Michel Esquerré, national president of PymeMad, participated as an invited speaker at the Promotion and Productivity Roundtable of the Biobío Regional Council, where he presented a diagnosis of the sector and the main difficulties faced by small and medium-sized timber enterprises.

The invitation from the regional councilors aimed to directly hear the challenges faced by SMEs in the forestry-timber sector to address current economic processes. During the session, Esquerré discussed the strategic relevance of small and medium-sized enterprises in the regional and national economy.

"We had an excellent dialogue and a very good reception. It was clearly stated that SMEs are a relevant factor in containing informality in the economy and that they are an engine and a vector for future economic activation," stated the president of PymeMad.

However, Esquerré was also emphatic in conveying the diagnosis that concerns the guild: "SMEs are quite mistreated and poorly cared for by the State of Chile," affirmed the guild leader, highlighting the gap between the discursive recognition of the importance of small businesses and concrete public support policies.

Esquerré's participation in this instance reaffirms PymeMad's commitment to the active representation of the sector before regional authorities, positioning the voice of timber SMEs in strategic decision-making spaces for the productive development of Biobío.