Coillte The Irish Forestry Board, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow. Tel: 01-2011111 Freephone : 1800 200 728 Fax: 01-2011199 Email: pr@coillte.ie Website: www.coillte.ie

Coillte is a commercial company operating in forestry, land based businesses, renewable energy and panel products. Coillte owns over 1 million acres of land which is approximately 7% of the total land area in Ireland. The Group has 3 divisions: Coillte Forest, Coillte Panel Products and Coillte Enterprise and works closely with the timber-processing sector in the marketing of Irish timber.
Coillte Panel Products comprises SmartPly Europe Ltd, a large Oriented Strand Board mill based in Waterford and Medite Europe Ltd based in Clonmel, the leading MDF manufacturer.
Coillte provide thinning and harvesting services to private plantation owners as well as crop establishment services. Coillte is involved in renewable energy such as wind and biomass, through its Coillte Enterprise division and manages the estate strategically.
Coillte implements a programme of excellence when it comes to forest stewardship. This is recognised by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), who first certified Coillte's operations in May 2001 as being well managed in accordance with the FSC's principles and criteria for responsible forest management, and the operations continue to be FSC certified.

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