GLOBAL TEAM. WORLD CLASS RESULTS.
Challenging ourselves to bring new and original ways of thinking.
ANDREW LEGAULT
President of COMBOIS
President CNC Automation – Canada
“The COMBOIS family is a wealth of information and experience surrounding the woodworking industry.
The transfer of information between the members has been invaluable towards the growth of CNC Automation.”
RICHARD BEALING
Vice President of COMBOIS
Chief Executive Officer W & R Jack Ltd – New Zealand
“Europe is home to most of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment for processing timber, off site construction and manufacture of joinery and furniture. For 70 years, Jacks has been helping New Zealand companies to deploy these technologies. Despite our geographic isolation at the bottom of the world, the COMBOIS network helps keep us right up with the latest international developments in equipment, software and after sales support. Our access to this global and independent knowledge-base generates decisive benefits for our customers.”
PETER HANDL
Vice President of Combois
CEO HANDL Maschinen GesmbH & CoK – Austria
“Service is the key to success in our business.
COMBOIS allows us to learn from each other through exchanging experiences and comparing best practice models.”
RON SMYTH
Managing Director The WoodTec Group – Australia
“Joining COMBOIS is about networking with similar businesses with similar challenges. We are supporting each other by sharing experiences with like-minded COMBOIS members to achieve comparable goals.”
THOMAS BIEHL
Managing Director Nicholaisen AS – Denmark
“The diversity in the group and global participation provide new insights useful for Nicholaisen and our customers.”
MARIO ALBRICCI
CEO and Owner Albricci s.r.l. – Italy
“Our membership of COMBOIS has been very rewarding, giving us inside access to management techniques and systems we can apply directly in our own business. We have learned that strategic thinking and tight logisitics are keystones for the most successful companies in our field, and the opportunity to collaborate with such reliable and professional partners has been highly valuable.
Attending the well-organised AGM meetings hosted each year in a different country is also much appreciated – always a beautiful and friendly experience.”
MASATO KUWAHARA
President at Fuso Fuso Ltd. – Japan
“I feel Fuso is strengthened through our involvement with COMBOIS, and especially when looking at the service area, the cooperation has been extremely valuable to us.
Furthermore the long-term friendships within the COMBOIS membership and a spirit of mutual assistance create a truly unique community of common interest.”
JANN BJOERNE
Managing Director A. Falkenberg Eftf. AS – Norway
“As a member of COMBOIS we have the opportunity to exchange experiences which gives us good ideas for further developing of our companies. We are part of a global network of companies selling machines for wood working industry and we are making good personal friendships.”
AMARO MARTINS
Owner and CEO MARJOS – Industrial Equipment, S.A. – Portugal
“We as a new member participated one time in an Annual General Meeting and were impressed by the open discussions and exchanges. We are convinced it’s worth to MARJOS and at the end for our customers. We are looking forward to future meetings and we confirm our presence at the next AGM meeting.”
MATS MARED
Owner and CEO Mared Industrial Engineering AB – Sweden
“Thanks to the COMBOIS network, we have improved our key measures that proved advantageous in specific business negotiations. Interaction between the service managers has made our aftersales more efficient and profitable.”
MEMBERS
LATEST NEWS FROM COMBOIS AND THE MEMBERS.
COMBOIS AGM 2023 in Austria
President A. Legault is happy how the AGM went. He feels an enthusiasm among the members for a lively organisation. With the new member from Brazil, the automation working group and the planned tech tour in March, many steps have been taken on this path.
Meeting during Ligna 2023
This year's Ligna in May was a special one. All COMBOIS members could visit the LIGNA and give their own customers an overview of the latest technologies. They also took the opportunity to finally meet in person again after the fair.
COMBOIS AGM 2021
The AGM 2021 again took place as a virtual one. There is no change in the Board: President Andrew Legault (Canada), board members are Jolanda de Groot (Netherlands) and Richard Bealing (New Zealand).
New COMBOIS Board
During the AGM 2019 in the Netherlands a new board was elected: President Andrew Legault (Canada), board members Jolanda de Groot (Netherlands) and Sandy Ho (Hong Kong).