Ziegler now among the Top 10 in Europe

Article by Gerd Ebner (translated by Eva Guzely) | 19.04.2023 - 11:58

Yesterday, HS Timber announced the sales of its sawmill in Sebeș/RO to Ziegler Group. As the Holzkurier’s survey shows, this changes the ranking of Europe’s biggest manufacturers of softwood lumber, with Ziegler Holzindustrie now being among the Top 10.

In the Holzkurier’s ranking, Ziegler will jump from 19th to ninth place thanks to the impending takeover. Including the two Swedish sawmills, which the company bought in 2022, and the sawmill in Sebeș, Ziegler’s production output will grow by 71% compared to our survey in May 2022.

HS Timber, on the other hand, dropped out of the Top 10 and is now the nineteenth-biggest sawmill group in Europe. Nevertheless, the Austrian company is currently starting up a sawmill in Argentina and has a nearly completed sawmill in Belarus. The latter, however, has not gone into operation because of the sanctions.

Europe’s Top 20 after the Ziegler deal | 2021/target 2022/forecast 2023
Rank 2022	Rank 2022/23	Company	Headquarters	Sawmills	Production 2021	Target production 2022/23	Diff. in %
Ranked according to sawmill production output in 2022/forecast for 2023 (in 1,000 m³)
1	1 ←→	Stora Enso ¹⁾ ²⁾	FI	18	5,700	5,600	–2
2	2 ←→	Binderholz ³⁾	AT	17	4,430	4,740	7
7	3 ↑	Pfeifer 10)	AT	7	2,200	3,000	36
3	4 ↓	Vida Wood	SE	12	2,550	2,650	4
4	5 ↓	Mayr-Melnhof Holz ¹⁾ ⁴⁾	AT	5	1,700	2,520	48
5	6 ↓	SCA Timber ¹⁾	SE	5	2,263	2,380	5
6	7 ↓	Rettenmeier Holzindustrie	DE	5	2,050	2,350	15
8	8 ←→	Moelven Group	NO	15	2,116	2,260	7
19	9 ↑	Ziegler Holzindustrie ⁹⁾	DE	4	1,210	2,080	71
9	10 ↓	Södra Timber ¹⁾	SE	7	1,965	2,000	5
11	12 ↓	ante-holz ⁶⁾	DE	3	1,490	1,920	29
12	13 ↓	Setra Group	SE	7	1,675	1,750	4
13	14 ↓	Ilim Timber ⁷⁾	DE	2	1,650	1,650	0
14	15 ↓	Fruytier Scierie	BE	11	1,548	1,600	3
14	16 ↓	UPM Timber ¹⁾	FI	4	1,600	1,600	0
16	17 ↓	Metsä Fibre ¹⁾ ⁸⁾	FI	5	1,710	1,500	–12
16	18 ↓	Holmen Wood Products	SE	5	1,400	1,500	7
10	19 ↓	HS Timber Group ⁵⁾	AT	3	2,090	1,450	–30
18	20 ↓	Versowood	FI	4	1,380	1,400	1
Total					40,727	44,020	8