We are forest products traders, benefiting from our extensive experience and heritage – our wooden heart’s alive!
- Experience
- Reliability
- Competence
- Reachability
These traits make us unique.
The personnel partnership with experienced experts assures reliable sourcing and competent council. AlcoWood provides the commercial structure, along the lines and based on acknowledged grading rules and trade terms, based on mutual agreements. Our customers include importers and industrial end-users.
Albert Tichelli – albert.tichelli@alcowood.ch
Alberts life experience began in the 50s… Postgrad in England, 5 years with DuPont, 1976 MBA at CEI (now IMD) in Geneva, 2 years International Paper HQ in NYC from where he built up the solid wood products exports. Transfer to Zurich and later in charge of Paper Pulp and Wood Products at Canadian Pacific Forest Products, also in Zurich. Expansion of the wood business with the associated trading arm PPS. Founding of AlcoWood, initiated by Inernational Industries, Inc. in 1992. Takeover as major shareowner and further expansion of wood trading. Experience in wood processing as owner of a medium-size operation, divested following successful restructuring. 2001-2006 COO BrancoCel, a Paper Pulp project in Brazil.
Albert is married, has two grown-up children, speaks a few languages and indeed – loves to ski in the Alps. He always enjoys a walk in the woods or hiking on one of the Swiss mountains with his dog – best team member.
Gotthard Von dem Borne – gotthard.borne@alcowood.ch
Gotthard had inherited from his dad, who was a Forest Director, the invaluable experience in forestry and with wood working, first as his pastime and later on as his profession.
Complementary further education in wood commerce with emphasis on import and export made Gotthard become a qualified “Holzkaufmann“ (lumber merchant).
His profound wood trading experience over the years, combined with hands-on saw-milling activity as well as his residence stays in West-Africa and visits to Asian markets made Gotthard gain immense knowledge which he his happy to share with clients. As a self-employed consultant and provider of services to The Company, Gotthard is always pleased to consult customers reliably and professionally in his usual friendly way.
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