Wood

A report by Finnjo Gräbke, apprentice in the third year of training.

I had the opportunity to support the epicPLY team at the CMT trade fair in Stuttgart. As one of the
largest tourism and caravan exhibitions in Europe, the event was also my first experience
working at a trade fair. Across the five days I spent at the event, I gained a wide range of valuable
impressions.

At the beginning, I received a short briefing from the team, covering the key aspects of a
successful trade fair presence. This included how to approach and engage with visitors, as well
as the company’s objectives for participating in the exhibition. Thanks to this introduction, I
quickly found my way into the workflow and actively contributed to the daily operations at the
stand.

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After 34 years with the company and more than 15 years as managing partner of Jacob Jürgensen Wood GmbH, Rolf von Loßberg (right on picture) will be leaving our company at the end of 2025. He will hand over operational management to Martin Hopp (left on picture). He will be supported by Stefan Prodöhl, one of the long-standing managing directors of sister company Jacob Jürgensen Papier und Zellstoff and partner in JJ Holding.

Martin Hopp joined the company in August 2024 and has taken over an experienced and well-coordinated team with a strong market position in Europe at the wood importer, which is known far beyond Germany’s borders. We are delighted to have found a successor in Martin Hopp, who, with his focus on sales and marketing, will successfully continue the history of thistraditional import company.

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Since fall 2024, Hannah Schmitz has been supporting our sales team at Jacob Jürgensen Wood GmbH in the plywood division. Born in northern Germany, she brings with her a wealth of expertise from her studies in wood science. She was then able to apply and consolidate this expertise and her skills directly in projects such as the construction of tiny house prototypes.

With this experience, a breath of fresh air, and her passion for sailing, Hannah has the best qualifications to help us reach new goals.

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Jacob Jürgensen takes over the agency of Finnish Fibreboards for Germany.

Our panel department proudly announces the amplification of its product portfolio: retroactive to March 2020, Jacob Jürgensen has taken over the agency of the renowned Finnish producer of hardboards, Finnish Fibreboards.

With the wide spectrum of available hardboards, starting with standard packaging grade, primed or perforated hardboards to carrier material for flooring products, the overall panel portfolio of JJ’s panel department receives a suitable supplement.

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Sustainability has been a significant topic also before Greta Thunberg and FridaysForFuture. However, these days it becomes more important than it ever was. On top of that, the importance of transparency of supply chains including the traceability of timber origins has increased also because of the EU Timber Regulation. At Jacob Juergensen Wood, we concern ourselves with these topics for many years already. With albasia we have found a wood species that has many outstanding characteristics fulfilling our high requirements on the above mentioned issues.

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Our young colleague Viktoria Diede has already got a lot of knowledge about the business and the wood products because of her daily tasks at work and the contacts to our business partners. Now, it was time to look behind the scenes.

Viktoria Diede, February 2019

Our Polish business partner offered me this great opportunity for learning by doing in Poland. For 2 weeks, I worked in a parquet production in Poland, where I gained practical experience and supported them in all areas and departments.

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The Carrefour International du Bois in Nantes, France is one of the most important international trade fairs for the wood industry. Not as an exhibitor, but as a visitor, Jacob Jürgensen Wood is strongly represented at the Timbershow in Nantes this year.

We invite all business partners and those who are interested in the manifold opportunities provided by Jacob Jürgensen Wood to arrange an appointment with our teams and colleagues directly in Nantes:

Raimo Hübner – Team Larch
Jonathan Stech – Team Plywood/Glulam
Kinga Schabedly – Team Bedding
Jens Pledt – Team Hardwoods
Johanna Kaitaranta – Team Spruce/Pine

Image source: Carrefour International du Bois

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Despite its name, western red cedar is not a cedar but a cypress (Cupressaceae). Nevertheless, the western red cedar (Thuja plicata) is a wood species with great properties for several outdoor applications.

Western red cedar offers a high durability in addition to great machinability which makes it one of the leading wood species in the cladding / facade area. Next to the intense red color also the typical, pleasant scent of WRC makes this wood speciesunique.

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As an extension to the product range, Jacob Jürgensen Wood is promoting since a few months’ time glued laminated timber (glulam) made out of spruce. Together with our Russian suppliers we provide our customers all over Europe with all common dimensions and the lengths 12 and 13.5 meters.

In order to be able to serve the customers with prompt deliveries, we have since January 2018 glulam beams in the most conventional dimensions in our stock. Furthermore, since 2018 we are also able to offer glulam made out of Siberian larch.

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Exclusively for Jacob Jürgensen timber products, a 5000 m² warehouse was inaugurated on Tuesday 9.1.2018 in the Ostuferhafen in Kiel. The new shed no. 12 was built within six months with an investment volume of 1.5 million euros.

Rolf von Loßberg, Managing Director of Jacob Jürgensen Wood GmbH, and dr. Dirk Claus, Managing Director of Seehafen Kiel GmbH & Co. KG, accomplished the inauguration with a symbolic gesture on one of our larch packages. Thus, the way is clear for a safe and dry storage of our upcoming shiploads of Siberian larch from Russia.

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