{"id":2753,"date":"2023-06-13T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcifeqa.cluster026.hosting.ovh.net\/our-story\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T07:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T07:27:11","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;HEADER H1 + H2 + H3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#19182E&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ROUGIER_Old-effect_3.1.jpg&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;-100px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;260px|0px|140px|0px|false|true&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;70px||70px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;140px|0px|70px|0px|false|true&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_5,3_5&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;1&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;display: -webkit-box;||display: -moz-box;||display: -ms-flexbox;||display: -webkit-flex;||display: flex;||-webkit-flex-wrap: wrap; \/* Safari 6.1+ *\/||flex-wrap: wrap;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_css_main_element_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_css_main_element_tablet=&#8221;order: 2;&#8221; custom_css_main_element_phone=&#8221;order: 2;&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;H1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;content&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Akrobat Semibold|||on|||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||10px||false|false&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; header_3_font_size_tablet=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_font_size_phone=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_3_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMT4iLCJhZnRlciI6IjwvaDE+In19@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A CENTURY OF DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE OF FORESTRY<\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_phone=&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>A CENTURY OF DEDICATION TO THE SERVICE OF FORESTRY<\/h2>\n<p>&#8221; content_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;H2&#8243; module_class=&#8221;chapo&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Akrobat Semibold|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;-1px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;32px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; header_3_font_size_tablet=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_3_font_size_phone=&#8221;32px&#8221; header_3_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>THE COMPANY CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>For Rougier, the year 2023 marks much more than just a number, the centenary celebrations of the foundation of our company. 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The business started off with just one forest concession (UFA) and began constructing a wood processing plant (a sawmill).<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_108-0864_15.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1997&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ROUGIER\u2019s sales activities are structured according to core activity: ROUGIER PANNEAUX and ROUGIER SYLVACO focus on imports and sales in France; ROUGIER INTERNATIONAL focuses on international trade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_Isolona_16.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1995&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bois Panneaux Rougier (BPR) was founded to sell plywood produced in Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1986&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sale of SCAD, Central African Republic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier-Gabon_Photographe_Dimitri-Klosowski_02_15.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1984 and 1988&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>SFID continued to do well with the acquisition of a new logging concession and a sawmill in eastern Cameroon (Mbang). Four years later and new concessions and a second sawmill in Djoum, southern Cameroon, were added to the firm\u2019s portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1983&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Etablissements ROUGIER &#038; fils becomes ROUGIER SA<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1981&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ROUGIER prepares to merge with OCEAN (maritime pine and okoum\u00e9 plywood, forestry and industrial interests in GABON and the Central African Republic) and LANDEX (Particle boards). ROL (ROUGIER OCEAN LANDEX) is founded, bringing together under one banner the assets of three French-based companies engaged in the manufacture and sale of a wide range of wood panels. OCEAN belonged to Saint Gobain, which was being nationalized. ROUGIER agreed to sell its shares in ROL to Saint Gobain and took over OCEAN\u2019s African assets in Gabon and the Central African Republic.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, ROUGIER\u2019s logging and timber processing activities in Africa expanded significantly. The Mussy Emballage arm of the business also grew until it was sold in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s involvement in the international timber trade, hitherto very much in its infancy, grew under the SYLVACO banner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_mokabi-75_12.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1978&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the opening of the Trans-Gabon railway, SADER in Port Gentil ceases trading. Processing equipment is transferred to Owendo, to the south of Libreville.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier-faune_07210133_13.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1971&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s operations in French Guiana are wound down. Forestry sector and industrial assets are transferred to Dimako, Cameroon. Production of Ayous wood plywood panels for the local and European markets begins in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_Mokabi_16.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1970&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upon its merger with SA MUSSY, Rougier becomes Europe\u2019s leading manufacturer of particle boards, especially in relation to improving fire and water resistance. Rougier also moves into the top spot in Europe in terms of the production of exotic wood plywood panels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1969&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Takeover of S.A. MUSSY, a manufacturer of particle boards in Mussy sur Seine (10) and Salbris (41) and of agricultural product and industrial packaging in Mussy sur Seine (10) and Mauz\u00e9 sur le Mignon (79). MUSSY also has a presence in Dimako, Cameroon (SFID) as a logging company and manufacturer of slats made from Ayous wood destined for its packaging factories in France.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier-Gabon_Photographe_Dimitri-Klosowski_09_12.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1968&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rougier Gabon buys Port-Gentil-based CAP, which is renamed SADER. A drying and rotary-cut veneer production line to supply French factories is created to respond to the Gabonese government\u2019s request for processing to be carried out locally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier-Gabon_Photographe_Dimitri-Klosowski_40_9.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1966&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ROUGIER establishes itself in the Republic of Vanuatu (at that time called the New Hebrides), with a 33,000-hectare logging concession covering the entirety of Erromango island, which boasted Agathis genus trees and Tamanus. The firm builds a sawmill in Port Vila. In Gabon, the soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Foresti\u00e8re de Lambar\u00e9n\u00e9 (SFL) was bought up, creating opportunities for a significant expansion in Okoum\u00e9 logging.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1964&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roger ROUGIER dies. His brother, Maurice ROUGIER, takes on the Chairmanship.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1963&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Plywood continues to go from strength to strength! Construction and opening of a modern new exotic wood plywood panel factory in Fontenay-le Comte in the Vend\u00e9e. ROUGIER also begins logging operations in French Guiana, before building a veneer manufacturing plant in Cayenne in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_Mekogho_2.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1959&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9tablissements ROUGIER &#038; fils is listed on the Paris stock exchange.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1954&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Death of the company founder, Alexandre ROUGIER. 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A second such factory opened up five years later and a third in 1962, all on the same site.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier-Gabon_Photographe_Dimitri-Klosowski_11_15.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1952&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first crucial step is taken, opening the African chapter of Rougier\u2019s story with the acquisition of the Compagnie Foresti\u00e8re d\u2019Azingo in Gabon, which harvests Okoum\u00e9 trees. Our first subsidiary outside France is founded and is named \u2018Rougier Gabon\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PURE-BLACK-STUDIO_ROUGIER_Old-effect_1.1-1024&#215;683.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1946&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The newly named \u2018Ets Rougier et Fils\u2019 resumes plywood manufacturing and steadily expands its activities at its Niort-Saint Symphorien site over the course of the 1950s as a result of post-war reconstruction efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The company starts to look further afield, branching out successfully into new markets (United States, Cuba, United Kingdom).<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_premiere-usine_Niort_4.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1939&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>World War Two forces the business to scale back its activities and confine itself to the production of boxes, shoe soles and crates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rougier.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rougier_SCopieur-du23021316100_2.jpg&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1938&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same vein, \u2018Rougier, Chollet et Cie\u2019 decides to start producing plywood from Okoum\u00e9, a key Congo Basin tropical hardwood<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/dsm_content_timeline_child][dsm_content_timeline_child dsm_use_icon_image=&#8221;off&#8221; dsm_title=&#8221;1930&#8243; dsm_content=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company is still based in Niort but has moved its manufacturing activities to rue Saint Symphorien. 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