The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industry (CEI-Bois) held its winter 2020 General Assembly Meeting in an online format.
On the occasion of this end of the year meeting the CEI-Bois General Assembly voted and approved the new Board of Directors and elected their new Chair Mr. Sampsa Auvinen. Since 2015 Mr. Sampsa J. Auvinen is the President of the European Organization of the Sawmill Industry (EOS). In 2019, Mr. Auvinen was re-elected as EOS President for his third and last mandate.
Thankful for the confidence expressed by the CEI-Bois Members, the newly elected Chairman Sampsa Auvinen stated: “Very important field of challenges lies in front of us: digitalisation sustainable & green recovery, economic growth, forests resilience, are just some of the most important of them. Our organisation has been already working on these issues, but now, more than ever, it is essential that this Confederation, united with its Members and in strong collaboration with other Brussels based organisations raises a more valuable, and more efficient voice when dealing with the European institutions. My role will be to support the CEI-Bois Members and Team in doing so.”
CEI-Bois represents 21 European and National organisations from 15 countries and is the body backing the interests of the whole industrial European wood sector.
