01/04/2026
More from Panaget about their manufacturing process. For those who care about where their products come from. I don't know if they translate this themselves or with a programme but their English is better than our French!
Jeanne says:
We manufacture all our floors. It’s firstly dried up!
Panaget gets the freshest oaks from our forty sawmills we work with. From forests located within 500km of our factory, PEFC certified, ensuring its origin and our commitment to sustainable forest management. We’ve always made sure to buy the whole wood planks that our partners sawmills offer so we can offer a very extensive and varied range that enhances this noble material.
As a manufactory, we don’t have to dry the planks we are getting from them, to be called as such, but since we have got the skills, place and driers to do it and since it is a crucial step for quality wood floors (essential to ensure its stability), we do it in-house! In two stages:
1) the pre-drying step: The goal is to homogenize the wood’s moisture content upon reception to about 25%. This slow process (60 to 90 days) allows for gentle handling of the material.
2) the kiln drying step: at our factory, drying is done in traditional 30m³ chambers, allowing for a drying cycle tailored to each batch of wood (species/moisture level). The temperature can reach 67°C, eliminating all wood-boring insects. Panaget prioritizes a natural rather than chemical approach, which is also more effective. At the end of the cycle, the wood’s moisture content is at about 7%. This process has been perfected over nearly a century for the stability of our top layers.
