Northwest France

Communauté de Communes Pévèle Carembault & local partners, FCBA - Skills & trainings + workshops

About the pilot in Pevele Carembault

Furniture and fittings companies, joineries, woodworkers and training structures in the furniture and fittings sector are one of the special features of Pévèle Carembault. These organisations are also committed to reducing their environmental impact.

How can reuse be mass-produced?
What does it mean to reuse materials?
How can we innovate on a large scale?
How can we make furniture that is both design-led, ergonomic and re-used?
How can these approaches be standardised?

With these approaches and these partners, Pévèle Carembault is setting up an action plan comprising:

analysis of dismantling and upcycling processes, based on the layout of the future Pévèle Carembault headquarters,
training designers in furniture re-use techniques,
launching a design competition

Ultimately, the project will involve designing a workshop to produce upcycled furniture parts.

Pévèle Carembault

CCPC (Communauté de Communes Pévèle Carembault) is the local authority responsible for economic development, social inclusion and waste management. It is strongly involved on Circular Economy issues.

The Pévèle Carembault Community of Communes (Pévèle Carembault) comprises 38 communes and has a population of 96,383 (Insee 2019).

This is a rural area, located in the heart of the Nord department, at the crossroads between Lille, Douai, Valenciennes and its Belgian neighbour Tournai.

The region is home to over 4,000 businesses including many dynamic small and medium-sized dynamic small and medium-sized century-old and family-run businesses. This is an exceptional economic breeding ground, with more than 600 start-ups every year. In addition to the agricultural and agri-food sectors, the economic fabric is characterised by the highest density in the region, with a with a high proportion of construction companies (1st and 2nd works), particularly joiners.

Institut Technologique FCBA

FCBA is the most important knowledge centre for wood and furniture, including circular principles and design, in France. FCBA provides support in the whole of France, including North-West France.

As an industrial technical centre, FCBA's mission is to promote technical progress, and to help improve efficiency and guarantee quality in industry. Its scope of action covers the entire forestry-wood and furniture sector: forestry, logging, sawmills, pulp and paper, wood-based panels, carpentry, joinery, structures, furniture, packaging and various products. It also works with various suppliers in these sectors. FCBA is the only research organisation in Europe that works from the very beginning of the forestry and wood industry right through to the end of the products' life cycle.