In 2024, cross-laminated timber producers recorded a minimal increase in production. After annual growth rates of around 10%, output in the DACH region, Italy, and the Czech Republic totaled 1.31 million m³ in 2024 and thus exceeded the 2023 level by just a few cubic meters. Target production output was lower by 8%. In 2025, however, production is expected to increase by 12% (nearly 160,000 m³) to 1.47 million m³.
Strong increases
The relatively new production facilities of Mayr-Melnhof Holz in Leoben (+25,000 m³) and Best Wood Schneider (+20,000 m³) in Meßkirch/DE, are partly responsible for the strong growth in 2025. Around Easter 2025, the Pfeifer Group launched three-shift operation at its CLT production plant in Schlitz/DE for the first time, increasing its annual production by 25,000 m³ compared to 2024.
Binderholz raises its output by 15,000 m³, and the Hasslacher Group and Holzwerke van Roje increase production by 10,000 m³ each.
Upper Austrian CLT manufacturer LOC Holz achieved a production record with an increase of 11,000 m³ to 36,000 m³. Newcomer Cltech from Kaiserslautern/DE, more than doubled its CLT production volume to a total of 13,000 m³.
Production curtailments
Stora Enso, which does not report its target figures, recorded a decrease in production of 55,000 m³ to 160,000 m³ from 2023 to 2024 at its three Central European sites.
Thüringer Holzwerke Hermsdorf/DE (formerly part of the Ziegler Group) reduced its production output from 35,000 m³ in 2023 to 5,000 m³ and 6,000 m³ in 2024 and 2025, respectively.
Room for improvement
At just under 1.5 million m³, annual output remains well below the theoretical capacity of 2.3 million m³, although the gap between these two figures is expected to close somewhat in the coming years. Following the launch of numerous large production sites in recent years, only a few, mostly smaller facilities will commence operations in the DACH region in 2026 and 2027.
| Glued products, volumes in m³ | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Location | 2024 | Target 2025 | One-shift capacity | Products & services | Joint gluing | Adhesive | Types of wood for surface | Max. formats [m] |
| Agrop Nova | Ptení/CZ | 7,000 | 8,500 | n/a | high-quality visible quality, continuous top-layer lamellas of up to 10 m, ribbed elements with insulation, acoustic panels, façade panels with metal cladding, panels with veneer surfaces, surface finishing for indoors/outdoors | yes | MUF/PUR | spruce, silver fir, Douglas fir, thermally treated wood, old wood | 2.95 x 12 |
| Artuso Legnami* | Caselle TV/IT | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | – | – | PUR | spruce | – |
| best wood Schneider | Eberhardzell/DE | 25,000 | 25,000 | n/a | – | yes | PUR | spruce | max. width 1.20 |
| best wood Schneider | Meßkirch/DE | 40,000 | 60,000 | n/a | – | yes | PUR | spruce | max. width 3.50 |
| Binderholz Bausysteme | Unternberg/AT, Burgbernheim/DE | 200,000 | 215,000 | 110,000 | BBS 125 system format, BBS XL large format | with visible quality | PUR | spruce, larch, Swiss pine, silver fir, antique | 1.25 x 24; 3.5 x 22 |
| Cltech ¹ | Kaiserslautern/DE | 5,000 | 13,000 | 12,000 | further processing/element production possible | no | PUR | spruce, larch, pine, Douglas fir | 3.5 x 16.5 |
| CLT Suisse | Orges/CH | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | – | PUR | spruce, fir | 3 x 13 |
| Eugen Decker | Morbach/DE | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | special structures and formats | no | PUR | spruce, Douglas fir, pine | 3.3 x 16 |
| FHS Holzbau | Grassau/DE, Veseli n.L./CZ | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | High-quality surfaces in approx. 20 types of wood; integration of water-carrying wall and ceiling heating systems possible with exclusive surface; prefabricated CLT stairs | with A-grade |
PUR | around 20; incl. spruce, oak, Swiss pine, larch | 3.3 x 12.6 (13.05 for ceiling elements) |
| Derix-Gruppe | Niederkrüchten/DE, Westerkappeln/DE | 35,000 | 35,000 | n/a | biobased adhesive, carbon credits, returns | no | MUF/PUR | spruce, larch, pine | 3.5 x 17.8 |
| Hasslacher Gruppe | Stall im Mölltal/AT | 60,000 | 70,000 | n/a | X-Fix, surface finishing, Excellent surface, dimensions ordered = dimensions billed, all surfaces sanded | on request | MUF | spruce, larch, pine, fir, Swiss pine, birch, oak | 3.2 x 20 |
| Hasslacher Gruppe | Magdeburg/DE | n/a | n/a | n/a | up to 24 m without universal finger joints, sanded up to 20 m, otherwise planed, X-Fix, surface finishing, no standard lengths | on request | MUF | spruce, fir | 1.25 x 24 |
| HBS | Berga/DE | 40,000 | 45,000 | n/a | sanded surfaces, visible quality, protective coatings & surface finishing, joining | yes | PUR | spruce, fir, pine | 3.5 x 16 |
| HBS | Somplar/DE | 15,000 | 15,000 | n/a | elements of up to 3.9 x 19 m, joining | no | PUR | spruce, fir, pine | 3.9 x 19 |
| HolzBauWerk Schwarzwald | Seewald/DE | 40,000 | 40,000 | n/a | joining expertise; surface finishing; weather protection foil, knot-free surfaces in silver fir | yes | PUR | spruce, silver fir | 3.5 x 16 |
| Kurt Huber | Achern/DE | 5,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | individually to size | yes | PUR | spruce, fir | 3.8 x 19 |
| KLH Massivholz | Teufenbach-Katsch/AT, Wiesenau/AT | 150,000 | 150,000 | n/a | on request: surface gluing with heat-resistant adhesive, protective coatings and surface finishing, KLH Protect protective foil, KLH® Select silver fir, ribbed elements | on request | PUR | all types of softwood, mainly spruce | 3.5 x 16.5 |
| Lignotrend | Weilheim/DE | 28,000 | 28,000 | n/a | customizable CLT (visible quality, acoustics, fire safety, sound insulation) | n/a | PUR | silver fir, spruce, oak, tec. | 2.5 x 18 |
| LOC Holz | Arbing/AT | 25,000 | 36,000 | 23,000 | RIFTLOC; knot-free visible residential quality rift wood – non-cracking; knot-free rift surface/Supreme surface; wood moisture 8-10% dry; spruce/fir/larch; load-bearing narrow edge gluing; air-tight from 3 layers | yes | MUF | spruce, fir, larch | 3.6 x 16 |
| Mayr-Melnhof Holz | Gaishorn/AT | 48,000 | 60,000 | n/a | at both sites: 3-9 layers (more on request), surface qualities: residential visible, industrial visible, non-visible; project-specific joining; in Leoben/AT: narrow edge gluing | no | MUF, PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 16 |
| Mayr-Melnhof Holz | Leoben/AT | 35,000 | 60,000 | n/a | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 16 | |
| Holz Meissnitzer | Niedernsill/AT | 4,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | large formats up to 4 x 15 m; batch size 1 production (also for special and small formats); planning services for timber construction companies | on request | PUR | spruce | 4 x 15 |
| Mosser Leimholz | Randegg/AT | 17,000 | 22,000 | 15,000 | non visible, industrial visible, residential visible qualities, sanded surface | yes | PUR | spruce | 1.25 x 14 |
| Pfeifer Group | Schlitz/DE | 60,000 | 85,000 | 30,000 | – | planned | PUR | spruce | 3.1 x 14.5 |
| Rubner Holzbau Brixen | Brixen/IT | 9,300 | 8,800 | n/a | CNC joining, surface qualities: industrial, industrial visible, visible; surface impregnation, customizable panel structure | no | PUR | spruce, larch | 4.2 x 17, max. thickness 30 cm |
| Schwarzwald Holzbausysteme* | Friesenheim/DE | 18,000 | 18,000 | 12,500 | color coating, loading with residential visible quality facing down, SBSplus elements with widths of 3.9 m | with residential visible and industrial visible quality | PUR | spruce, larch, Douglas fir, silver fir |
3.9 x 16.2 |
| Schilliger Holz | Küssnacht/CH | 40,000 | 40,000 | n/a | other CLT factory in Volgelsheim/FR, same performance & figures as in Küssnacht/CH; production of panels in sizes of up to 3.4 x 16 m | yes | PUR | spruce, fir, Douglas fir | 3.4 x 16 |
| Pius Schuler | Rothenthurm/CH | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | spruce, fir, pine, larch | 3 x 9 |
| Stora Enso ² | Bad St. Leonhard/AT | 55,000 | 55,000* | n/a |
visible, industrial visible, non-visible qualities; sanded, air-tight from 3 layers, production of ribbed elements; automated coating line in Ybbs in operation since 2024 |
yes | PUR | spruce, pine, fir | 2.95 x 16; 3.95 x 16 (on request) |
| Stora Enso ² | Ybbs/AT | 75,000 | 75,000* | n/a | yes | PUR | spruce, pine, fir | 2.95 x 16; 3.5 x 16 (on request) | |
| Stora Enso ² | Ždírec/CZ | 30,000 | 30,000* | n/a | yes | PUR | spruce, pine, fir | max. widths 3.5 m | |
| Theurl Austrian Premium Timber | Steinfeld/AT | 75,000 | 80,000 | n/a | narrow edge gluing, visible, enhanced industrial, industrial quality, optimization of loading space, 4 CAD systems: SEMA, Dietrich’s, cadwork, hsbCAD | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 16 |
| Holzbau Unterrainer | Ainet/AT | 8,000 | 8,000 | 5,000 | curved CLT (“radius timber”) | no | PUR | spruce, larch, Swiss pine | 2.95 x 13.5 |
| Holzwerke van Roje | Oberhonnefeld/DE | 38,000 | 48,000 | 30,000 | visible qualities, protective foils for the duration of construction, complex joining | no | PUR | spruce, Douglas fir, larch, pine | 3.5 x 16 |
| Weinberger Holz | Reichenfels/AT | n/a | n/a | n/a | non-settling log-house planks crosslam (cross-laminated beams), Bilam forte | yes | PUR | spruce, larch, pine, Swiss pine | 1.2 x 14 |
| Xlam Dolomiti | Castelnuovo/IT | 28,000 | 28,000 | 20,000 | production of ribbed elements; prefabricated floor and ceiling elements, planning and construction | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 13.5 |
| Thüringer Holzwerke Hermsdorf (vormals Ziegler Holztechnik) ³ | Hermsdorf/DE | 5,000 | 6,000 | 17,000 | joining and pre-assembly possible | yes | MUF | spruce, pine | 3 x 12 |
| ZÜBLIN Timber | Aichach/DE | 25,000 | 30,000 | 13,000 | type approval, LENO-ADD, CLT formwork, ribbed elements | no | PUR | softwood, Fineline, silver fir | 4.8 x 19.8 |
| Total** | 1,310,300 | 1,468,300 | |||||||
| Partially glued products, volumes in m³ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company/Location | 2024 | Target 2025 | Products and services | Bonding | Types of Wood | Max. formats [m] |
| H.R.W. Vollholzwandsystem, Peiting/DE | 25,000 | 25,000 | – | n/a | spruce, fir, Douglas fir | 3.45 x 15.5 |
| Mechanically connected products, volumes in m³ | ||||||
| Company/Location | 2024 | Target 2025 | Products and services | Bonding | Types of wood | Max. format [m] |
| Rombach Nur-Holz, Oberharmersbach/DE | n/a | n/a | – | beech screws | spruce, fir, Swiss pine, larch, Douglas fir | 3.2 x 12 |
| Thoma Holz100, Lahr/DE, Stadl/AT | n/a | n/a | wood harvested in line with the lunar calendar, Wood100 system | beech dowels | spruce, fir, pine, larch | 3 x 8 |
| Diestelmeier-Witte Massivholzbau, Seevetal/DE; GT-Holzbau Geißelbacher, Lavamünd/AT; Holz Meissnitzer, Niedernsill/AT; Abbundzentrum Dahlen, Dahlen/DE; Das Naturholzhaus ZHLS, Dinkelsbühl/DE; Holz in Form, Rothenkirchen/DE; Holzbau Binz, Ellwangen-Pfahlheim/DE; Herrmann Massivholzhaus, Geisa i. d. Rhön/DE; Hoch4 Holzbau, Oelde/DE; Inholz, Mannheim/DE; Reichart Holzbautechnik, Oberstaufen/DE; R3 Massivholzbau, Asch-Fuchstal/DE; Nikro, Marxen/DE; Zimmerei Helmut Bauerschmitt, Eltmann-Dippach/DE; Sterk Holzhaus, Bodnegg/DE; Teredo Vollholzhaus, Waffenbrunn/DE; Thumann Holzbau, Berg-Hausheim/DE; Veit-Fröhler Bau, Hutthurm/DE; Zimmerei Karrer, Woringen/DE; Zimmerei Mayr & Sonntag, Legau/DE; Gauye & Dayer, Sion/CH; Haudenschild, Niederbipp/CH; FBE Woodliving, Castelgomberto/IT | 50,000 | 50,000 | total production volume of companies which produce the “Massiv-Holz-Mauer” wall system in the DACH region | aluminum grooved pins | European softwoods; surface: spruce, Swiss pine, fir | 4 x 6 |
