Archive for year: 2026

🌲🌿 Renewal of our PEFC Certification (PEFC/10-31-1001)!

La Rochette Cartonboard has successfully passed its PEFC renewal audit, once again confirming our commitment to sustainable forest management and responsible sourcing.

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) ensures that wood and wood-based products come from sustainably managed forests that meet strict environmental, social, and economic standards.

This certification demonstrates that:

✅ Our wood sourcing is fully traceable;
✅ We prioritize responsible sources;
✅ We contribute to the preservation of forests.

Congratulations to all the teams involved for their hard work and commitment! 👏

👉 View all our certifications: https://lnkd.in/eM7_3VQJ

On Thursday 2 July, we were delighted to welcome 11 France Travail advisers from Montmélian for a tour of our factory.

The aim of this visit was to introduce them to our activities, our roles and our various departments, so that they could gain a better understanding of the realities and opportunities offered by the paper and board industry.

The visit continued with a discussion session with our Human Resources Director, Jean Bernard Dutrieux, and our HR manager responsible for recruitment, Mélanie Zanetti. These discussions helped to strengthen our collaboration on shared challenges relating to recruitment and employment, to share our respective experiences, and to identify new avenues for joint action.

These discussions enabled us to identify concrete solutions to tackle recruitment challenges in our sector, uncover local talent and enhance the appeal of careers in the paper industry.

Thank you to the France Travail advisers for the quality of these discussions!

 

Visits to our plant are increasing… but each group is different!

On Tuesday, May 5, we had the pleasure of welcoming the Association for the Heritage and History of Industry in Dauphiné (APHID), which promotes industry in the Dauphiné region, with a special extension to Savoie for this visit.

Today, our site is the last mill in France producing virgin fiber-based paperboard. As such, it represents a unique industrial heritage that we are proud to preserve and share with as many people as possible.

Among the visitors, some were already familiar with our plant, having worked on-site as contractors or during technical shutdowns for new equipment installations. This visit offered them a fresh perspective on the site, along with the opportunity to see how it has evolved over the years.

Many thanks to Quentin Haezebrouck, our Production Director, for guiding our visitors.

For the second year in a row, we opened our doors to 8th and 9th grade students from our local middle school: Collège Val Gelon in La Rochette.

🎯 Objectives: to showcase the paper and cardboard industry, share our history and professions, and challenge common misconceptions about the sector.

These moments are essential to strengthen our connection with young people in the local community and to help make the industry more accessible and attractive to the next generation.

💼 And who knows? Perhaps we’ve inspired some people to pursue a career in this field?

On Tuesday, March 24, La Rochette Cartonboard took part in the IUT Chambéry Work-Study Forum 🎓

This morning was a great opportunity to connect with students from the BUT Packaging, Packaging and Conditioning program, and to introduce them to our history, our expertise, and our products.

These exchanges are essential to showcase our paperboard solutions to those who will design the packaging of tomorrow — whether with our clients or, who knows, within our company through an internship or a work-study program.

🙌 📸 A big thank you to IUT Chambéry for the organization, the photos/videos, and to the students for the quality of our discussions!