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It all starts with a funny start to autumn 2022.
“We felt that the volumes of wood were decreasing with the competition from wood pellets, for heating”,
narrates David Soulard, managing director of Gautier, manufacturer and seller of furniture, founded in 1960 (today 120 million euros in turnover).
"A colleague remembers that a few years ago we used
burnt wood
in a fire not far from our factory"
, continues the Vendée leader.
On October 1, here he is with a small team exploring the forest of Landiras (Gironde), devoured by flames during the summer.
Good surprise: the heart of some blackened wood remained green, thanks to the land wind, drier than the wind coming from the ocean.
Four months later, 20% of the wood for the 8,000 pieces of furniture produced every day in the three Gautier factories located in the Bocage Vendée, around Chantonnay, comes from French forests affected by fires, in Gironde, Charente...
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