SA Bois Tourne Aquitain

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SA Bois Tourne Aquitain

• Wood handle manufacturer (housework, gardening,
  toy) wooden swivel pins, items for the
  furnishing, stakes
• French leader

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Where are we ?

• Established in 1950 in the heart of the landaise
  forest,
• Bois Tourné Aquitain was the first French
  manufacturer of round handles in maritime pine.

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Who are we ?

• Made from natural wood, with varnished or
  coloured finish, our handles can be adapted to
  individual customer requirements.
• From our strength of knowledge in wood
  manufacturing processes, B.T.A. has developed an
  exclusive manufacturing process a unique
  plastic moulding at the end of broom handles.
• This process makes it possible to achieve an
  unrivalled quality of finish and solidity.

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New products let's improve together

• Working in close partnership with its customers,
  B.T.A.'s, main priority is constant research to
  ensure that it's products are always up-to-date
  with market needs.

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Durable certification development

• Bois Tourne Aquitain is also committed to
  sustainable forestry. To ensure that our products
  conform to European regulations relating to the
  environment, we obtained double certification
  PEFC/FSC in 2005.
• These certifications enable us to guarantee the
  traceability of the raw material from the growth
  source to the end product. PEFC and FSC
  Certifications obligate industries in the sector
  to replant each tree cut down, with the aim of
  preserving our environment and maintaining the
  forests, the Earth's "lungs".
• This enables the consumer to choose a product
  manufactured with respect for forests and for
  wood during all the stages of production.

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Our products

• SA Bois Tourne Aquitain specializes in the
  manufacture and marketing of wooden cylindrical
  handles.
• Our production processes enable us to offer
  exceptional reactivity, technical excellence and
  quality control.
• Our product range is wide and varied.
• We produce round poles with diameters ranging
  from 8 mm to 35 mm and in variable lengths (30 cm
  to 220 cm), intended for the manufacture of
  finished products for various types of activity

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Broom handles

• Broom Handles for brush manufacturers and
  distributors (standard handles and handles with
  plastic or wood composite ends)

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Handles for small brushes

• Handles for small brushes with staples, length 45
  cm, diameter 14 mm (varnished chestnut, wild
  cherry, colourless)

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Handles for gardening tools

• Rake handles for garden tools (standard, or
  varnished with cones according to demand)

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Handles for toys

• Children's toy handles for toy manufacturers

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Poles for furnishing

• Turned items for the furnishing industry
• (Curtain poles, railing posts for cots...)

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Stakes

• Stakes for building sites, gardening, various
  lengths (50/100/150 mm) and diameters (27/32 mm)

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Innovation the composite

• SA Bois Tourne Aquitain innovates in the field of
  moulding by using thermoplastic products starting
  from vegetable material (wood, corn) for the
  injection of the ends threaded and attached.

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Innovation the wood brick
In order to maximise the value of the
wood-chippings produced by the manufacture of
round handles, B.T.A. is committed to using this
waste (chips, tablets, sawdust) to manufacture
wood energy bricks.

• A new company next door to the current factory
  will from September 2007 produce 4 tons per day
  of 900 gram Wood bricks.

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Web Site

• For more informations relating our products and
  innovations of Bois Tourne Aquitain, we invite to
  visit our internet site to
• www.bois-tourne-aquitain.fr

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Contact

• Adress SA Bois Tourné Aquitain
• ZI Belloc
• 47700 Casteljaloux
• France
• Phone (0033) (0)5 53 93 00 37
• Fax (0033) (0)5 53 20 11 56
• Mail Bois.Tourne.Aquitain_at_wanadoo.fr