Since its foundation in 1953, three generations have successively been at the head of the THEBAULT Group, bringing the family business to the position of French leader in plywood with a strong international standing and reputation.
As the French market leader, the THEBAULT Group is leveraging its expertise in veneer peeling and its position as France’s leading plywood manufacturer to establish the first LVL plant in France and Western Europe.
Plywood & LVL manufacturer
► Wood peeling at the heart of our business
Plywood and LVL are materials made from wood veneers, known as plies, obtained by peeling logs. The group processes four types of wood in its French factories: okoumé, poplar, maritime pine, and silver fir. The plies are then glued together crosswise to make strong, technical plywood panels, or parallel to each other to make LVL, large panels, and beams.
► Wood engineering products used in many sectors
- Building industry, construction of traditional and timber-frame houses
- Industrial packaging
- Marine industry
- Industrial bodywork, utility vehicles
- Interior fittings and decoration, and furniture manufacture.
The THEBAULT group markets plywood manufactured in France from Maritime Pine, Poplar and Okoume veneers. The by-products of the production process are recycled, which ensures a material profitability rate close to 95% for the industrial process.
LVL is assembled from silver fir (Abies Alba) veneers and is mainly intended for the construction market in France and internationally.
Related products derived from production are valorized, ensuring a material recovery rate of close to 95% in the industrial process.
AN INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Involved in its territories, the THEBAULT Group is both an industrial group and a family business. The THEBAULT Group is France’s leading manufacturer of plywood panels, accounting for almost 50% of national production, and is one of the top 5 European manufacturers.
En implantant la 1ère usine de LVL en France / Europe de l’Ouest, le Groupe THEBAULT se positionne naturellement comme un acteur incontournable des solutions bois en construction.
► Controlled origin
At THEBAULT we support sustainable forestry management policies and local initiatives aimed at implementi. Our wood supplies are thus sourced from sustainably-managed forests, guaranteed by the PEFC (Maritime Pine and Poplar) and FSC® (Okoumé veneers) certification schemes or conforming to a CFAD forestry programme (Okoumé veneers).
A family story