BSW Latvia

“BSW Latvia” is situated on the outskirts of Riga. It is the first mill outside the United Kingdom for BSW and brings its total number of sawmills to seven. The mill is on a 35-hectare site that has been purpose built to accommodate state of the art sawmilling machinery. This site was specially chosen to allow for further expansion in the future. “BSW Latvia” was formed in 1999 following extensive research into other key timber supply markets such as Russia and Central & Eastern Europe. The investment of £12 million provides the “BSW Group” with a significantly wider product portfolio enhanced by products from the Latvian mill, which cannot be derived from UK Fibre. The foundations were laid in July 1999 and the mill was commissioned in May 2000. Annual output is 120,000 cubic meters of sawn timber. The mill is designed to cut long lengths of 3.0m up to a maximum of 6.0m. A huge amount of work has been involved in the recruitment and training of 170 employees to run the mill. BSW have taken great care to develop, train and establish a committed and skilled workforce in Latvia. The sawmill is designed to enhance the value of the Latvian fiber and long lengths through additional processing and professional marketing. Treatment tanks and kilns have been installed at the sawmill thus enabling the timber to be both treated and kiln-dried on site prior to despatch to customers. The material produced by BSW’s Latvian operation will be complimentary to the company’s UK production and will enable BSW Timber to improve the service it provides to its key customers in the UK. The Latvian operation gives BSW the capability to provide longer lengths and higher grades of timber, which will be of particular interest to the merchant sector and the growing garden products’ market sector.

Gencs Valters Law Firm

Business & Consultancy GENCS VALTERS LAW FIRM is established is 2000 in Riga, Latvia, where the firm’s headquarters are located. In 2007 the firm expanded in the Baltic’s by establishing own offices in Tallinn (Estonia) and in 2008 in Vilnius (Lithuania). They are full service, general practice international business law firm, which focuses on tax, mergers and acquisitions, labor, corporate, intellectual property, immigration and litigation. The firm has 13 lawyers and tax consultants in the Baltic’s. The firm has particularly strong ties with Scandinavian clients due to our involvement with the Scandinavian chamber of commerces. Valters Gencs serves as the Chairman of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Latvia and has lectured in the Stockholm’s School of Economics in Riga. In 2007 the firm becomes the member of Eurojuris, the European association of independent law firms with over 630 different cities/locations covered in more than 40 countries. In 2008 the firm a member of the international independent law firm’s association Multilaw, which now has over 6000 lawyers in more than 150 countries around the world which bring us the possibility to provide integrated cross-border services. As their client, you will be guaranteed unmatched service and commitment as well as access to our full service including counseling and client/attorney partnership.

Witteveen + Bos

Business & Consultancy, Engineering Consultants and Engineers Company “Witteveen + Bos Latvia” is a daughter company of independent international consultancy and engineering company “Witteveen+Bos Raadgevende Ingenieurs” b.v. headquartered in the Netherlands. Witteveen + Bos started their activities in Latvia in 1997 and opened their branch office in Riga. The company in cooperation with the “mother company” has carried out projects at the port, the airport, city infrastructure development, and environment and industry development.

Services

The main services offered by Witteveen+Bos Latvia are:

project management and coordination
procurement
consultancies
designing and engineering
construction supervision

The main clients are international, state and municipal authorities, international financial institutions, and private companies.

Snakeware

Business & Consultancy, Engineering, Business & Consultancy, Digital, Marketing Snakeware is founded in 1995 by three devoted entrepreneurs. They made their company successful by putting earnings right back into better product development and service. Their strategy: customer intimacy. With needs & conversion in mind, they forge marketing, creativity and technology together to create a digital identity that gives our customers an edge. Snakeware CMS Enterprise is a state-of-the-art Enterprise Web Content Management that provides organizations with the ability to create compelling website experiences. Snakeware CMS Enterprise’s broad range of features, combined with a strong. Net and open standards development architecture, enables marketing people, content editors, IT, and other key stakeholders to rapidly implement a successful online business strategy and to measure and manage their website operations. With their international ambitions, their winning mentality, and their offices in Sneek and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Riga in Latvia, and New York in the United States, they have a perfect global presence. They see great growth opportunities for their company, their state-of-the-art content management software, their distributors, partners, and resellers — and especially their customer base. Over 250 organizations manage over 500 dynamic websites with Snakeware CMS Enterprise — including leading Dutch companies, and many governments and independent associations.

Samskip van Dieren Multimodal BV

Business & Consultancy, Engineering, Business & Consultancy, Digital, Marketing, Logistics, Transportation

Organisation

Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal is a modern international Logistic transport supplier, specialized in intermodal rail – road transportation. Experienced staff from offices in Genemuiden (the Netherlands) and Riga (Latvia) accompany the cargo from door to door until delivered as agreed, while the customer has a single point of contact for the entire transport chain. With 4 daily shuttle trains between Germany and Sweden, combined with own trucking equipment, a unique environmental friendly logistic and sustainable door to door transport solution is offered.

History

Van Dieren Maritime was founded in Genemuiden, The Netherlands in 1959 as a transport-company specialized in carpet transports. In 2011 the names changed into Samskip Van Dieren Multimodal and nowadays they are one of the leading companies in intermodal rail – road transport to and from Scandinavia.

Fryslân house

Business & Consultancy, Engineering, Business & Consultancy, Digital, Marketing, Logistics, Transportation, Business & Consultancy After the success in Amsterdam, in November 2006, second Fryslân House location had been opened in Latvia's capital Riga, opened. The Fryslân House in Riga strikes a bridge between the Baltic States and Fryslân, that leads to easier contact that in turn can grow into cooperation. The purpose of Fryslân House Riga is to make it easier for entrepreneurs from the north of the Netherlands to start their business in the Baltic States. Because Riga occupies a central position in the Baltic states and the distance to Russia is relatively short, it has been decided to open a Fryslân House here. The Fryslân House is being facilitated in Riga by the Netherlands Latvian Chamber of Commerce in Riga. The Fryslân House in Riga was financed by the Province of Fryslân, but since November 2009 this Fryslân House is self-financed.

Connec3

Business & Consultancy, Engineering, Business & Consultancy, Digital, Marketing, Logistics, Transportation, Business & Consultancy, Logistics, Supply Chain Because Connec3 has been set up by and for the pallet producing industry, they know the market better than anyone. To increase the influence of the pallet and production companies, Connec3 will engage the market as a purchasing specialist to guarantee quality, delivery reliability, good price and continuity with combined purchasing volume. Connec3 uses its existing, extensive network in the sawmill industry in Germany, Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia and elsewhere, and keeps close tabs on wood markets overseas. So you can always be sure you are getting the right choice! The pallet and packaging wood market are setting increasingly strict quality and environmental requirements. Connec3 places a very high value on sustainability and commitment, not only with regard to the latest environmental and certification requirements but even more importantly in all its business relationships. Connec3 is in compliance with all certification requirements set by the pallet industry (PEFC/30-32-571, ISPM 15/HT treatment nr. 216). In its business activities, Connec3 stands behind the goal of achieving a sustainable society. The negative ecological, social, and economic consequences of illegal logging and the trade in illegal wood are unacceptable, and these activities must be combated. This means that Connec3 does everything in its power to meet the full spectrum of inspection and certification requirements stipulated by both consumers and the industry. By doing this, Connec3 ensures that it is dealing in products that are in compliance with the latest requirements of the European Timber Regulation, the PEFC requirements and, where desired, the ISPM 15 requirements (HT treatment). Doing so meets the certification requirements that society can expect from a company like Connec3. By purchasing large volumes of used pallets, Connec3 promotes the reuse of pallets and reduces unnecessary waste. Of course, Connec3 continually monitors all suppliers to ensure that they, too, are meeting the latest standards

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