The year is ending and it’s a good time to regroup. At Garnica, we’re celebrating the successes we’ve had in 2021 and we’re working to continue responding to the needs of our clients.
The Garnica team would like to wish you a happy festive season and a prosperous new year full of health and good news. 2021 has been a year filled with challenges. We hope that this Christmas will be a time of joy when everyone can enjoy some festive moments and take stock of the year.
Transparency of information is very important to us and it is a highlight for Garnica to have participated in numerous projects and activities that perfectly represent our philosophy as a company and where we have contributed our experience and willingness to support our community.
Garnica Plywood: 2021 Projects and Actions
In 2021, we’ve taken on many challenges at Garnica. One of the most important, and of which we are very proud, is the launch of our new website. With a completely new, intuitive, agile, and elegant design, we’ve created a portal designed by and for our clients, in which you can access all the information you need about us: our products, finishes, plywood panels, our projects, corporate information, and updated content about sustainability, materials, innovation, or forest management.
We’ve also joined UNICEF’s global initiative Mechanism COVAX as part of our “Gift of Solidarity” for Christmas. The goal is to provide fast, fair, and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable populations. With our contribution, more than 6,500 people from low-resource countries will be able to receive their vaccination. We are thrilled to be able to contribute to such a cause and believe that no one is safe until we are all safe.
We hope to keep growing in 2022 and that’s why we’ve already begun the construction of a new factory in Troyes, in the French Champagne region, which will open next year. It will be our seventh center and with its opening, Garnica will become the only company with operations in 5 of the most plywood-populated regions in Europe. This will allow us to expand our export capabilities and have a positive impact on deforestation and the creation of new jobs in the area.
The positive impact that Garnica creates on the environment with its production model can be backed by numbers. Throughout 2021, thanks to the trees used in our production processes, we’ve been able to capture 225 million tons of CO2. In addition, if we calculate the estimated value of carbon sequestration in 2021, we arrive at this figure: 261,800 tons of CO2. This is equivalent to the CO2 emissions of a population of 40,000 within the EuroZone.
Garnica’s Innovation: Ultralight Panels
In terms of products, what did Garnica achieve in 2021? We want to highlight the work of the R+D+I team in their development of new products, technologies, and the search of alternative materials to provide answers to our clients. A good example is a new technology called Naturbind™, which has recently been introduced to the North American market. This revolutionary technology actually improves indoor air quality due to its formula with no added formaldehyde and goes hand-in-hand with our commitment to providing safe and healthy products to our clients.
During the last year, Garnica introduced the Performance Ultra-Smooth product, which is known for its exceptionally uniform surface. It’s a premium plywood panel that’s pre-painted with an exceptionally smooth surface. We apply a new uniform technology with high color retention and resistance to scratching and impact; we always use the core of high-quality poplar that allows the final user to save time and money when they use the plywood to create furniture.
Ultralight materials, especially useful for RVs and campers, have become some of the main products in our catalog. The Ultralight product range offers ultralight sandwich panels with high insulation capacity, a polystyrene core, and different surface finishes that provide different properties, depending on the chosen material: highly resistant surface, exterior resistance, or easy to paint or laminate, among others. These panels are highly valued in the RV sector given that their light weight allows the cargo load of the vehicle to be increased without losing the quality or sustainability of the product. We are focused on offering panels that solve the problems that our clients face.
This is what we accomplished in 2021; it was a period in which we met many of our goals and also created new ones that we hope to reach in 2022. We are satisfied with the result and hope to have provided value and support to our clients, providers, employees, and society in general. Now’s the time to close out this year and look ahead to new opportunities.
From the entire Garnica team, happy holidays!
