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Mr. Ruud Steenvoorden |
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Vice-President |
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EFPI(European Federation of Parquet Importers) |
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Personal profile |
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Ruud has been appointed Vice-President of EFPI in November 2005. He is the Director of Corporate Buying of Fetim B.V. Ruud has an outstanding knowledge of the parquet industry having worked for over 30 years in the wood sector. He began his career as a buying importer of tools in Amsterdam, where he worked for six years and joined Fetim B.V. in 1975, where he started as a buyer. Ruud has been Director of Corporate Buying of Fetim B.V. from 1988 and he is responsible for strategic purchases as well as for managing the wooden flooring business. Ruud is Dutch and he speaks Dutch, English, German and French. |
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Aassociation introdution |
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The European Federation of Parquet Importers (EFPI) is a Brussels-based association of leading European importers of engineered and solid wood floorings. EFPI was set up in June 2005 as a non-for-profit organisation by eight founding members and now counts nine members including EUPARAL (Union of Parquet Importers), an international association of parquet importers and distributors. |
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Presentation |
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European wood flooring industry, marketdevelopment and opportunity for China |
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