A family business shaped by several generations

Since 1984, the Archimbaud group has structured and developed around one main activity: sawing local wood for the manufacture of wooden pallets. A pioneer and innovative, the group is constantly seeking to optimize its related products: since 2007, it has been using chips, sawdust, chips and bark in wood pellets for the heating of communities and individuals.

AFTER 30 YEARS OF INTENSE TRANSFORMATION

The Archimbaud family business, still anchored in the Deux-Sèvres and Landes regions, has become a reference sawmill in the forestry-wood sector as well as in the pallet sector. With the acquisition of the company Migeon in 2011 and that of Francepal at the end of 2020, the group has also established itself as one of the very first French manufacturers of pallets made exclusively from French wood.

Our Story

1911

Purchase of the Secondigné-Sur-Belle mill by the Archimbaud family.

1938

Purchase of the first table saw for the mill

1960

Purchase of the first chainsaw

1974

The sawmill cuts its first wooden pallet

1986

First sawmill in Labouheyre

1994

Purchase of "Les Palettes Ariégeoises LPA"

2008

Production of the first wood pellets in Secondigné-sur-Belle

2010

Opening of a wood pellet production unit in Labouheyre

2011

Acquisition of the pallet manufacturer Migeon Frères in Secondigny

2014

Launch of Cogeland, a biomass cogeneration plant in Labouheyre

2016

Opening of a pallet production workshop in Dubai

2016

Creation of the Archimbaud pour l'Homme et la Forêt Fund (shareholder foundation)

2018

Construction of a high-volume timber line in Secondigné-sur-Belle for sawing local poplar trees.

2020

Launch of Archiblock, France's first production unit for recycled wood pallet composite blocks

2021

Acquisition of Francepal