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25/01/2012 / An index value of the concept of corruption has changed in Lithuania
UAB NEPCon LT has announced that the Transparency International organisation has updated the Indexes of the Concept of Corruption (hereinafter – ICC) for 183 countries. These indexes are relevant for the wood processing companies purchasing controlled raw materials, i.e. round wood, which should be checked at a later stage under the company‘s inspection programme.
The newest ICC table shows that New Zealand, Denmark and Finland received the highest ratings (countries with the lowest level of corruption). Somalia and North Korea are at the bottom of this table. Compared with 2010, the value of the ICC in Lithuania, Costa Rica and Oman dropped down by 5 points. The value of the ICC in Lithuania dropped from 5.0 (in 2010) to 4.8 (in 2011). Despite all efforts, according to the values of the ICC and the position of FSC®, the risk level of purchasing illegally cut wood is still high in 9 EU countries – Bulgaria, Check Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia.
The wood providers who sell the controlled raw material will re-launch the checks on wood-felling locations under the company’s inspection programme, as they did in 2010, when the ICC value in Lithuania was 4.9. The wood processing company UAB Juodeliai confirms that it purchases only FSC® certified or legally cut wood, thus ensuring a sustainable use of natural resources.
09/01/2012 / UAB Juodeliai successfully achieves 2011 objectives
Summarised results for 2011 show that Juodeliai UAB has achieved its objectives set at the beginning of 2011. The company’s turnover increased to LTL 40 million, an increase of approximately 33 per cent compared to 2010. Production volume went up approximately 15 per cent and totalled 68,500 m³.
In 2011, Juodeliai UAB expanded its Sales Department, which now has 5 employees. The department can be proud that the number of clients increased as much as 125 per cent compared to 2010. The management of the company hopes that thanks to the good work, effort, and cooperation of all employees its objectives will also be achieved in 2012. The company expects its turnover in 2012 to reach LTL 50 million.
02/01/2012 / UAB Juodeliai: wood processing company experience impressive export growth while implementing EU-supported project
Between 15 September 2009 and December 2011, UAB Juodeliai, one of the largest wood processing companies in the Baltic States, was implementing the project ‘UAB Juodeliai export growth in Western European markets’ according to the 2007−2013 Economic Growth Action Programme, priority 2: Increase in business productivity and improvement of business environment, the ‘New opportunities’ measure, in order to be competitive, maintain existing export markets, and thereby increase export earnings.
Targeted use of EU support, recruitment of an export marketing specialist who researched Western European markets and developed a strategy for increasing exports, and development of a modern internet site customised for foreign markets, www.juodeliai.com, brought the project great success.
For the implementation of the above objectives, the company received support of LTL 144,259.00 and made their own contribution of LTL 61,826.00.
Andrius Zimnickas, the director of Juodeliai, is pleased that during the implementation of the project they succeeded in locating new partners and took concrete steps to expand their operations in foreign markets, which provided opportunities for an impressive increase in export revenues. During the project, the company’s export earnings increased by 270%.
06/12/2011 / Competitions of round-wood purchases and sales were organised by the Lithuanian state forest sectors
On 22 November 2011, bi-annual competitions of round-wood sales and sales by long-term contracts were organised by the Lithuanian state forest sectors. he conditions of the contract were: large and medium-sized cut logs — 327,000 m3; small cut logs — 226.600 m3 [91,500 m3 of which were deciduous trees, and 135,100 m3 which were conifers]; pulpwood — 207.200 m3; wood boards — 130,800 m3; firewood — 133,800 m3; and wood waste — 99,300 m3.
After the results of round-wood competitions, it was noted that timber prices have decreased about 4 percent, which was less than had been expected. The results illustrate that the demand for raw material, which is suitable for the production of wood pallets and timber products, has remained at a high level. UAB Juodeliai is still the greatest buyer of small cut-logs in Lithuania. The amount of round-wood supplies that was won by the company is sufficient to ensure consistent and timely production processing, which will allow on-time delivery and maintain top quality.
15/11/2011 / Effective teamwork-training courses
On a sunny October 2011 weekend, the staff of UAB Juodeliai participated in training courses on the subject: “How to transform the staff into an effective operating team“. The objectives of the training courses were: to bring three subunits of the company’s staff together, to clarify the concept of effective teamwork, to provide practical skills in teamwork and team decision-making, as well as to help conceive the team’s own contribution within the activities of the organization. The participants were attempting to discover more-efficient ways of how to delegate tasks to others, and how to remain motivated in stressful situations. During practical tasks, the employees of UAB Juodeliai have learnt how to allocate responsibilities among the team members in the process of teamwork task-implementation. Disputes arising during certain task performances gave an excellent opportunity to try to deal with the current situations — not only theoretically, but also practically.
The two-days training courses gave each member of UAB Juodeliai an opportunity to acquire superior knowledge, which helps to perform daily work activities more effectively. Teamwork-training activities brought the team members together, as well as helped them to better understand each other.
