature, the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry, the Finnish and Swedish Forest Industries Federation, and the European Commission Delegation in Estonia.
We organise information days and seminars for our members on topical forest industry and forest policy issues, participate in various events promoting the use of wood, organise visits by foreign business delegations to Estonia, etc.
Fields
Deep impregnation of timber
Educational institution
Forest management and harvesting
Processing and planing of sawn timber
Production of fuelwood
Production of laminated timber
Production of veneer and plywood
Production of wooden components and furniture parts
Production of wooden houses
Purchase-sale of growing forest and timber
Certification
BM Certification Estonia OÜ
NCS Estonia OÜ
Preferred by Nature OÜ
Deep impregnation of timber
Hansacom OÜ
Lemeks AS
Lotus Timber OÜ
Palmako AS
Tapa Mill OÜ
Education and IT solutions
Woodpecker Systems OÜ
Educational institution
Eesti Maaülikool
Luua Metsanduskool
TalTech Puidutehnoloogia labor
Võrumaa Haridus- ja Tehnoloogiakeskus
Energy production from biomass
Eesti Energia AS
Graanul Invest AS
Forest management and harvesting
Artiston OÜ
Baltwood AS
HD Forest AS
Karo Mets OÜ
Lemeks AS
Metsakohin OÜ
Pärnu Mets AS
Reta Puit OÜ
Roger Puit AS
Stora Enso Eesti AS
Tornator Eesti OÜ
Valga Puu OÜ
Woodwell AS
Tava Mets OÜ
Measuring of timber
Timbeter OÜ
VMF Estonia OÜ
Other timber products
Baltic Connexions OÜ
Lemeks AS
Palmako AS
Rebruk AS
Processing and planing of sawn timber
Benito Puit AS
Enco Est OÜ
Lotus Timber OÜ
Peetri Puit OÜ
Puidukoda OÜ
Rait AS
Stora Enso Eesti AS
Tapa Mill OÜ
Thermory AS
Production of barbecue charcoal
Biolan Baltic OÜ
Production of fuelwood
Graanul Invest AS
Lemeks AS
Reta Puit OÜ
Tartu Graanul AS
Warmeston OÜ
United Loggers OÜ
Production of laminated timber
Barrus AS
Ecobirch AS
Holttem AS
Lemeks AS
Palmako AS
Peetri Puit OÜ
Production of sawn timber
Aegviidu Puit AS
Combimill Reopalu OÜ
Combimill Sakala OÜ
Enco Est OÜ
Erapuit AS
Holttem AS
Lemeks AS
Reta Puit OÜ
Stora Enso Eesti AS
Toftan AS
Vara Saeveski OÜ
Viiratsi Saeveski AS
Viru-Nigula Saeveski AS
Production of veneer and plywood
Estonian Plywood AS
Kohila Vineer OÜ
Tarmeko Spoon AS
UPM-Kymmene Otepää OÜ
Metsä Wood Eesti AS
Production of wooden components and furniture parts
Baltic Connexions OÜ
Barrus AS
Combiwood OÜ
Production of wooden construction elements
Rebruk AS
Production of wooden houses
Baltic Connexions OÜ
Lasita Maja OÜ
Lemeks AS
Palmako AS
Rebruk AS
Purchase-sale of growing forest and timber
Artiston OÜ
Baltwood AS
Billerud Estonia OÜ
HD Forest AS
Holmen Mets AS
Karo Mets OÜ
Lemeks AS
Metsä Forest Eesti AS
Metsakohin OÜ
Pärnu Mets AS
Reta Puit OÜ
Roger Puit AS
SCA Metsad Eesti AS
Tornator Eesti OÜ
UPM OÜ
Valga Puu OÜ
Woodwell AS
Sale and servicing of woodworking equipment
Agrosilva AS
Hekotek AS
JS Inseneribüroo OÜ
Timber trade
Benito Puit AS
Reviewing the socio-economic impact assessment for the sector
The EFWIA is an association uniting one of the most important areas of the economy in Estonia, the forest and wood industries. The EFWIA represents an industry that offers solutions to climate problems, supplies society with a renewable raw material, and helps preserve life in rural areas.
Management
The management board of the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association (EFWIA) has 17 members, the Chairman of the Management Board is Jaano Haidla
Composition of the management board (in alphabetical order):
Ando Jukk – Estonian Plywood AS
Gert Rahnel- Combiwood Grupp OÜ
Ivar Dembovski – Rait AS
Jaak Nigul – Tarmeko Spoon AS
Jaan Kers – TalTech
Jaano Haidla – Graanul Invest AS
Jüri Külvik – Lemeks AS
Lauri Raid – VKG
Linnar Pärn – Eesti Maaülikool
Mait Kaup – Warmeston OÜ
Marko Kajandu – Thermory AS
Martti Kork – Barrus AS
Meelis Kall- Luua Metsanduskool
Rain Pärn – AS Estonian Cell
Raul Kirjanen – Graanul Invest AS
Silver Rõõmussaar – UPM-Kymmene Otepää OÜ
Tõnu Saaber – Stora Enso Eesti AS
Become a member
Every day we work to ensure that:
- the business environment for the forest and wood industries sector is the best it can be
- the use of all resources is sustainable, the forest is home to an effective operating environment
- the reputation of the sector is improved in the public eye
- the use of wood progresses, and Estonian wood products are better-known
- development of the sector is ensured in the future with the presence of qualified specialists
the interests of members are represented, and necessary information is disseminated within the Association. - The Association welcomes all entrepreneurs who wish to contribute to the widespread use of wood in Estonia, to influence the development of competitive factors in the forest and wood industries sector, and to increase the contribution by the sector to society.
We bring together companies and organisations involved in the logging, chemical and mechanical processing, and marketing of wood. Membership in the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association is open to private and public legal persons and public authorities registered in the required manner in the Republic of Estonia, who recognise and comply with the EFWIA’s statutes, and pay the membership fee. A member who has paid the membership fee on time and in full has the right to vote at the general meeting.
If you would like to become a member, please let us know.
To become a member of the EFWIA, please submit a free-form written application to the Management Board.
Estonian Forest and Wood Industry Association
Toompuiestee 24, Tallinn 10149 , Estonia
Toompuiestee 24, Tallinn 10149 , Estonia
Phone:
+372 656 7643