This year, the market will see even stronger growth: Manufacturers expect a 17% increase which will bring total production to 1.28 million m³ (see table). This increase is mainly the result of new production sites which went into operation in 2020 and 2021 and are now gradually ramping up production.
New plants in Austria and Germany
In Austria, new production sites started operating at Theurl Austrian Premium Timber in Steinfeld and at industry veteran KLH in Wiesenau. In Germany, the CLT plants of HBS Berga in Berga, Pfeifer Group in Schlitz, Schwarzwald Holzbausysteme in Friesenheim and Holzwerke van Roje in Oberhonnefeld in particular are recording substantial production increases. The latter, Holzwerke van Roje, only started putting its plant into operation in the spring of this year. Furthermore, production started at LOC Holz in Arbing/AT, Holzbauwerk Schwarzwald in Besenfeld/DE and at Stora Enso’s fourth CLT plant in the Czech town of Ždírec. Together with the company’s existing production sites in Gruvön/SE, Bad St. Leonhard/AT and Ybbs/AT, overall capacity will reach 410,000 m³ a year in the future, outperforming any other manufacturer.
Big projects in 2023
In 2023, four more CLT production sites will go into operation. At Mayr-Melnhof Holz’s headquarters in Leoben, the biggest investment project in the company’s history is currently underway: The group is building a cross-laminated timber plant with an annual capacity of 140,000 m³. Together with the production site in Gaishorn am See, the total capacity of the Styrian group will reach well over 200,000 m³ a year.
In 2023, Best Wood Schneider will put a sawmill and a cross-laminated timber line into operation at its newly established site in Meßkirch/DE, the latter having an annual capacity of 100,000 m³.
Mosser plans to operate a production line with a capacity of 55,000 m³ a year in Randegg/AT starting next year. Meanwhile, Swiss company Holzindustrie Schilliger will put a second CLT plant into operation at its French site in Volgelsheim on the German border, in addition to the production site in Küssnacht/CH.
Massive increases in capacities
In 2021, Ziegler Group announced a major project in Tirschenreuth, Bavaria. The company plans to invest €220 million in the construction of a timber construction competence center, two production lines for cross-laminated timber, each with an annual capacity of 75,000 m³, and a production line for up to 3,000 prefabricated houses per year. After the completion of the development plan process, construction is scheduled to begin in early 2024.
Founded in 2019 in Kaiserslautern/DE, Cltech wants to start operating a CLT plant already in 2024. Currently, Cltech specializes in timber engineering as well as timber frame and solid timber constructions using non-finished cross-laminated timber elements which the company buys from other suppliers.
If you add up existing capacities and the possible production output of the announced CLT plants, production capacity amounts to over 2.3 million m³ a year.
| Glued products, quantities in m³; 2021 | target 2022 | |||||||||
| Company | Site | 2021 | Target 2022 | One-shift capacity | Products/services | Joint gluing | Adhesive | Types of wood for surface | Format up to [m] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrop Nova | Ptení/CZ | 7,000 | 8,000 | n/a | visible quality, top layers without finger joints, up to 10 m; acoustic/ribbed elements, sound insulation, finished surfaces | yes | PUR, MUF | spruce, fir, Sib. Larch, oak veneer, 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 | joining, varnishing | yes | PUR | spruce | widths of up to 1.25 m |
| Binderholz Bausysteme | Unternberg/AT, Burgbernheim/DE | 220,000 | 220,000 | 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 |
| CLT Suisse | Orges/CH | n/a | n/a | n/a | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 | Veseli n. L. /CZ | 10,000 | 10,000 | 7,500 | high-quality surfaces, ~ 20 types of wood, prefabricated CLT staircases | with qualities A and B+ | PUR | around 20, e.g. spruce, oak, Swiss pine, larch | 3.3 x 12.6 |
| Derix-Gruppe | Niederkrüchten/DE, Westerkappeln/DE | 27,500 | 30,000 | – | – | no | MUF/PUR | spruce, fir, larch | 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 | Berga/DE | 5,000 | 42,000 | 35,000 | sanded surfaces, visible quality from 2022, joining | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 16 |
| HBS Berga | Bromskirchen/DE | 18,000 | 18,000 | 15,000 | elements of up to 3.6 x 18 m, joining | no | PUR | spruce | 3.6 x 18 |
| Holzbauwerk Schwarzwald | Seewald/DE | n/a | n/a | 20,000 | all layers completely joint-glued; silver fir; joining competence | yes | PUR | spruce, silver fir | 3.5 x 16 |
| Kurt Huber* | Achern/DE | 5,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | individually to size | no | PUR | spruce, fir | 3.8 x 19 |
| KLH Massivholz | Teufenbach-Katsch/AT, Wiesenau/AT | 150,000 | 175,000 | n/a | project support, YESS, PRG 320, FSC, on request: surface gluing with heat-resistant adhesive HB X | on request | PUR | all types of softwood, mostly spruce | 3.5 x 16.5 |
| Lignotrend | Weilheim/DE | 29,000 | 28,000 | n/a | configurable CLT (visible quality, acoustics, fire safety, sound insulation) | n/a | PUR | silver fir, spruce, oak, etc | 2.5 x 18 |
| LOC Holz | Arbing/AT | – | 20,000 | 20,000 | knot-free visible surface in spruce/fir/larch, load-bearing narrow-edge gluing | yes | MUF | spruce, fir, larch | 3.5 x 16 |
| Mayr-Melnhof Holz¹ | Gaishorn/AT | 70,000 | 75,000 | 25,000 | 3 to 9 layers; surface qualities: visible, industrial visible, non-visible; project-specific CNC joining | no | MUF or PUR | spruce, larch | 3.5 x 16 |
| Holz Meissnitzer | Niedernsill/AT | 4,000 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – | no | PUR | spruce, fir | 4 x 15 |
| Pfeifer Group | Schlitz/DE | 50,000 | 70,000 | 30,000 | – | planned | PUR | spruce | 3.1 x 14.5 |
| Rubner Holzbau | Brixen/IT | 7,350 | 7,900 | 9,000 | sanded/impregnated surface, CNC joining only, special structures and formats, pre-assembly of steel parts, paneling with drywalls, etc | no | PUR | spruce, fir, pine | 4 x 17 |
| Schwarzwald Holzbausysteme | Friesenheim/DE | 10,000 | 16,000 | 12,500 | loading with residential visible quality on the bottom, SBSplus elements with widths of 3.9 m | with residential visible quality | PUR | spruce, larch, silver fir | 3.9 x 16.2 |
| Schilliger Holz² | Küssnacht/CH | 40,000 | 40,000 | – | – | yes | PUR | spruce, fir, Douglas fir | 3,4 x 14 |
| Pius Schuler | Rothenthurm/CH | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Fi, Ta, Kie, Lä, | 3 x 9 |
| Stora Enso³ | Bad St. Leonhard/AT | 80,000 | 80,000 | n/a | visible, industrial visible, non-visible; sanded, air-tight from three layers, production of ribbed elements; “automated coating line” in Ybbs from autumn of 2023 | yes | PUR | spruce, pine, fir | 2.95 x 16; 3.95 x 16 (on request) |
| Ybbs/AT | 90,000 | 110,000 | n/a | ||||||
| Ždírec/CZ | – | n/a | n/a | widths of up to 3.5 m | |||||
| Theurl Austrian Premium Timber | Steinfeld/AT | 45,000 | 70,000 | – | narrow edge gluing, visible, enhanced industrial, industrial quality, alternating middle layer | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 16 |
| Holzbau Unterrainer | Ainet/AT | 10,000 | 12,000 | 5,000 | curved CLT (“radius timber”) with min. radius of 2 m | no | PUR | spruce, larch, Swiss pine | 2.95 x 13.5 |
| Holzwerke van Roje | Oberhonnefeld/DE | – | 10,000 | 25,000 | joining, visible qualities, protective covers for the duration of construction | no | PUR | spruce, Douglas fir, larch, pine | 3.5 x 16 |
| Weinberger Holz | Reichenfels/AT | 5,500 | 5,500 | n/a | non-settling log-house planks crosslam (cross-laminated beams), Bilam forte | yes | PUR | spruce, larch, pine, Swiss pine | 1.2 x 13.5 |
| XLam Dolomiti | Castelnuovo/IT | 22,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | prefabricated floor and ceiling elements, customized CLT on customer request | yes | PUR | spruce | 3.5 x 13.5 |
| Ziegler Holztechnik | Hermsdorf/DE | 20,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | joining and pre-assembly possible | yes | MUF | spruce, pine | 3 x 16.5 |
| Züblin Timber⁴ | Aichach/DE | 30,000 | 30,000 | 13,000 | special joining, curved construction elements, from delivery of construction elements to turn-key project handling | no/on request for top layer | PUR | softwood, fine wood, Fineline | 4.8 x 19.8 |
| Total** | 1,095,350 | 1,281,400 | |||||||
| Company and production site | 2021 | Target 2022 | Products/services | Connectors | Types of wood | Format up to[m] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rombach Nur-Holz, Oberharmersbach/DE | 10,000 | 10,000 | – | 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 wall plugs | spruce, fir, pine, larch | 3 x 8 |
| GT Holzbau, Lavamünd/AT; Holz Meissnitzer, Niedernsill/AT; Abbundzentrum Dahlen, Dahlen/DE; Das Naturholzhaus, Dinkelsbühl/DE; Holz in Form, Rothenkirchen/DE; Holzbau Binz, Ellwangen-Pfahlheim/DE; Herrmann Massivholzhaus, Geisa an der Rhön/DE; Hoch4 Holzbau, Oelde/DE; Inholz, Mannheim/DE; Rottmüller Systemholz, Bad Aibling/DE; Reichart Holzbautechnik, Oberstaufen/DE; R3 Massivholzbau, Asch-Fuchstal/DE; Penzkofer Bau, Regen/DE; Sterk Holzhaus, Bodnegg/DE; Teredo Vollholzhaus, Waffenbrunn/DE; Thumann Holzbau, Berg-Hausheim/DE; Veit-Fröhler Bau, Hutthurm/DE; Zimmerei Bauerschmitt, Eltmann-Dippach/DE; Zimmerei Diestelmeier, Seevetal/DE; Zimmerei Karrer, Woringen/DE; Zimmerei Mayr & Sonntag, Legau/DE; Gauye & Dayer, Sion/CH; MHM Schweiz/Haudenschild, Niederbipp/CH; Strüby Holzbau, Seewen/CH; FBE, Castelgomberto/IT | 55,000 | n/a | overall production volume of companies which produce the “Massiv-Holz-Mauer” wall system in the DACH region | aluminum grooved pins | European softwood; surface: spruce, Swiss pine, fir | 4 x 6 |
