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Sawing & wood processing

From sawing to fourth-stage processing: cutting, drying, joinery, furniture, flooring, and the valorisation of offcuts into charcoal.

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Sawing & wood processing
The family’s missions
  • Transform raw material into finished, value-added products.
  • Guarantee food safety (HACCP, standards) and consistent volumes.
  • Anchor value addition in the production territories.
What XP-NOVA brings
  • Design of processing units compliant with standards.
  • Securing supply through contracts with production (F1).
  • Support for sanitary approval and industrial scale-up.
Actors of the family

Who are you in “Sawing & wood processing”?

AC07Processors

Artisanal workshops, agri-food SMEs, agri-industrial units, abattoirs and dairies: raw material becomes product.

AC08Packers

Packaging units: sorting, grading, wrapping, labelling.

Value chains of the domain: FF01 Timber & service wood · FF02 Wild forest honey · FF03 Wild fruit, seeds & oilseeds · FF04 Edible mushrooms & insects · FF05 Fermented sap drinks (palm & raphia wine) · FF06 Non-food NTFPs · FF07 Bamboo · FF08 Reforestation, community forestry & carbon

The XP-NOVA offer for this family

Step by step

E1Decide
XPN-E1.1 · Actor diagnosticXPN-E1.2 · Market & demand studyXPN-E1.3 · Resilience assessmentXPN-E1.4 · Consolidated feasibility
E2Design
XPN-E2.1 · Site & land tenureXPN-E2.4 · Processing facilityXPN-E2.5 · Energy & coldXPN-E2.6 · LogisticsXPN-E2.7 · Equipment specs & RFQ
E3Finance
XPN-E3.1 · FCFA financial modelXPN-E3.2 · Financier-format business planXPN-E3.3 · Financial structuringXPN-E3.4 · Collateral structuringXPN-E3.5 · Escrow & disbursement
E4Deliver
XPN-E4.1 · Owner’s engineeringXPN-E4.2 · ProcurementXPN-E4.3 · Milestone control & sign-offXPN-E4.4 · Acceptance & commissioning
E5Operate
XPN-E5.1 · Ramp-upXPN-E5.2 · Risk managementXPN-E5.3 · MaintenanceXPN-E5.4 · Data & dashboardsXPN-E5.5 · TrainingXPN-E5.6 · ESG reporting
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