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Sawmills with a further increase in cutting in 2021

Article by Martina Nöstler (translated by Eva Guzely) | 09.03.2022 - 12:14

Last year, Germany’s biggest sawmills increased cutting again. This upward trend is likely to continue in 2022, as the companies’ target figures indicate. However, the big question will be which repercussions the current war between Russia and Ukraine will have on the Central European sawmill industry.

The Holzkurier carried out its annual survey among German softwood sawmills which cut 50,000 m³ of logs a year or more and found that sawmills again raised their cutting volume compared to 2020. Two years ago, cutting had totaled 30.89 million m³. The companies, which published their figures, reported a volume of 32.76 million m³ for 2021. This corresponds to a 6% increase, as the Holzkurier survey shows.

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Cutting of softwood sawmills in Germany (50,000 m³/year or more) in million m³; chart only takes reported quantities into consideration German sawmills have gradually increased cutting since 2014 and for several years, they have been cutting at full capacity. The target figures for 2022 indicate another year-on-year increase. © Holzkurier

The additional cutting volume is the result of strong global demand for lumber and derived wood products, such as CLT, solid structural timber (KVH) and glulam. Furthermore, global lumber prices soared to unprecedented levels last year. A similar trend is expected for 2022. The availability of log wood, increased by huge volumes of wood damaged by storms and bark beetles in Central Europe, also contributed to rising prices. It remains to be seen how the log supply situation will develop this year. The storms which hit Europe at the beginning of the year uprooted and damaged 4.8 million m³ of trees in Germany.

Most sawmills either cut constant volumes of log wood or even increased cutting compared to 2020. When you add the companies, which did not provide any information, cutting totaled at least 35.73 million m³ in Germany according to the Holzkurier’s estimate. This is an increase of well over 2 million m³ on 2020. In 2019, the companies had reported a cutting volume of almost 29.8 million m³.

2.2 million m³ at one production site

The biggest single production site was once again Ziegler Holzindustrie in Plößberg. In 2021, 2.2 million m³ were cut at this sawmill. Ilim Nordic Timber in Wismar remained the second biggest sawmill with 1.9 million m³ and is followed by Mercer Timber Products in Saalburg-Ebersdorf with 1.35 million m³.

Binderholz still holds the title of Germany’s biggest sawmill group with its four sawmills in Kösching, Baruth, Wolfegg and Oberrot and an overall cutting volume of 3.47 million m³ in 2021. Ilim reported 3 million m³ for the two sawmills in Wismar and Landsberg. Based on the reported volumes, ante-holz rose to third place, meaning that Pfeifer Holz Group lost one place in the ranking. At ante-holz’s sawmills in Bromskirchen-Somplar and Rottleberode cutting amounted to 2.6 million m³ in 2021. From 2022, the newly added Rötenbach site will increase the group’s cutting volume by another 250,000 m³. Pfeifer Holz achieved a total of 2.41 million m³ in Lauterbach, Uelzen and Unterbernbach last year. The Rettenmeier group completes the Top 5 sawmill groups in Germany with 2.4 million m³. Overall, these five groups cut almost 13.9 million m³ of log wood.

15 sawmills with 1 million m³ or more

Last year, 15 sawmills recorded a cutting volume of 1 million m³ or more. This brings the total of these sawmills to 18.97 million m³ and thus to 57.9% of the overall reported volume (32.76 million m³).

Continued upward trend in 2022

The target figures for 2022 predict a cutting volume of around 33.9 million m³. Including the companies whose volumes were estimated by the Holzkurier, German sawmills could cut a total of 36.5 million m³ of log wood this year.

In 2022, almost all German sawmills plan to keep cutting stable or increase it compared to last year – most of all ante-holz. Including the new Rötenbach site, the company wants to raise cutting by 550,000 m³ this year.

Note: We would like to thank everyone who participated in this survey. Since 2006, the Holzkurier has been conducting surveys on cutting volumes of German softwood sawmills with an annual cutting of 50,000 m³ or more. Should you notice that a company is still not part of our ranking, we would be happy to hear from you: m.noestler@holzkurier.com

In our shop, you can order the latest map (2022 edition) of the softwood sawmills in Germany and Austria.

Sawmill industry Germany | 2021/target 2022
Softwood sawmills with an annual cutting volume of 50,000 m³ or more in Germany
Company
Location
Cutting 2020 (1,000 m³)
Cutting 2021 (1,000 m³)
Target cutting 2022 (1,000 m³)
Staff
Processing (m³/year)
Drying (m³)
ante-holz
Bromskirchen-Somplar
1,100
1,400
1,600
n/s
solid structural timber, glulam, CLT, planed timber; spruce, pine, Douglas fir, larch; joining, “House and garden”, pellets
700,000
ante-holz
Rottleberode
1,000
1,200
1,300
n/s
solid structural timber, glulam, planed timber; spruce, pine, larch, Douglas fir; “House and garden”, pellets
600,000
ante-holz
Rötenbach
––
n/s
250
n/s
––
40,000
Aurnhammer
Ellwangen
90
90
90
43
48,000
30,000
Holzwerk Baumann
Wangen
140
140
150
50
wood packaging: 10,000, planed timber: 20,000
30,000
Holzwerk Baur
Wain
220
240
240
85
solid structural timber: 60,000, finger-jointed until 14 m
100,000
Josef Baust Holzbetrieb
Eslohe
55
55
55
25
garden wood, pellets
15,000
Beckmann Holzwerk
Eslohe
90
90
90
30
solid structural timber
30,000
Bentheimer Holz
Bad Bentheim
142
160
150
48
––
––
Best Wood Schneider (1)
Eberhardzell
125
145
130
450
solid structural timber /glulam/ceiling elements/CLT: 250,000
150,000
Best Wood Schneider (1)
Meßkirch
––
––
120
Bien-Holz
Lauterbach
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
––
––
Bien-Holz
Uelzen
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
––
––
Binderholz
Kösching
1,030
1,005
1,020
n/s
368,000
488,000
Binderholz
Baruth
1,300
1,268
1,300
548,000
628,000
 
Binderholz
Oberrot
860
948
1,000
496,000
523,000
 
Binderholz
Wolfegg
250
248
250
85,000
125,000
 
Braun Holzwerk
Ühlingen-Birkendorf
80
95
100
n/s
n/s
n/s
Heinrich Bulthaup
Melle
100
100
92
19
n/s
12,500
Sägewerk Bürk
Seebach
50
50
50
18
Douglas fir: 15,000; packaging: 5,000
15,000
Eugen Decker
Morbach
250
250
250
160
solid structural timber /Duo/glulam: 100,000
n/s
Karl Decker
Hochscheid
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Dickel-Holz
Schmallenberg
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Dölker Holzwerk
Horb
140
140
140
47
n/s
15,000
Dold Holzwerke
Buchenbach
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Egger Sägewerk Brilon (2)
Brilon
1,097
1,170
n/s
242
540,000
540,000
Gebrüder Eigelshoven
Würselen
215
230
225
75
planed timber: 40,000, joining: 60,000 m/12,500 m³, impregnation
55,000
Elka-Holzwerke
Morbach
260
275
300
200
chipboards, esb engineered timber and natural wood panels
60,000
Franz Fabri
Meschede-Grevenstein
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Finkbeiner
Triberg
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Ernst Fisch
Rüthen
215
240
260
100
planed timber: 45,000
80,000
GELO Holzwerke
Weißenstadt
250
250
250
110
solid structural timber/solid structural timber according to list (spruce/Douglas fir): 70,000; planed timber (spruce/pine/Douglas fir/larch/Siberian larch): 60,000; joining/joinery planning; Zarelo lighter; IPPC treatment
100,000
GELO Timber
Wunsiedel
––
300
350
28
IPPC treatment
180,000
Sägewerk Hagenah
Bülkau
85
90
90
65
planed timber: 15,000
12,000
Heinrich Harling
Bergen-Eversen
80
90
90
63
planed timber: 15,000, solid timber MH-Fix/Plus, KDI, boiler pressure impregnation, packaging, joining
23,000
Holzindustrie Hassel
Stockum-Püschen
110
110
110
23
45,000
45,000
Hermes Holz
Stadtkyll
250
250
250
45
planed timber: 50,000
50,000
HILO
Losheim (Eifel)
200
200
200
43
50,000
40,000
Hirschbach
Sulzbach-Laufen
195
202
210
75
2,000
70,000
HIT Holz
Torgau
1,150
1,100
1,100
730
610,000
610,000
HMS-Holz-Gruppe
Hagenow
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
HMS-Holz-Gruppe
Kleinwallstadt
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Heinrich Holtmeyer & Sohn
Ottersberg
105
135
140
50
planed timber: 25,000, pellets: 35,000 t
30,000
Gebrüder Hosenfeld
Hosenfeld
120
120
130
50
planed timber, specializes in larch/Douglas fir/pine (redwood), pellets
n/s
HS Timber Productions
Kodersdorf
1,000
1,000
1,000
380
430,000
600,000
Hüster
Warstein
180
180
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
I.B.H. Sägewerk (3)
Harperscheid
290
300
300
50
––
––
Ilim Timber Bavaria (ITB) (4)
Landsberg am Lech
1,100
1,100
1,100
600
n/s
n/s
Ilim Nordic Timber (INT) (4)
Wismar
1,900
1,900
1,900
350
n/s
n/s
Hermann Keller 
Achern
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Keller Holz 
Lichtenau-Scherzheim
120
130
135
45
1,000
3,000
Johann Kirchhoff (Joki)
Finnentrop
165
170
170
54
46,000
45,000
Kolb Sägewerk
Ruppertshofen
60
60
60
20
n/s
35,000
Aloysius Krenzer
Poppenhausen-Abtsroda
60
60
60
n/s
n/s
n/s
Aloysius Krenzer
Biebergemünd
180
190
190
n/s
n/s
n/s
Aloysius Krenzer
Dorndorf
200
190
190
n/s
n/s
n/s
Künzel-Holz
Issigau
170
165
165
50
n/s
60,000
Holzwerke Ladenburger (5)
Kerkingen
1,000
1,000
1,000
750
n/s
n/s
Mercer Timber Products
Saalburg-Ebersdorf
1,350
1,380
1,480
380
450,000
800,000
Holz Otto
Waldkappel
100
100
100
45
solid structural timber, glued timber, joining: 25,000
50,000
Pauls Holz Zingsheim (6)
Zingsheim
110
130
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Pfeifer Holz
Lauterbach
1,050
1,080
1,100
230
n/s
650,000
Pfeifer Holz
Uelzen
520
500
540
140
n/s
 
Pfeifer Holz
Unterbernbach
780
830
830
250
n/s
 
Pfeifle Holz
Seewald-Schorrental
67
69
70
n/s
n/s
n/s
Pieper Holz 
Olsberg-Assinghausen
390
450
450
135
garden wood/garden furniture, play structures; 20,000 (spruce/larch/Douglas fir), IPPC, boiler-pressure and dip impregnation, planed timber
120,000
Sägewerk Poschenrieder
Grünenbach
58
65
70
30
13,000
30,000
Holz Centrum Regensburg
Wenzenbach-Gonnersdorf
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Rettenmeier Holzindustrie (7)
Ramstein, Wilburgstetten, Hirschberg
1,800
2,400
2,400
870
solid structural timber, glulam; spruce, pine, Douglas fir, larch; pellets
1,400,000
Holzwerke Riedlinger
Singen-Bohlingen
100
100
100
30
5,000
1,000
Robeta Holz
Milmersdorf
300
300
300
160
60,000
60,000
Sägewerk Rothmund
Klettgau
70
70
70
10
n/s
n/s
Holz Ruser
Bornhöved
225
217
220
130
solid structural timber: 60,000; planed timber: 50,000, joining
80,000
Holz Schiller (8)
Regen
115
120
125
250
knot-free glued timber/window scantlings: 38,000; planed timber/prefabricated components: 22,000
52,000
Holzwerk Schilling
Rot an der Rot
210
230
250
75
10,000
40,000
Holz Schmidt
Cölbe-Schönstadt
105
105
105
100
solid structural timber, planed timber: 150,000
90,000
Theodor Schulte
Meschede
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Schwaiger Holzindustrie
Hengersberg
1,225
1,200
1,300
280
planed timber: 360,000; pellets
670,000
Sägewerk Schwarzmühle
Schwarzmühle
90
85
85
20
––
––
Schwörer Haus (9)
Hohenstein-Oberstetten
200
200
200
1,300
solid structural timber, glulam, Duo/Trio/Quattro beams, three-layer panels: 150,000; prefabricated houses
130,000
Karl Streit 
Hausach
365
365
365
85
planed timber, battens: 50,000
85,000
SWL Tischlerplatten
Kollerbeck
95
95
95
26
n/s
n/s
Holzwerke Waal (HWW)
Waal
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
n/s
Holzwerke van Roje
Oberhonnefeld
430
450
400
160
planed timber: 15,000; 10,000 special pallets
165,000
E.A. Vehmeyer
Haselünne
140
145
155
42
––
18,000
Vente-Holz
Finnentrop
135
145
145
75
solid structural timber /Duo/Trio: 70,000
70,000
Holzwerke Weinzierl
Vilshofen
650
650
650
135
n/s
360,000
Josef Ziegler
Plößberg-Stein
250
250
250
80
planed timber: 10,000, solid structural timber: 15,000
50,000
Ziegler Holzindustrie
Plößberg-Betzenmühle
2,200
2,200
2,200
650
planed timber: 500,000
850,000
Sawmill industry Germany | 2021/target 2022
Softwood sawmills with an annual cutting volume of 50,000 m³ or more in Germany
Company Location Cutting 2020 (1,000 m³) Cutting 2021 (1,000 m³) Target cutting 2022 (1,000 m³) Staff Processing (m³/year) Drying (m³)
ante-holz Bromskirchen-Somplar 1,100 1,400 1,600 n/s solid structural timber, glulam, CLT, planed timber; spruce, pine, Douglas fir, larch; joining, “House and garden”, pellets 700,000
ante-holz Rottleberode 1,000 1,200 1,300 n/s solid structural timber, glulam, planed timber; spruce, pine, larch, Douglas fir; “House and garden”, pellets 600,000
ante-holz Rötenbach –– n/s 250 n/s –– 40,000
Aurnhammer Ellwangen 90 90 90 43 48,000 30,000
Holzwerk Baumann Wangen 140 140 150 50 wood packaging: 10,000, planed timber: 20,000 30,000
Holzwerk Baur Wain 220 240 240 85 solid structural timber: 60,000, finger-jointed until 14 m 100,000
Josef Baust Holzbetrieb Eslohe 55 55 55 25 garden wood, pellets 15,000
Beckmann Holzwerk Eslohe 90 90 90 30 solid structural timber 30,000
Bentheimer Holz Bad Bentheim 142 160 150 48 –– ––
Best Wood Schneider (1) Eberhardzell 125 145 130 450 solid structural timber /glulam/ceiling elements/CLT: 250,000 150,000
Best Wood Schneider (1) Meßkirch –– –– 120
Bien-Holz Lauterbach n/s n/s n/s n/s –– ––
Bien-Holz Uelzen n/s n/s n/s n/s –– ––
Binderholz Kösching 1,030 1,005 1,020 n/s 368,000 488,000
Binderholz Baruth 1,300 1,268 1,300 548,000 628,000  
Binderholz Oberrot 860 948 1,000 496,000 523,000  
Binderholz Wolfegg 250 248 250 85,000 125,000  
Braun Holzwerk Ühlingen-Birkendorf 80 95 100 n/s n/s n/s
Heinrich Bulthaup Melle 100 100 92 19 n/s 12,500
Sägewerk Bürk Seebach 50 50 50 18 Douglas fir: 15,000; packaging: 5,000 15,000
Eugen Decker Morbach 250 250 250 160 solid structural timber /Duo/glulam: 100,000 n/s
Karl Decker Hochscheid n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Dickel-Holz Schmallenberg n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Dölker Holzwerk Horb 140 140 140 47 n/s 15,000
Dold Holzwerke Buchenbach n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Egger Sägewerk Brilon (2) Brilon 1,097 1,170 n/s 242 540,000 540,000
Gebrüder Eigelshoven Würselen 215 230 225 75 planed timber: 40,000, joining: 60,000 m/12,500 m³, impregnation 55,000
Elka-Holzwerke Morbach 260 275 300 200 chipboards, esb engineered timber and natural wood panels 60,000
Franz Fabri Meschede-Grevenstein n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Finkbeiner Triberg n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Ernst Fisch Rüthen 215 240 260 100 planed timber: 45,000 80,000
GELO Holzwerke Weißenstadt 250 250 250 110 solid structural timber/solid structural timber according to list (spruce/Douglas fir): 70,000; planed timber (spruce/pine/Douglas fir/larch/Siberian larch): 60,000; joining/joinery planning; Zarelo lighter; IPPC treatment 100,000
GELO Timber Wunsiedel –– 300 350 28 IPPC treatment 180,000
Sägewerk Hagenah Bülkau 85 90 90 65 planed timber: 15,000 12,000
Heinrich Harling Bergen-Eversen 80 90 90 63 planed timber: 15,000, solid timber MH-Fix/Plus, KDI, boiler pressure impregnation, packaging, joining 23,000
Holzindustrie Hassel Stockum-Püschen 110 110 110 23 45,000 45,000
Hermes Holz Stadtkyll 250 250 250 45 planed timber: 50,000 50,000
HILO Losheim (Eifel) 200 200 200 43 50,000 40,000
Hirschbach Sulzbach-Laufen 195 202 210 75 2,000 70,000
HIT Holz Torgau 1,150 1,100 1,100 730 610,000 610,000
HMS-Holz-Gruppe Hagenow n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
HMS-Holz-Gruppe Kleinwallstadt n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Heinrich Holtmeyer & Sohn Ottersberg 105 135 140 50 planed timber: 25,000, pellets: 35,000 t 30,000
Gebrüder Hosenfeld Hosenfeld 120 120 130 50 planed timber, specializes in larch/Douglas fir/pine (redwood), pellets n/s
HS Timber Productions Kodersdorf 1,000 1,000 1,000 380 430,000 600,000
Hüster Warstein 180 180 n/s n/s n/s n/s
I.B.H. Sägewerk (3) Harperscheid 290 300 300 50 –– ––
Ilim Timber Bavaria (ITB) (4) Landsberg am Lech 1,100 1,100 1,100 600 n/s n/s
Ilim Nordic Timber (INT) (4) Wismar 1,900 1,900 1,900 350 n/s n/s
Hermann Keller  Achern n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Keller Holz  Lichtenau-Scherzheim 120 130 135 45 1,000 3,000
Johann Kirchhoff (Joki) Finnentrop 165 170 170 54 46,000 45,000
Kolb Sägewerk Ruppertshofen 60 60 60 20 n/s 35,000
Aloysius Krenzer Poppenhausen-Abtsroda 60 60 60 n/s n/s n/s
Aloysius Krenzer Biebergemünd 180 190 190 n/s n/s n/s
Aloysius Krenzer Dorndorf 200 190 190 n/s n/s n/s
Künzel-Holz Issigau 170 165 165 50 n/s 60,000
Holzwerke Ladenburger (5) Kerkingen 1,000 1,000 1,000 750 n/s n/s
Mercer Timber Products Saalburg-Ebersdorf 1,350 1,380 1,480 380 450,000 800,000
Holz Otto Waldkappel 100 100 100 45 solid structural timber, glued timber, joining: 25,000 50,000
Pauls Holz Zingsheim (6) Zingsheim 110 130 n/s n/s n/s n/s
Pfeifer Holz Lauterbach 1,050 1,080 1,100 230 n/s 650,000
Pfeifer Holz Uelzen 520 500 540 140 n/s  
Pfeifer Holz Unterbernbach 780 830 830 250 n/s  
Pfeifle Holz Seewald-Schorrental 67 69 70 n/s n/s n/s
Pieper Holz  Olsberg-Assinghausen 390 450 450 135 garden wood/garden furniture, play structures; 20,000 (spruce/larch/Douglas fir), IPPC, boiler-pressure and dip impregnation, planed timber 120,000
Sägewerk Poschenrieder Grünenbach 58 65 70 30 13,000 30,000
Holz Centrum Regensburg Wenzenbach-Gonnersdorf n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Rettenmeier Holzindustrie (7) Ramstein, Wilburgstetten, Hirschberg 1,800 2,400 2,400 870 solid structural timber, glulam; spruce, pine, Douglas fir, larch; pellets 1,400,000
Holzwerke Riedlinger Singen-Bohlingen 100 100 100 30 5,000 1,000
Robeta Holz Milmersdorf 300 300 300 160 60,000 60,000
Sägewerk Rothmund Klettgau 70 70 70 10 n/s n/s
Holz Ruser Bornhöved 225 217 220 130 solid structural timber: 60,000; planed timber: 50,000, joining 80,000
Holz Schiller (8) Regen 115 120 125 250 knot-free glued timber/window scantlings: 38,000; planed timber/prefabricated components: 22,000 52,000
Holzwerk Schilling Rot an der Rot 210 230 250 75 10,000 40,000
Holz Schmidt Cölbe-Schönstadt 105 105 105 100 solid structural timber, planed timber: 150,000 90,000
Theodor Schulte Meschede n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Schwaiger Holzindustrie Hengersberg 1,225 1,200 1,300 280 planed timber: 360,000; pellets 670,000
Sägewerk Schwarzmühle Schwarzmühle 90 85 85 20 –– ––
Schwörer Haus (9) Hohenstein-Oberstetten 200 200 200 1,300 solid structural timber, glulam, Duo/Trio/Quattro beams, three-layer panels: 150,000; prefabricated houses 130,000
Karl Streit  Hausach 365 365 365 85 planed timber, battens: 50,000 85,000
SWL Tischlerplatten Kollerbeck 95 95 95 26 n/s n/s
Holzwerke Waal (HWW) Waal n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s n/s
Holzwerke van Roje Oberhonnefeld 430 450 400 160 planed timber: 15,000; 10,000 special pallets 165,000
E.A. Vehmeyer Haselünne 140 145 155 42 –– 18,000
Vente-Holz Finnentrop 135 145 145 75 solid structural timber /Duo/Trio: 70,000 70,000
Holzwerke Weinzierl Vilshofen 650 650 650 135 n/s 360,000
Josef Ziegler Plößberg-Stein 250 250 250 80 planed timber: 10,000, solid structural timber: 15,000 50,000
Ziegler Holzindustrie Plößberg-Betzenmühle 2,200 2,200 2,200 650 planed timber: 500,000 850,000
Source: All figures and information in the table (unless otherwise indicated) have been provided by the companies. The table is not exhaustive. Printing and typesetting errors excepted. 1) number of employees of the entire group; sawmill in Meßkirch will go into operation in mid-2022; 2) Drying and processing volumes refer to capacities; 3) sawmill I.B.V, Vielsalm/BE: cutting 850,000 m³/y; employees: 260 (incl. power plant); pellet plant: 300,000 t/y; drying: 300,000 m³/y; planing plant: 150,000 m³/y; 4) employees incl. temporary employees; 5) number of employees of the entire group; 6) purchasing, sales and administration at the headquarters in St. Vith/BE, cutting in St. Vith: 100,000 m³/y, employees in St. Vith: 30; 7) Drying volume refers to capacity; 8) cutting in CZ: 40,000 m³, processing quantity includes sites in CZ; employees and drying volume of Regen only; 9) number of employees of the entire group | © Holzkurier 2022

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