At the beginning of the year, the Holzkurier carries out its traditional survey on cutting volumes of those Austrian sawmills which cut more than 50,000 m³ of logs a year. In 2021, cutting of the companies which reported their figures totaled 14.65 million m³. Compared to the year before (around 14 million m³), this would be a 5% increase. However, there were some changes in reporting: While four new companies entered the market in 2021, one of them did not report any figures this year.
If you make an estimate on the quantities cut by the companies which did not report their figures themselves, cutting amounted to around 16.2 million m³ in 2021. In the year before, it had totaled 15.7 million m³.
As was the case last year, the biggest single production site in Austria is located in the Lower Austrian Weinviertel. Holzindustrie Maresch of Retz cut 1.25 million m³ in 2021. Stora Enso in Ybbs is in second place with 1.18 million m³, followed by Mayr-Melnhof Holz in Leoben with 1.09 million m³. In total, there are five production sites, according to the companies, which cut 1 million m³ or more last year. The ten biggest sawmill companies which indicated their 2021 figures reported an overall cutting of around 10.8 million m³. The volume thus remained more or less stable compared to 2020 (10.7 million m³).
2022 could see another increase with target cutting (reported figures plus estimates) likely to reach around 16.9 million m³. Many sawmill companies expect cutting to remain stable this year. Around one quarter of the companies plans to raise the cutting volume compared to last year. The biggest change is brought about by the Handlos sawmill being started up: In 2022, cutting is to reach 450,000 m³ in Summerau in Upper Austria.
For your information: The Holzkurier’s new map of softwood sawmills in Austria and Germany is available from April 2022. Here, you can order the map in the formats A1 or A0.
| Austrian sawmills with an annual cutting of more than 50,000 m³, processing and drying quantities refer to 2021; cutting in 1,000 m³ | ||||||||
| Company | Production site(s) | Cutting 2019 | Cutting 2020 | Cutting 2021 | Cutting target 2022 | Staff | Processing (m³/yr) | Drying (m³/yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binderholz (1) | Fügen | 1,050 | 1,040 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 3,000 | planed timber: 315,000; glulam: 270,000 in Jenbach; solid wood panels: 22,000 in Fügen, 72,000 in St. Georgen | 800,000 |
| Brunner-Stern | Hohenberg | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | n/s | n/s | 40,000 |
| Egger Holz | Liezen | 140 | 135 | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
| Entacher | Großarl | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
| Adolf Erhart | Sonntag | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 38 | planed timber: 2,000, cuttings: 9,000 | |
| lumber and pallet trade | 35,000 | |||||||
| Säge Gußwerk | Gußwerk | 52 | 58 | 63 | 68 | 32 | 25,000 | 35,000 |
| Holz Hahn | Rappottenstein | 73 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 36 | solid structural timber (KVH), glulam, Duo beams: 37,000 | 30,000 |
| Säge Handlos Summerau (2) | Summerau | – | – | 205 | 450 | 72 | in the group: glulam, KVH, joining, planed timber | 190,000 |
| Hasslacher Hermagor | Hermagor | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 70 | planed timber: 20,000, pellets: 25,000 t | 110,000 |
| Hasslacher-Gruppe (3) | Sachsenburg | 850 | 850 | 750 | 800 | 1900 | planed timber: 160,000; KVH: 120,000; glulam: 170,000; CLT: 65,000; pellets: 70,000 t | 770,000 |
| Preding | 275 | 390 | 450 | 500 | ||||
| Hutter Sägewerk | St. Michael/Lungau | 90 | 90 | 94 | 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. 10,000 | 28,000 |
| Holzindustrie Kaml & Huber | Rottenmann | 120 | 110 | 110 | 120 | 35 | – | 70,000 |
| Kaml & Huber Lärchenholz | Mariazell | – | – | 55 | 65 | 29 | planing, steaming | n/s |
| Kirchner Säge- und Hobelwerk | Radstadt | 90 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 31 | slats: 8,000 | 40,000 |
| Holzindustrie Kirnbauer | Prigglitz | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 85 | KVH, Duo/Trio beams, glulam: 82,000 | 68,000 |
| Klausbauer Holzindustrie | Lainbach | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
| Holzindustrie Maresch | Retz | 1,290 | 1,290 | 1,250 | 1,300 | 228 | – | – |
| Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben (4) | Leoben | 1,300 | 1,150 | 1,090 | 1,150 | 1,900 | – | 500,000 |
| Josef Moser | Münichreith | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 21 | FSC certified; 6,000 m³ hardwood | 17,000 |
| Mosser Holzindustrie | Wolfpassing | 350 | 330 | 360 | 400 | 60 | n/s | 150,000 |
| Neuschmied Holz | Hopfgarten/Brixental | 130 | 125 | 130 | 135 | 60 | planed timber: 14,500, cutting of slats: 21,000 | 70,000 |
| Johann Offner Holzindustrie | Wolfsberg | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | – | n/s |
| Johann Pabst Holzindustrie (5) | Obdach | n/s | n/s | 360 | 360 | 280 | planed timber: 100,000, glulam: 100,000 | 123,000 |
| Pfeifer Holzindustrie (6) | Kundl | 600 | 660 | 660 | 720 | 2.100 | processing: 400,000 | 500,000 |
| Planegger Holz | Launsdorf | 100 | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
| Prehofer Holz | Rutzenmoos | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 35 | planed timber: 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Rubner Holzindustrie | Rohrbach/Lafnitz | 310 | 340 | 380 | 370 | 125 | glued timber/Duo-/Triolam non-visible | 220,000 |
| Donausäge Rumplmayr | Enns, Altmünster | 750 | 750 | 800 | 850 | 169 | 135,000 | 405,000 |
| Schaffer Sägewerk & Holzexport | Eppenstein | 105 | 110 | 110 | 110 | 67 | – | 45,000 |
| Holzindustrie Schafler | Hirnsdorf | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | Europallets, special pallets, stacking frames, crates, overseas packaging | 25,000 |
| Holzhof Schmidt | Aspang | 90 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 30 | pellets: 14,000 | 50,000 |
| Schößwendter Holz | Saalfelden | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 120 | planed timber: 55,000 | n/s |
| Holzindustrie Stallinger (7) | Frankenmarkt | n/s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 158 | n/s | n/s |
| Gebrüder Steininger | Rastenfeld | 330 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 70 | planed timber: 30,000 | 75,000 |
| Sägewerk Josef Steurer | Schwarzach | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s | n/s |
| Stora Enso Wood Products | Brand | 770 | 715 | 740 | n/s | 310 | planed timber: 170,000, posts: 55,000 | 330,000 |
| Ybbs | 1,190 | 1,150 | 1,180 | n/s | 530 | planed timber: 335,000, posts: 80,000, CLT: 110,000 | 600,000 | |
| Bad St. Leonhard | 590 | 530 | 585 | n/s | 290 | planed timber: 40,000, CLT: 80,000 | 285,000 | |
| Brüder Theurl | Assling | 500 | 460 | 500 | 500 | 370 | glulam: 100,000, planed timber: 35,000; CLT: 45,000 | n/s |
| Troger Holz | Vomp | 325 | 325 | 330 | 350 | 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 | 660 | 700 | 700 | 700 | 150 | pellets: 120,000 t | 350,000 |
| Waldgenossenschaft Iseltal | Ainet | – | 58 | 61 | 63 | 29 | – | 24,000 |
| Weitzer Posch (8) | Kaindorf | – | – | n/s | 55 | 30 | – | 20,000 |
| Zwickl Holz (9) | Raabs/Thaya, Jemnice/CZ | 60 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 48 | planed timber: 2,500 | 7,000 |
