Our specialty : wood
- Founded in 2001, CAP Exo Company specialises in wood, both tropical and European timber species.
- The company trades – import & export- in France, Europe and Asia, where it markets sawn timber and manufactured products.
- Our partnerships and involvement with forest, sawmill and industrial operators in Central Africa, South America, and Europe, present our customers with an assurance of reliability and competitivity.
- Since 2014, our group has been investing in upstream processing.
From forest to industry : more than thirty years’ expertise
CAP Exo offers its expertise all along the supply chain, from forest to final product.
- CAP Exo offers its products and services in over twenty countries. Knowledge of international trade, logistics, and import and export contracts, are key to our customers’ trust.
- CAP Exo also has immediately available timber stock, ready to ship from several European, African and South American ports.
- Technical expertise to assess quality, identify origin and conformity to contractual criteria.
- Sawmill support, dimension control and output inspection, yield optimisation, measuring.
- Drying, planing, and gluing, are newly acquired skills of the group’s companies.
- CAP Exo has established a Due Diligence procedure and guarantees the legal traceability of the supply chain.
- Our timber is exclusively sourced from well managed forests.
OUR PRODUCTS
Logs
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Logs -
Boules -
Sawn timber -
Decking and planed four-sides for under structure -
Laminated and finger-jointed products
Logs and square logs
CAP Exo offers logs selected for various markets, mainly Asia and Europe.
Utile, Sapele, Azobe, Moabi, Tali, Okan, African Padauk, Afrormosia, Bosse, Iroko, Bilinga… For more information
Slicing, peeling, sawing into boules or specific dimensions as per request.
Part of CAP Exo’s skill set.
(Selection process, slicing, thickness choice, presentation and measurement…)
Sawing may be done in Europe or in some countries of origin.
Sawing is managed following ATIBT rules, according to criteria defining quality and dimensions:
- FAS, AIC AINP, according to prescribed norms.
- Fixed sizes, random sizes, sleepers, scantlings, lengths follow contractual agreement.
- Blocks and squares may also be offered.
CAP Exo offers a wide range of naturally durable untreated outdoor fittings.
Our exclusive partnership with WOOD Tech GSEZ – our partner in Gabon- allows us to offer a wide variety of on-demand profiles and dimensions (in African Padauk, Bilinga, Tali, etc.)
A twenty-year old partnership allows us to offer various Brazilian decking – mostly Ipe, Cumaru, Muiracatiara, Massaranduba, Garapa, Itauba.
For immediate availability, we ensure constant stock levels in Europe.
Over five years’ experience in solid finger-jointed production – mostly under structure for decking- has driven to develop more complex and innovative gluing projects, such as multi-layer scantlings for joinery – KKK – DKD…
Sustainability commitment
CAP Exo has always been aware of both the social and environmental impacts of its trade and is committed to sustainability.
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NEWS
Carbon credits: the call of the forest
The COP28 summit gives us the opportunity to focus on the complex issue of carbon credits in forest preservation.
We recommend this very educational intervention by the CIRAD Forêt economist Alain Karsenty.
Listen to Part 3 of the France Culture series ‘l’Economie sort du bois’ (in French)