Jacob Jürgensen News

On December 9, 2022 we celebrated our company’s 140th anniversary! For this anniversary we have thought of something special: we are planting trees!

Through the Finnish organization “TreeBuddy”, which is a tree planting and long-term tree care service, we will plant 140 mangrove trees (Rhizophora mangle) on the Natuna Islands in Indonesia, whose care is guaranteed through “TreeBuddy” for the next decades.

The mangrove tree is a super tree for climate and biodiversity. They provide shelter and food for kekah natuna monkeys (Presbytis natunae), an endangered species found only in the Natuna Islands. Thus, we can not only help save this rare species and contribute to biodiversity, but also contribute to the fight against climate change and to global reforestation.

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Wood seminar in Tannenfelde, Aukrug

A report by Charlotte Junge

On November 1 and 2, 2022, we first-year trainees took part in the wood seminar in Tannenfelde. Surrounded by the forest, we got into the mood for wood as soon as we arrived.

The main topics of the seminar were the wood properties of softwood and hardwood. We investigated many different varieties, especially the wood moisture and density. We were even allowed to measure the wood moisture ourselves on a fresh piece of beech. Furthermore, we also learned a lot about the products made from wood. One example is chipboard: it exists once asraw chipboard and e.g. chipboard with veneer.

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On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, the Jacob Jürgensen Paper Workshop was opened by Marit Ernst with a theoretical part on the history of paper.

You might think that the history of paper started in Egypt, where the ancient Egyptians created papyrus and parchment. However, the real beginning of paper comes from China. From there, the Chinese exported the newly invented creation all over the world. Many countries have so many different standards regarding paper properties. In Asia, for example, a pure white paper is considered particularly valuable.

After the theory, however, it was finally time for the four trainees to get down to practical work and we were allowed to enter the paper fray in order to independently follow the process through to the finished paper.

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On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, our second-year trainees took a look at two different printers in the Berlin/Brandenburg area.

First, we to visited a rather small, traditional printer in order to see the printing process step by step. Seeing a newspaper press live and in print for the first time was very exciting for us. Since the printer specializes in shorter runs, the machines don’t have to run at top speed and we were able to gain a very good insight into the individual steps of the printing process.

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“Fresh to work” is the motto for our two new trainees. At the beginning of August, we welcomed Paula Kuffer and Charlotte Junge, who started their 2.5-year apprenticeship at Jacob Jürgensen to become a merchant in wholesale and foreign trade management. Born in Schleswig-Holstein and in Lower Saxony, we thus have two more northerners in our trainee team.

We wish Ms. Junge and Ms. Kuffer a successful start to their careers!

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Jacob Juergensen Wood started sales in India. Since September 2021 employee Mr Ravi Kumar Kaushik represents Jacob Juergensen Wood in India as Sales Manager India. His long time experience in the lumber business (logs, hardwood, softwood) in cooperation with suppliers from the US and Europe helped to generate a quick and successful start in the Indian lumber market. In June Mr Ravi Kumar Kaushik attended at the INDIAWOOD 2022 in Bangalore to present the potential and wide product range of Jacob Juergensen Wood to Indian clients and meet with international partners.

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We are pleased to announce that Paul Dmitrow has been part of our accounting team since last fall. The trained banker has already gained a lot of experience in financial accounting in a foreign trade company. The Berliner moved to northern Germany because of love. Besides reading and sports, quizzing is one of his passions. He not only enriches our team but also our language diversity through his basic knowledge of Chinese.

We started the new year with Boris Girard. Originally from North Rhine-Westphalia, the trained wholesale and export merchant has spent most of his professional career in New Zealand (16 years). There he was initially responsible for the export of construction timber and ultimately for the import and distribution of wood flooring. Almost two years ago, he and his family moved back to Germany, and we are very happy to know that a “kiwi” isnow part of Team Nordic at JJ.

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In mid-July, our export team at Jacob Jürgensen Papier und Zellstoff received support in the overseas business. Martin Bredemeier-Prang has over 40 years of experience in the paper industry: He successfully completed his apprenticeship at Conrad Jacobson GmbH and continued working for them. After three decades with Conrad Jacobson, he worked for two well-known paper trading companies in northern Germany. In his career, he has always been responsible for overseas business and thus he gained a great expertise.

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We warmly welcome two new team members at Jacob Jürgensen.

Roman Belov started in March 2021 and supports the sales department at Jacob Jürgensen Papier und Zellstoff. Mr Belov is born in Russia and has more than 20 years of experience in the paper industry. The trained engineer and economist worked for the Russian companies Solikamsk and Volga – two of Jacob Jürgensen’s long-term suppliers and business partners – before he decided on changing the perspective switching from supplier to trader.

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Since September 2020, our Siberian Larch team is strengthened by a new member, Ms. Natalie Borrmann. Due to several positions in international companies, she gained a lot of experience which she can contribute very well. As a trained management assistant for wholesale and foreign trade, Natalie Borrmann ideally complements the Siberian Larch team and assists in the import process.

In February 2021, our finance and accounting department also received personnel support: Ms. Franzisca Exner started her career with an apprenticeship as a banker. After a few years of professional experience, she optained a bachelor’s

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