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Meet Your Host

This year the conference will be hosted by Gerry McGovern on behalf of the Timber Trade in Ireland, this will be organised in conjunction with the European Timber Trades Federation (ETTF) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS). There are many individuals from Irish Sawmills, Traders & Friends helping Gerry with the local organisation, so that hopefully Ireland can welcome the world to Dublin and enjoy a successful conference. Maybe enjoy some of our world famous hospitality too !!

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The European Timber Trade Federation represents the timber importers, distributors, traders and non-importing merchants interests’ across Europe. The ETTF operates on a united base, representing and lobbying on behalf of the trade to national level and EU-authorities as well as key decision makers.

ETTF also engages with environmental and other NGOs and provides a discussion and networking forum for the EU timber trade on key issues, from legislation and the environment, to sustainable timber promotion and best practice. In total, ETTF today has 15 member federations.

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Created in 1958, the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry is a Brussels-based non-profit association representing the interests of the EU sawmilling sector on EU and International level. The goal is to further strengthen the interests of the EU sawmilling sector and to this end, it aims to influence EU policy-making. It is the main body representing the interests of the sawmill industry. In total, EOS today has 12 member federations, which are responsible for about 80% of the European production of sawnwood.

The European Sawmill Industry comprises around 35,000 enterprises which employ around 250,000 people. Most of these are microenterprises with 1-9 full time employees – FTEs, while large enterprises (>250 FTEs) are not many, but play an important role. The sector has a total production value of more than EUR 36 billion.