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LATVIJAS FINIERIS RIGAWOOD LATVIA ESTONIA

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PIETRO FERRARI

A cluster of technology and rationality CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE INITIATIVE OF LATVIJAS FINIERIS ILLUSTRATED IN THESE PAGES OF OUR WEB MA-

GAZINE ON STAGE IS CERTAINLY THE WIDE AVAILABILITY OF EXCELLENT RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS BALTIC

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BIRCH, A SPECIES WHOSE SLOW BUT STEADY GROWTH ALLOWS TO DEVELOP THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS, TRANSFERRED TO THE PLYWOOD, WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE A SEMI-FINISHED MATERIAL THAT DOES NOT FEAR THE MOST EXTREME AND VARIED USES. SONIA MARITAN FOLLOWED FOR US BETWEEN LATVIA AND ESTONIA THE OPENING PATH OF A NEW FACTORY THAT COMBINES THE EXCELLENCE OF THIS RAW MATERIAL WITH A VERY HIGH TECHNOLOGY, WITH NO COMPROMISES ON QUALITY AND PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY.

IT WAS AN HONOUR TO US, JOURNALISTS OF THE MAGAZINE IL LEGNO TO "SIGN" THIS WONDERFUL MATERIAL AND PUBLISH THE NEWS IN THE PRESS AND ON THE WEB.

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SONIA MARITAN

High tech in Baltic wood industry IN ESTONIA, NEAR TALLINN, WE HAD THE PLEASURE TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MODERN PRODUCTION FACILITY OF BIRCH PLYWOOD, AT LATVIJAS FINIERIS, WHO TOOK PART IN ALL AUTHORITIES INCLUDING ANDRIS BRZIŠ, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, AND JUHAN PARTS, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF ESTONIA. THE EAST OF EUROPE STILL RETAINS ITS MEDIEVAL HEART, AND THIS REPORT CAN ONLY BE SOAKED ALSO TO ITS FLAVOR, TO SUGGESTIONS THAT ELSEWHERE HAVE BEEN LOST, WHILE STILL LIVING UP THERE, MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE AND EXPANSES OF FORESTS CONIFEROUS AND DECIDUOUS TREES. THE OBJECT OF THE ARTICLE IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE REVAMPED PRODUCTION STRUCTURE OF LATVIJAS FINIERIS IN ESTONIA, WITH ITS OUTLINE, INSIDE AND

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STROLL THROUGH TALLINN WITH RIGAWOOD CUSTOMERS.

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THE ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE OF THE HISTORIC CITY.

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OUTSIDE THE FACTORY, WHICH CAN NOT BE NEGLECTED BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS TRIP, SUCH AS VISITING THE HISTORIC CITY CENTER WITH ALL THE STRENGTH OF THE MEDIEVAL CHARACTER OF ITS ARCHITECTURE AND THE WONDERFUL OPERA CHOIR MUSTPEADE MAYA TALLINN. HERE'S THE GREETINGS OF VÄIKO DORBEK OF KOHILA VINEER:" HONOURABLE MR. PRESIDENT, DEAR MINISTERS, GUESTS AND EMPLOYEES OF KOHILA VINEER! TODAY, HERE AND NOW WE HAVE INVITED YOU TO WITNESS A HISTORICAL EVENT –

THE OPENING OF THE KOHILA VINEER PLANT. THIS EVENT WILL BE ENTERED WITH CAPITAL LETTERS IN THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF BOTH ESTONIAN AND EUROPEAN WOOD INDUSTRY. THE FIRST ENTRIES IN THESE HISTORICAL RECORDS WERE MADE ALREADY IN 1877 IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOUNDATION OF THE ”LUTHERI“ PLANT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN LUTHER. THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNTRY IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE CRITERIA OF THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF THE COUNTRY.

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THE LARGE AND QUALIFIED AUDIENCE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

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THE LATVIJAS FINIERIS GROUP IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW TO BE SUCCESSFULLY REPRESENTED IN ALL THREE BALTIC STATES AND HOW THE CROSSBORDER COOPERATION FUNCTIONS IN THE BALTIC STATES. THIS COOPERATION RESULTS IN THE CREATION OF NEW WORKPLACES AND ADDED VALUE AND ACTIVATION OF EXPORTS IN THE WHOLE REGION. FIVE OPERATING YEARS IS A SHORT PERIOD IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLANT, BUT THE MORE PROUD CAN WE BE ABOUT OUR ACHIEVEMENT. A YEAR AGO THERE WAS NOTHING YET IN THIS PLACE,

BUT TODAY WE ARE OPENING ONE OF THE MOST MODERN PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN EUROPE. AT THIS POINT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DEEP BOW TO ALL COOPERATION PARTNERS WHO IN THIS STRENUOUS PERIOD HAVE CONTRIBUTED WITH THEIR KNOW-HOW AND WORK TO THE COMPLETION OF THIS NEW PLANT. ONE THING IS CERTAIN – A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PLANT AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE EQUIPMENT, WHICH ARE INDEED IMPORTANT LINKS IN THE SUCCESS FORMULA, WILL NOT YET ENSURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SET GOALS.

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THE LARGE AND QUALIFIED AUDIENCE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.

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AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS FORMULA IS THE STATE WITH ITS ECONOMIC POLICY, BUT ALSO THE FORESTRY SECTOR AS THE SUPPLIER OF THE RAW MATERIAL, AND NATURALLY ALL OUR EMPLOYEES WITH ALL THEIR COMMITMENT. WHEN WE RETURN TO THE HISTORY AND TO THE BEGINNING AND ASK ABOUT THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE “LUTHER” PLANT, FOUNDED AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, THEN THE ANSWER IS – PURPOSEFULNESS, OPENNESS AND INNOVATION. AT THIS POINT I CAN ASSURE THAT KOHILA VINEER TAKES

FORWARD THE SAME VALUES AND IS THEIR WORTHY SUCCESSOR. I AM HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE KOHILA PLYWOOD MANUFACTURING PLANT AND THE LATVIJAS FINEIERIS GROUP HAVE SO MANY GOOD COOPERATION PARTNERS AND FRIENDS. IN THE NAME OF KOHILA VINEER OÜ I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL AND WISH YOU A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION! A TIMELESS TRADITION KOHILA VINEER OPENING EVENT PROVES THAT LATVIJAS FINIERIS IS WELL ON TRACK WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

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PLANS ACCORDING TO MARKET DEMAND GROWTH FORECASTS. ALL THE PREPARATORY WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO RAISE BIRCH PLYWOOD VOLUMES AND OFFER EXPANDED PRODUCT RANGE TO LATVIJAS FINIERIS CUSTOMERS. INVESTMENT FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THE MOST EFFICIENT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN COMBINATION WITH MODERN EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER COMPANIES IN LATVIJAS FINIERIS GROUP, INCLUDING PERSONNEL TRAINING. THIS WILL GUARANTEE SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IMP L E M E N TA TION AND OUR

CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE PLYWOOD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS SET BY OUR TRADEMARK RIGA. OUR PROJECT SUCCESS IS A RESULT OF A VERY POWERFUL COOPERATION. SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO GENERAL CONTRACTOR MARU EHITUS – A COMPANY THAT CARRIED OUT BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION WORKS. ANOTHER KEY PARTNER IS RAUTE CORPORATION, RESPONSIBLE FOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS – THIS PROJECT WAS SPECIAL, BECAUSE WE REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT,

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HIGH TECHNOLOGY. RUPERT OLIVER SPEAKING.

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BASED ON SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND INTEREST IN THE FINAL OUTCOME. AND MOST IMPORTANT IS KOHILA VINEER MANAGEMENT TEAM AND EMPLOYEES WHO DID THEIR JOB IN SPITE OF SEVERAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT FOR THEM THE “UNDERWATER PART OF ICEBERG” IS YET TO COME. ESTONIA IS KNOWN TO BE AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR PLYWOOD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT SINCE TIMES WHEN THE FIRST PLYWOOD FACTORIES IN THE WORLD WERE JUST DEVELOPING. ALREADY BACK IN 1870-TIES M.A.LUTHER STARTED TO PRODUCE TE-

CHNICAL PLYWOOD IN TALLINN, AS WELL AS THREE-LAYER VENEER BONDING FOR CHAIRS – LAUNCHING ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THE GLOBAL FURNITURE INDUSTRY. ALSO TODAY ESTONIA EXPERIENCES RAPID CONCENTRATION OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS IN PLYWOOD PRODUCTION AND WE CAN ONLY GUESS HOW FAST THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. I PRESUME THAT ESTONIA WILL GO AS HIGH AS SILICON VALLEY, WHEN IT COMES TO PLYWOOD – AND THIS IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROFESSIONALS AND

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THE FIRST PANELS SIGNED

BY GUESTS, ALSO THE MAGAZINE IL LEGNO WITH SONIA MARITAN, LEFT HIS SIGNATURE.

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WORKERS READY FOR SUCH CHALLENGES. FROM THE DEPTHS OF HISTORY TO A TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE THIS WAS THE SPEECH OF HEIKI HEPNER: "TODAY IS CERTAINLY AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY IN THE BUSINESS LANDSCAPE OF ESTONIA. THERE ARE MANY REASONS, AND ALL OF THEM ARE RELATED TO KOHILA VINEER. THIS HAS TO DO WITH A VERY LARGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT INTO ESTONIA, AND I HEREBY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO LATVIJAS FINIERIS. WE HAVE HAD A CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP AND GOOD COOPERA-

TION WITH LATVIJAS FINIERIS SINCE THE MOMENT OF THE PLANT ACQUISITION. TODAY, THIS SUCCESSFUL COOPERATION HAS REACHED AN INTERMEDIATE STAGE – OPENING OF THE PLANT EXTENSION. THIS INVESTMENT HAS BEEN MADE IN A SECTOR THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COUNTRY – WOOD INDUSTRY – AND IT HELPS TO VALUE THE GREEN GOLD OF OUR COUNTRY BY GIVING WORK AND BREAD NOT ONLY TO THE PEOPLE WORKING AT THE KOHILA PLANT, BUT ALSO TO THE FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS, MANUFACTURERS OF FURNITURE AND WOOD PRODUCTS, AND EVENTUALLY TO THE TERTIARY SECTOR. I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT ALL

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TECHNICAL DETAILS: THE SPECIAL SYSTEM FOR JOINING,IN ORDERTO SAVE VENEER.

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THE FOREST OWNERS ARE HAPPY TODAY ABOUT THE OPENING OF THIS PLANT. HERE IN KOHILA, THE KOHILA VINEER ITSELF HAS PROVIDED WORK THROUGH ITS EXTENSION FOR ABOUT A QUARTER OF THOUSAND PEOPLE, BEING TODAY THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY. THROUGH NEW TECHNOLOGY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO INCREASE THE ADDED VALUE OF THE PRODUCTION THAT ALSO ALLOWS PAYING HIGHER WAGES TO THE EMPLOYEES. BY THAT MEANS ALSO THE BUDGETS OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS. IN THE NAME OF BOTH THE KOHILA RURAL MUNICIPALITY AND

ALL OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR EFFORTS. IN THE NAME OF THE KOHILA RURAL MUNICIPALITY I WISH TO THANK KOHILA VINEER ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THE FIELDS OF CULTURE AND SPORTS, AND WISH YOU HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS FOR THE FUTURE IN ACHIEVING THE SET GOALS. THE TECHNOLOGY IN THE FOREGROUND TIMO KANGAS OF RAUTE, THE TECHNOLOGY LEADER IN CHARGE OF THE REALIZATION OF THE PRODUCTION LINES, HAS DECLARED HIMSELF PROUD TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO IN-

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE LATVIAN REPUBLIC ANDRIS BRZI WITH SONIA MARITAN, ARI LAAKSO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LATVIJAS FINIERIS AND PAOLO CAVAZZONI, OWNER OF THE ITALIAN SUBSIDIARY OF RIGAWOOD.

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TERVENE IN ALL PHASES OF THE PROJECT AND SAID IT IS AWARE THAT ONLY THE COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION OF ALL PARTIES CONCERNED COULD LEAD TO THE POSITIVE RESULTS ACHIEVED. HE HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROJECT IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN THE HISTORY OF RAUTE, IN TERMS OF DELIVERY TARGET THE LARGEST. "RAUTE HE SAID - PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS OVERALL PROJECT, STARTING FROM THE PHASE OF INVESTMENT PLANNING TO THE DELIVERY OF EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION, TESTING,

MAINTENANCE, TRAINING AND UPGRADING PRODUCTION COMPANY ». "SPEAKING OF KOHILA - HE CONTINUED - I CAN SAY IT IS THE MOST ADVANCED AND MODERN PRODUCTION PLANT OF BIRCH PLYWOOD IN THE WORLD. THE OBSERVER CAN SEE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTION PROCESSES THAT ARE NOT YET USED ELSEWHERE AND THIS WILL GIVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO THE KOHILA FACTORY IN THEIR MARKETS, WHICH ARE EXPRESSED IN A GREATER NUMBER OF SIZES AVAILABLE AND FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION VOLUMES COMBINED WITH ADVANCED PRODUCTION CONTROLS » .

IN CONCLUSION KONE TONU

DANIEL KREISSIG SPEAKING.

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TECHNICAL DETAILS: THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF BALTIC BIRCH VENEER.

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THE OPERA CHORUS OF MUSTPEADE MAYA TALLINN.

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ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO BRING ESTONIA'S ECONOMY TO A MORE RAPID GROWTH RATE. IT IS CLEAR THAT NO ADDED VALUE CAN BE CREATED THROUGH THE REDISTRIBUTION OF VALUES. A HITECH TECHNOLOGY THAT USES RENEWABLE RAW AND MANUFACTURES STRONGLY EXPORT-ORIENTED PRODUCTS IS THE BEST EXAMPLE OF APPROPRIATE VALUE CREATION. "

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