Investment support for companies operating in wood first-stage processing

Posted 17 December 2020

Target audience:

Companies able to demonstrate that:

Their main activity, accounting for more than half of revenue, is first-stage processing of wood, including companies specialising in processing products for energy production, e.g. logs, chips, pellets and wood charcoal
Their registered office is located in the Grand Est region
They meet the EU definition of small, medium or large company
They are up to date with all tax and social security obligations
They have or are committed to implementing an employee training plan
They have joined a control chain certification programme: PEFC, FSC or any other equivalent certification body
They have a procurement plan specifying the company’s supply radius and the average wood purchase price

Objectives:

To modernise the plant of regional companies in order to facilitate takeover, transfer and competitiveness
To support the companies in the sector, mostly family-run SMEs
To locally commercialise abundant forestry resources and combat logs being exported outside the region
To maintain and develop rural jobs associated with wood first-stage processing
To improve operator safety

Type:grant of up to €1m