News

16th December 2009
Our plantations have been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) valid until November 2014 (FSC-certificate (PDF, 266 KB))

30^th November, 2009
The tax office of the Canton of Glarus defined a net tax value of 1365 CHF per share per the 31^st December 2008.

28^th October, 2009
New Manager for The Tree Partner Company Ltd
By employing Jacqueline Jakob-Gallmann, the Board of Directors has implemented the most important finding of its risk analysis. Read more about it in the 2nd letter to shareholders, dated 12th October, 2009 (German only, PDF, 588 KB).

8^th September, 2009
Working globally - firmly rooted locally
Hardwood and Panama are not well known in Affoltern am Albis. The local newspaper therefore published a portrait of our Company. Carol Franklin is writing various short articles, in which she compares Panama with Switzerland.
Chaos in the Swiss club (German only, PDF, 9 KB)
Wages in Panama (German only, PDF, 8 KB)
My garden in Panama (German only, PDF, 13 KB)
Equatorial rainy season (German only, PDF, 8 KB)
Missed for 143 years (German only, PDF, 8 KB)
Mrs. GPS in Panama (German only, PDF 14 KB)
How to get a licence plate (German only, PDF 123 KB)
Recycling in Panama (German only, PDF, 7 KB)
Everything is more beautiful in Panama (German only, PDF, 153 KB)
Tropical trees in Affoltern (German only, PDF, 101 KB)

27^th August, 2009
Investors' trip from 30^th January to 5^th February 2010
Following the impressive experience of the past years, we have asked the Panamanian tour operator to organise a further exquisite week in Panama for you.
Visit the plantations and convince yourself of the quality of your investment.
Experience the booming country in Central America and its hospitable people.
- Programme (PDF, 3,4 MB)
- Flyer (PDF, 430 KB)
Please register until 25th September 2009. As February is in the main tourist season we recommend an early booking. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

7^th August, 2009
The second plantation
We have just finished planting the two thirds of our second farm La Loma according to plan. In addition to teak, amarillo, and cedro amargo have been planted, 62,34 hectares in all. This brings us up to 145 hectares of tropical hard wood.
Due to the ideal weather (a lot of rain makes the trees grow!) we have already started planting a further 13 hectares, among other species mahogany.

28^th July, 2009
The Tree Partner Company is growing as planned
On 23^rd July, 2009, the third share capital increase was notarised. This implements the decision taken by the Annual General Meeting to increase the share capital. The new shares will be delivered in the coming days. A hearty welcome to our new shareholders!
Excerpt from the Commercial Register (PDF, 2.4 MB, only in German)
By-Laws (PDF, 29 KB, only in German)

9^th June 2009
Interview in Global Management, issue 05/2009 (PDF, 453 KB, only in German)

7^th Mai 2009
Annual Meeting 2010
The 2^nd Ordinary Annual Meeting will take place in the morning of Wednesday, 5^th May, 2010 in Affoltern am Albis.

7^th Mai 2009
The First Annual Meeting
took place in Affoltern am Albis on 5^th May, 2009. 13 shareholders representing 617 votes participated in the first Annual General Meeting in Affoltern am Albis. This is equivalent to 91.82% oft he share capital.
All resolutions were carried unanimously.
Annual report 2008 (PDF, 865 KB)
presentation "Finances" of R. Engler (only in German, PDF, 46 KB)
Log of the General Meeting 2009 (only in German, PDF, 96 KB)

9^th January
Article and Investment check in ECO-reporter.de:
Return on ecological wood plantations
The Swiss company „The Tree Partner Company“ establishes plantations in Panama. Investors can participate via the German fund The Tree Partner Company GmbH & Co KG in the company. Our Investment check of 9^th January presents the offer and we give a recommendation.
You can find also the Investment check under Download (German only).

11^th December 2008
New Board member Heiko Liedeker
Today the extraordinary General Assembly elected Heiko Liedeker unanimously to the Board of The Tree Partner Company AG. We are happy to have a forest ecologist of the highest standing on our leading team. Heiko was the executive director of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) from 2001 to 2008, first in Oaxaca, Mexico, and then in Bonn, Germany.
The extraordinary General Assembly also decided to increase the share capital by 226.000 CHF to 1,344,000 CHF.

4^th December 2008
The Tree Partner Company GmbH & Co KG
Today the German Office for Financial Services Surveillance (BaFin) authorised the participation prospectus of The Tree Partner Company GmbH & Co KG. This means that the company can now advertise its product publicly in Germany.

2nd October 2008
PERPETUAL TRAVELLER – for Professional, Business and Independent Travellers
Our Guest writer Carol Franklin is proposing an alternative with an original solution, in this week's edition of Perpetual Traveller "Seeking Teak in Panama", which we trust you will enjoy to read and consider to take advantage of this unique possibility.
SEEKING TEAK IN PANAMA!

12^th June 2008
A hearty welcome to our new shareholders
Our company is growing. Today the General Meeting carried all the items proposed by the Board unanimously:
The share capital was raised from CHF 600,000 to CHF 1,118,000 bringing the number of nominal shares from 300 to 559. The excerpt from the commercial register and the bye-laws are in the heading "download".
The forest engineer, Romano Costa, was elected to the Board. We congratulate Romano and are happy to have the added forestry knowledge and experience on the Board and are looking forward to cooperating.
The shareholders also approved the change of the company seat to Glarus.
All the land is being prepared and the plantation in La Ocho (Cañazas) is in full swing.

10^th April, 2008
"Forest Investment: Managing the past and going forward"
Approximately 3,000 „tree partners“ of the former Swiss Prime Forestry AG faced a total loss of their investment in May, 2006. Then the rescue company „Forests for Friends Ltd“ took over the teak plantations in Panama . The managers have now established a further company and are setting up new sustainable plantations.
ECOreporter.de interviews the chairman of the Board, Carol Franklin, on finances, good and bad soil, plans, and revenue.
– Interview im ECOreporter.de-Sondermagazin of 10.4.2008 (PDF, 174 KB) only in German
– www.ecoreporter.de