the timber network

IHB manages the leading online market for wood professionals.

The IHB website has been serving wood professionals in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since more than 10 years. More than 51,000 wood professionals (log producers, sawmills, veneer mills, panel producers, importers and large industrial users) have chosen to become members of IHB. The IHB website is part of the Fordaq network of websites for wood professionals. Thanks to the Fordaq – IHB partnership you can also use IHB to develop your business internationally. More than 51,000 wood professionals use the Fordaq – IHB network worldwide. FORDAQ - IHB has offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, Poland and China. We visit as many members as possible so as to guarantee you can do real business with serious timber businesses.

IHB provides access to the following services on its website:

• The Marketplace: online market that they use to communicate offers and inquiries, check offers and inquiries of other companies. This market is used to make new supplier or client contacts, check out how the market is moving (prices and stocks), compare prices.
• The Directory: online directory of addresses.
• The Postman: daily email with summary of inquiries and offers of the previous day that are relevant for your business.
• Market info: daily industry news, calendar of log auctions accross Europe, results of log auctions, info on trade shows and events.
• Customer support: a team of multilingual wood specialists that follow what is happening on our market and can help you benefit from your access. If you want background information on another member, tips on how to do better business with IHB or have any other question our team is at your disposal.

All contacts between member companies happen in direct without us acting as intermediary. IHB only lives from subscriptions fees paid by its members. This guarantees that you can do business as you want without any intermediaries thus gaining time and money!

The IHB website is visited by more then 8.000 companies every day. Traffic on our website is growing at an average rate of 10% per month. Every day more companies understand the incredible value provided by IHB and join IHB!

Join IHB now and check on your computer how the market is moving (prices and stocks), make new contacts worldwide, check buyer inquiries and supplier offers, make your company and its business better known.

You can also join this growing community of wood professionals and be where it all happens… on IHB.

Join IHB now