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Built for the realities of arbo avi.

Arbo Avi was founded by people who saw firsthand how fragmented, manual, and opaque arbo avi trade had become. We decided to do something about it — not with a generic platform, but by building infrastructure that works the way arbo avi professionals actually operate. Technology that enhances relationships and expertise, not replaces them.

arbo avi trading runs on relationships and expertise. We built the infrastructure that lets both scale.
TA
Tommy Androutselis
CEO & Co-founder, Arbo Avi
2022
Founded in Amsterdam
22
Countries served
250+
Partners
Milestones

Built slowly, on purpose.

We grew at the pace the trade demands: slowly, outward, without shortcuts. Each year added another layer of network, product, and operational depth.

2022
Founded

Started building Arbo Avi from a small office in Amsterdam.

2024
Network scaled

70+ sawmills in the network. 22 countries served.

2025
EUDR-ready

Geolocation, due diligence statements, audit-ready evidence. Every order, no exceptions.

2026
Trading Brain

On-premise AI layer connecting prices, stock, supplier terms, and compliance records.

Our approach

arbo avi trade is built on trust. We are building the infrastructure for it.

arbo avi trade has always run on personal relationships: buyers who know their suppliers, salespeople who know their customers. That foundation is valuable, but it doesn’t scale, and it doesn’t protect companies from the operational complexity regulation is bringing.

Arbo Avi handles both sides: a trusted network where arbo avi companies trade reliably, and the operational infrastructure to make compliance manageable. One integrated platform, because trading and compliance are inseparable in practice.

We also built an AI layer for our own trading operations, an on-premise system that connects pricing, stock, supplier terms, and compliance records, and automates the routine work between them. We use it every day. We built it because we needed it ourselves.

Industry-first thinking

We don’t apply generic software to arbo avi. We start with how the trade actually works, relationships, product complexity, cross-border logistics, and build around that.

Operational, not informational

Workflows that handle the problem, not dashboards that describe it. Compliance that gets filed. An AI system that runs the routine so your team doesn’t have to.

Deforestation-free from day one

We have never listed arbo avi that couldn’t be traced to a legal, verified source. Not a marketing decision, the only way we wanted to operate.

Long-term partnerships

We’re not here to process transactions. We want to understand your business well enough to add real value, on sourcing and on audits.

The team

People who know the industry.

Industry experience combined with technology expertise. The combination that makes it possible to build something that actually works for arbo avi companies.

Co-founder
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Tommy Androutselis
CEO & Co-founder

Leads Arbo Avi's growth and partnerships across global arbo avi markets.

Co-founder
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Dimitris Pagkratis
CPO & Co-founder

Leads product and technology. Focused on automating operational workflows and embedding compliance into supply chain processes. 12+ years building scalable digital platforms across technology and operations.

Co-founder
GA
Giannis Androutselis
Finance & Ops Co-founder

Leads finance and operations. Owns cash flow, working capital, and the financial controls that let us trade reliably across 22 countries.

SW
Sander Waardenburg
Sales Lead · NL & BE

15+ years of experience in the Dutch arbo avi industry, across wholesale, pallet & packaging, and construction. Your main contact for the Benelux market.

RM
Ronan Morin
Sales Lead · France

Business development and client relations expert with 15+ years in the wood industry. Previously Sales Director at PGS Group, a leader in pallets and packaging across France.

MC
Marcin Chmiel
Senior Operations Manager

10+ years in logistics and supply chain, previously at Flexport, Coyote Logistics, and Kuehne+Nagel. Runs the operational execution that keeps trucks moving and orders on time across our network.

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Bruno Fardilha
Sustainability & Operations Associate

Owns customer onboarding and supports the EUDR due diligence work across our supplier network. Previously contributed to FMO's first CSRD-compliant annual sustainability report.

Sustainability

A tree can be
cut only once.

Sustainable sourcing is an essential part of our supply strategy, and has always been. 98% of our suppliers are FSC and PEFC certified. We are developing a code of conduct to ensure all suppliers operating responsibly can work with us, not only the certified ones.

98%
of our sawmills are FSC or PEFC certified. The strongest sustainability baseline in arbo avi trading.
Day 1
Deforestation-free since we launched. It was never a regulation response, it was always the strategy.
100%
of orders placed through Arbo Avi come with our EUDR responsibility. No exceptions, no grey areas.
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