Pascal Jacob’s message

Jacob is a rapidly growing group that specialises in industrialised wooden structures. Our story started nearly 80 years ago so our company has a rich history and has developed values over those years based on a carpenter’s common sense combined with a taste for initiative and independence.

 

Proud of our achievements and keen that they last we nevertheless want our company to evolve by adapting to the needs and realities of the marketplace. A necessary evolution, in a totally new context for the construction industry where, from now on, unavoidable factors will have to be taken into account for decades to come: saving energy, thermal resistance, use of natural, renewable materials, reducing construction time, European standards or training in new trades for both men and women. The changes brought about by these fundamental trends are part of daily life for each of us. They open up new perspectives by profoundly changing building and so the whole chain of construction that has prevailed until now.

Because our markets, within the enormous world of the construction industry, are following these new ideas, the Jacob Group is reforming its own market by bringing new, appropriate and competitive answers within a logic of added environmental value and therefore offering sustainable development. Jacob now has two distinct industrial branches: Jacob Structures Bois for one part and Pobi (Industrialised Wooden Panels and Frames) for the other part. Two branches set up with the same goal: to be the recognised specialist in industrialised wooden components for the construction industry, on a scale that extends far outside our own country.

While Jacob Structures Bois continues its progression in the industrialised wooden roof trusses market by aiming for 5000 housing units in 2009, it is also reinforcing its range by offering traditional roof timbers also delivered in kit form.

As for Pobi, its spectacular technological evolution in only a few years enables it to offer finished industrialised components destined for the construction of individual houses, social housing, professional premises, and collective buildings both private and public. These industrialised wooden components leave the factory totally equipped: walls, floors and roof elements in pre-fabricated panels, integrating joinery, locks, insulation, wiring and exterior and interior finishings. By soon becoming the first company in France and the second in Europe to have the CE Mark for these components, Pobi is a real leader in providing solutions for pre-fabricated wooden framework, walling and covering for buildings.

All these developments put The Jacob Group in line with its time. Refusing inactivity and ‘a wait and see’ policy synonymous with the degeneration of a business, we will continue to seize all the opportunities which present themselves to continue our development, conscious of our strong points and our ability to adapt to new challenges and new markets. I accept these fundamental choices and will make sure they are put into practice with the rigour and prudence that has characterised our company for 3 generations.

Pascal Jacob,
President and Managing Director of the Jacob Group