Leaders of PymeMad Nacional actively participated at the CMPC offices in Los Ángeles in a session that brought together timber and construction SMEs to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the forestry-timber sector.

The session was held in two parts. In the morning, a leadership meeting convened representatives from PymeMad Nacional —including National President Michel Esquerré; directors Hernán Muñoz Bernal, Lorena Vargas, and Víctor Sandoval— along with SMEs associated with CORMA. They reviewed the progress of the working group with CMPC on productive linkages and the results of forestry tenders.

The afternoon session was inaugurated by Augusto Robert, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at CMPC, and featured presentations by Juan Pablo Pereira from CMPC on national and international timber markets; by Sandoval together with Frane Zilic from Bio Madera on modern methods of industrialized timber construction; by Marcelo González from San Sebastián University on the Bloqus social housing project; and by Benjamín Germani from C4i on management and financing gaps for industrial SMEs.

"We are working on timber construction, industrialized construction, and related new products, defining the guidelines to promote the industrialization of timber in a comprehensive manner," stated Sandoval while presenting PymeMad's vision for the current year.

CMPC's initiative to organize this meeting reflects a relationship model that PymeMad values: a forestry chain where large operators and small and medium-sized enterprises work in a coordinated manner, with shared information and aligned objectives. The active presence of PymeMad in this session reaffirms the organization's commitment to positioning industrialized timber as a concrete response to the country's housing challenges.