€150 million for a CLT plant

Biggest investment project in the company’s history

Article by Philipp Matzku (adapted for holzkurier.com; translated by Eva Guzely) | 31.05.2021 - 10:15

At the end of May, construction for Mayr-Melnhof Holz’s new cross-laminated timber plant and planing mill started at its site in Leoben. The start-up of the plant, which has an annual capacity of 200,000 m³, is scheduled for the end of 2022.

MM Holz_Spatenstich HoLzBsp_20210528_(c)Morgenstern.jpg — The groundbreaking ceremony for the biggest investment project in the history of the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Group took place on May 28 © Morgenstern

At its existing sawmill in Leoben, the MM Holz Group will invest €150 million in a state-of-the-art cross-laminated timber production, a high-performance sorting and planing plant and in a fully automated high-bay warehouse. Full operation is to start in around two years. The Holzkurier reported on the project already at the beginning of 2020.

Thanks to the new CLT plant, company will raise its cross-laminated timber production capacity from currently 80,000 m³ a year (production site in Gaishorn) to an annual 200,000 m³.

“The investment is a clear commitment to the business hub Styria,” explains Richard Stralz, CEO of the MM Holz Holding.

CLT plant Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben

Start of contruction: May 31, 2021
Production start: end of 2022 (planned)
Investment: €150 million in the first phase of expansion

Planing capacity: 700,000 m³
Lamination storage capacity: 28,000 m³
CLT production capacity: around 140,000 m³ of PEFC certified CLT in full operation

Production area: around 33,000 m²
Jobs created: 50
Ecological electricity and water supply: photovoltaic system on the building’s roof and hydroelectric power plant
Load-bearing timber structure and facade: 11,500 m³ of glulam, CLT and three-layer panels produced by MM Holz itself