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In 2019, Austrian sawmills, which cut more than 50,000 m³ a year and reported their figures, raised cutting to a total of 31.2 million m³. Compared to 2018, this is an increase of 4.7%. On the one hand, the higher volume is the result of an increase in cutting of single companies. On the other hand, the current table includes Holz Hahn’s sawmill in Rappottenstein for the first time. Also, Kirchner returned to full capacity in its sawmill in Radstadt after a fire at the end of 2017.
Mayr-Melnhof Holz operates Austria’s single biggest production site in Leoben. In 2019, cutting reached a volume of 1.3 million m³ – a record for the company. Holzindustrie Maresch follows closely in second place with 1.29 million m³. Stora Enso’s site in Ybbs and Binderholz’s sawmill in Fügen rank third and fourth with 1.19 million m³ and 1.04 million m³, respectively. The ten biggest sawmills which reported their 2019 figures, stated a cutting volume of 10.23 million m³.
Timber-Online estimates that overall cutting of Austria’s biggest sawmills, including those companies who did not report quantities, reached about 15.3 million m³ in 2019.
Looking at the target figures, cutting could further increase in 2020 – to around 15.9 million m³ (including Timber-Online estimate). Some companies want to further raise cutting this year. Also, a new construction and changes to an existing site could have an effect in 2020 and 2021. In Preding, Hasslacher Norica Timber replaces the sawing line. One-shift cutting capacity is 500,000 m³ a year. Furthermore, the company Herbert Handlos plans to built a sawmill in Upper Austria with a planned capacity of 100,000 to 120,000 m³ a year per shift (see article “Special sawmill”). Mayr-Melnhof Holz in Leoben and Pfeifer Holz in Kundl also want to replace their old sawing lines.
Austrian sawmills with an annual cutting volume of over 50,000 m³, processing and drying quantities of 2019; cutting volumes in 1,000 m³ | ||||||||
Company | Site | Cutting 2017 | Cutting 2018 | Cutting 2019 | Planned cutting 2020 | Staff | Processing (m³/year) | Drying (m³/year) |
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Binderholz (2) | Fügen | 960 | 1,040 | 1,050 | 1,040 | 2,750 | planed timber: 320,000; glulam: 270,000; solid wood panels: 22,000 in Fügen, 70,000 in St. Georgen | 800,000 |
Brunner-Stern | Hohenberg | 70 | 80 | 90 | 90 | n/s | n/s | 40,000 |
Egger Holz | Liezen | 124 | 140 | 140 | 145 | 42 | pallets: 8,000 | 90,000 |
Entacher | Großarl | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
Erhart Holz | Sonntag | 55 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 35 | planed timber: 2,000, cuts: 8,000 | 30,000 |
Säge Gußwerk (3) | Gußwerk | 50 | 55 | 52 | 65 | 33 | planed timber: 18,000; spruce/fir/pine moon timber; special rift/semi-rift cuts in spruce, fir, larch | 28,000 |
Holz Hahn | Rappottenstein | – | – | 73 | 80 | 31 | solid structural timber, glulam, duo beams: 35,000 | 25,000 |
Hasslacher Hermagor | Hermagor | 155 | 165 | 180 | 190 | 70 | planed timber: 20,000, pellets: 25,000 tons (premium pellets) | 110,000 |
Hasslacher Norica Timber (4) | Sachsenburg | 970 | 1,050 | 850 | 820 | 1,700 | planed timber: 160,000; solid structural timber: 120,000; glulam: 170,000; CLT: 65,000; pellets: 70,000 tons | 770,000 |
Preding | 275 | 360 | ||||||
Hutter Sägewerk | St. Michael/ Lungau |
85 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 40 | finger-jointed and glued knot-free products in spruce and fir; Faszino facade; SGL- middle layers for three-layer panels and parquet; ca. 16,000 | 28,000 |
Holzindustrie Kaml & Huber | Rottenmann | 100 | 105 | 120 | 120 | 32 | –– | 80,000 |
Kirchner Säge- und Hobelwerk (5) | Radstadt | 83 | –– | 90 | 100 | 30 | slats: 8,000 | 40,000 |
Holzindustrie Kirnbauer | Prigglitz | 80 | 105 | 120 | 120 | 80 | glulam, duo, trio beams, solid structural timber: 70,000 | 68,000 |
Klausbauer Holzindustrie | Lainbach | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
Holzindustrie Maresch | Retz | 1,165 | 1,200 | 1,290 | 1,300 | 195 | –– | –– |
Mayr-Melnhof Holz Holding (6) | Leoben | 998 | 1,200 | 1,300 | 1,350 | 1,950 | –– | 450,000 |
Josef Moser | Münichreith | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 22 | FSC certified; 6,000 m³ of hardwood | 17,000 |
Mosser Holzindustrie | Wolfpassing | 325 | 350 | 350 | 360 | 60 | n/s | 150,000 |
Neuschmied Holz | Hopfgarten/ Brixental |
125 | 125 | 130 | 132 | 55 | planed timber: 15,000, cutting of slats: 22,000 | 70,000 |
Johann Offner Holzindustrie | Wolfsberg | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | –– | n/s |
Johann Pabst Holzindustrie | Obdach | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | planed timber, glulam, pellets | n/s |
Pfeifer Holzindustrie (7) | Imst | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 2.000 | processing: 400,000 | 500,000 |
Kundl | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | ||||
Planegger Holz | Launsdorf | 85 | 100 | 100 | n/s | 33 | pallets: 10,000 | 35,000 |
Prehofer Holz | Rutzenmoos | 60 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 35 | planed timber: 15,000 | 15,000 |
Rubner Holzindustrie | Rohrbach/ Lafnitz |
300 | 300 | 310 | 310 | 115 | Duo-/Triolam: 35,000 | 175,000 |
Donausäge Rumplmayr | Enns, Altmünster | 650 | 750 | 750 | 780 | 165 | 95,000 | 365,000 |
Samonig Sägewerk | Fürnitz | 53 | 51 | 45 | 50 | 28 | planed timber | 25,000 |
Schaffer Sägewerk & Holzexport | Eppenstein | 100 | 106 | 105 | 110 | 67 | –– | 45,000 |
Holzindustrie Schafler | Hirnsdorf | –– | 52 | 60 | 60 | 85 | Euro pallets, special pallets, collars, crates, overseas packaging | 25,000 |
Holzhof Schmidt | Aspang | 60 | 80 | 90 | 90 | 25 | pellets: 14,000 | 50,000 |
Schößwendter Holz | Saalfelden | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 120 | planed timber: 55,000 | n/s |
Holzindustrie Stallinger | Frankenmarkt | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
Gebrüder Steininger | Rastenfeld | 300 | 310 | 330 | 350 | 50 | –– | 60,000 |
Sägewerk Josef Steurer | Schwarzach | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
Stora Enso Wood Products | Brand | 750 | 750 | 770 | n/s | 290 | planed timber: 200,000, posts: 55,000 | 360,000 |
Ybbs | 1,100 | 1,200 | 1,190 | n/s | 470 | planed timber: 300,000, posts: 75,000, CLT: 100,000 | 630,000 | |
Bad St. Leonhard | 600 | 600 | 590 | n/s | 260 | planed timber: 20,000, CLT: 80,000 | 280,000 | |
Brüder Theurl | Assling | 455 | 480 | 500 | 500 | 250 | glulam: 103,000, planed timber: 35,000; CLT starting in May | n/s |
Troger-Holz | Vomp | 300 | 330 | 325 | 325 | 100 | formwork panels: 250,000 m² | 150,000 |
Sägewerk UPM Steyrermühl | Laakirchen | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | –– | n/s |
VM-Holz | Vöcklamarkt | 590 | 640 | 660 | 700 | 140 | pellets: 101,000 tons | 340,000 |
Zwickl Holz (8) | Raabs/Thaya, Jemnice/CZ | 62 | 60 | 60 | 60 | n/s | planed timber: 2,200 | 7,000 |