J. u. A. Fresh ice cream
| J. u. A. Frischis Gesellschaft mbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1948 |
| Seat |
Stockerau , Austria
|
| management | Werner Stix, Markus Sax, Miroslav Malzenicky |
| Number of employees | 817 (Austria)
2,973 (worldwide) |
| sales | EUR 285 million (Austria)
EUR 759 million (worldwide) |
| Branch | Timber trade , wood processing |
| Website | www.jaf-group.com , www.frischeis.at |
| Status: 2017 | |
J. u. A. Frischis , also JAF , is the largest dealer for wood and wood-based materials in Europe, based in Stockerau , Austria. According to its own statements, the company employs around 2,900 people across Europe, 800 of them in Austria, has around 30,000 customers and offers around 83,000 products. J. u. A. stands for Josef and Antonia, the founders of the company. JAF's core business is the trade in wood and wood-based materials as well as the manufacture and cutting of furniture parts. The company slogan is " Wood is our world ".
history
J. u. A. Frischis was founded in Stockerau, Lower Austria , in 1948 and expanded in Austria until the 1990s.
In 1964, Frischis took over the Holver veneer wholesaler in Vienna and began veneer production.
From 1992 the company expanded to the Czech Republic , a few years later to Germany , Hungary , Croatia , Romania and Slovakia . From 2005 the markets in Bulgaria , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Poland , Russia and Serbia followed .
JAF now has 59 locations in 18 countries on three continents and, according to its own statements, is currently the market leader in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia. The company trains 20 apprentices per year.
Corporate structure
The company is divided into J. u. A. Frischis Austria and the JAF-Group, which operates internationally. Both branches and other subsidiaries are run as limited liability companies (GmbH) .
Managing Director of J. u. A. Frischis GmbH is Werner Stix, the managing directors of JAF International Services GmbH are Werner Stix, Markus Sax and Miroslav Malzenicky.
range
The company's range consists of:
- Plate (decorative and constructive)
- Timber construction
- Lumber
- terrace
- Floorboards
- Doors
- veneer
Controversy
According to a report by the Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post , the JAF group is involved in corruption and illegal timber trade with Ukraine. According to the newspaper, the London non-profit organization Earthsight has found out that the Austrian timber companies Schweighofer , Kronospan , Lenzing , JAF Group as well as the Swiss company Swiss-Krono and a Polish factory of the American group International Paper are involved in illegal activities related to the import of Ukrainian wood are involved in the EU. The investigation found evidence that roundwood from Ukraine was misleadingly labeled as firewood in customs declarations in order to circumvent the ban on roundwood exports in force since 2015 and the ban on pine wood exports in place since 2017.
Prior to this, journalistic investigations by reporters from the Kiev Post and the project for reporting on organized crime and corruption found evidence of the involvement of the Austrian company Schweighofer in illegal logging in Ukraine. Schweighofer has also called on the European Union to put pressure on the Ukrainian government officials to lift the moratorium, according to the results of the investigation.
The JAF-Group responded to the allegations, admitted to working with the Ukrainian suppliers named by Earthsight in 2015 and, according to its own statements, has now put them on a group-wide blacklist. According to the company, the top priority is to ensure the legal origin of the products.
According to the latest report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) , up to a quarter of Carpathian wood is illegally felled - without a permit and in unauthorized areas such as national parks. That corresponds to one million cubic meters of wood per year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The management at Freshnessis. Retrieved December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Panel Holzbau Veneer from JuA frischis. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ^ Press area JAF / Fresh ice cream. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Wood is our world. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ 5 million truck kilometers, 800 employees, 70 years of age, 1 new showroom - fresh ice celebrated in Stockerau . ( holzmagazin.com [accessed on November 28, 2018]).
- ↑ Nature and the environment. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Stockerau's traditional business, frischis, is celebrating its 70th anniversary . In: OTS.at . ( ots.at [accessed on November 28, 2018]).
- ↑ The story of J. u. A. Fresh ice cream. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ A world made of wood . ( noen.at [accessed on November 28, 2018]).
- ↑ The management of Fresh Ice. In: www.frischeis.at. J. u. A. Frischis GmbH, accessed on December 5, 2018 .
- ↑ JAF Group blacklisted Ukrainian suppliers. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
- ↑ UK researchers, Ukraine officials face off over illegal timber exports to EU | KyivPost . In: KyivPost . November 9, 2018 ( kyivpost.com [accessed November 28, 2018]).
- ↑ Romana Puiulet and Anna Babinets: Clear Cut Crimes. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ EU presses Ukraine to end lumber export ban - Dec. 09, 2016 . In: KyivPost . December 9, 2016 ( kyivpost.com [accessed November 28, 2018]).