Forestry production division

Our company belongs to meaningful suppliers of complex forestry activities for the forest owners not only in the Moravia-Silesian region, but also in the other parts of Czech region.

Logging and dragging

Managed areas

• We control these territorial units in the region of Moravskoslezské Beskydy and Podbeskydská pahorkatina: Hrčava, Oldřichovice, Komorní Lhotka, Frýdek-Místek and Ostrava. Their total area counts 85 000 hectares, thereof 17 969 hectares form the stand areas.



• From 1. January 2006 we maintain complex forestry works on the forestry contract in Trutnov where the total area counts 10 000 hectares and the stand area 4 242 hectares. The exact size of stand areas is presented in the table.
  
  

  Territorial unit	Stand area (ha)
  Hrčava	3 178
  Oldřichovice	3 305
  Komorní Lhotka	2 010
  Frýdek-Místek	6 120
  Ostrava	3 356
  Trutnov	4 242
  Total	22 211

Logging We provide logging using own workers and subcontractors. We cut 145 000 m3 of wood in 2005, from that 19 000 m3 counts hardwood.
Dragging We use wheel tractors Zetor, John Deere, forest wheel tractor and funicular.
SYNCROFALKE In present time we are planning the implementation of SYNCROFALKE ropeway system for logging and dragging.

Timber transport

Timber transport is conducted by own logging truck-and-trailer units from transportation and mechanization centre. In the season the transport is conducted also by other haulers.
On the forestry contract in Trutnov we cooperate mostly with LESS & FOREST a.s. company in the field of transportation.

Timber marketing

Timber we cut, we subsequently purchase from LČR in an amount of 60%. We purchase the timber as well from municipalities and private forest owners.

To our customers belong e.g.:

• Mayr-Melnhof Holz Paskov s.r.o.
• Biocel Paskov a.s.
• Slovwood Ružomberok, a.s.
• Timber Production s.r.o.
• Foldyna Raškovice saw-mill
• Kawulok Alois
• JEWA s.r.o.
• Kaňovice saw-mill
• and a lot of others...

On the forestry contract in Trutnov to our customers belong e.g.:

• Stora Enso Timber Ždírec s.r.o.
• WOOD & PAPER a.s.
• Dvůr Králové saw-mill
• Jilos Horka s.r.o
• Resonance saw-mill a.s Chlumec
• and a lot of others ...

We process removals also on own timber-yard in Paskov.

We guarantee to our customers, the timber doesn’t originate from controversial resources. In 2004 we acquired the C-o-C certificate of a consumer wood chain verification system according to CFCS 1004-1:2002 directive,in 2006 based on CFCS 1004:2005. The leadership of the company commits to follows this system of certification.

Silvicultural operations

Besides of harvesting operations we practise as well silvicultural works for LČR, that i.a. include:

• Forest protection and regeneration
• young stand tending by pruning and punching
• stand tending using thinning up to removal age
• protection against forest weed and plantation protection against wildlife
• forest plantation hurdling
• brushwood cleaning
• stand pruning
• undesirable species cutting
• providing access to forest stands
• final logging area treatment

Nursery activities

We are concerned with nursery activities since 1953 and consequently after privatization since 1992.

Especially in last three years we increased the forest nurseries area by 10 ha up to present 14 hectares. We have actively participated to professional organization - The Association of forest nurserymen. The present production counts c. 1 mil. of seedlings a year, from that c. 75% of hardwood seedlings.

In addition to own forest nursery in Lískovec we control LČR forest nurseries in Komorní Lhotka, Lučina, Těrlicko and Žermanice.

For the forest and nursery activities we introduced and keep a quality management system in compliance with ČSN EN ISO 9001standard.