Wood industry and printing

EU customers ask less and less where the wood comes from — they ask for proof. That proof is the FSC chain of custody: no claim on a product without an unbroken chain from the certified supplier to your invoice. In practice this means physically separating certified and non-certified material, recording inputs and outputs, conversion factors (how many m² of board a m³ of logs yields) and stating the code correctly on the delivery note. The same applies to printers: when a brand wants FSC-labelled paper for a print run, the printer must hold the certificate, not just the paper manufacturer.

Then there is everything else on the shop floor. ISO 14001 covers what bothers inspectors and neighbours most — volatile compounds from lacquers and paints, solvents, wood dust and sawdust, waste toner and packaging. ISO 45001 covers what hurts most: circular saws and planers, presses, noise and wood dust, which in extraction systems is not only a health risk but also an explosion risk. ISO 50001 makes sense as soon as you have a drying kiln and compressors — as a rule the two biggest energy consumers on site. And when the product goes to market as a construction product (structural timber, glued laminated timber), CE marking with factory production control also applies.