Sawmill and timber trading company for construction and packaging timber from the Southern Black Forest.
Braun Holzwerk
Ühlingen-Birkendorf (DE)New on Amplifa
About Braun Holzwerk
Braun Holzwerk is a sawmill in Ühlingen-Birkendorf in the Southern Black Forest that has been family-owned since 1928 and is now run by the third and fourth generations of the Braun family. The company produces sawn timber from spruce, fir, Douglas fir and pine using four-sided circular saw cutting with a planed surface and exact dimensional accuracy. The product range includes squared timber, boards, planks, glulam, solid structural timber, construction products such as construction plywood, film-faced plywood and OSB panels, as well as packaging timber, single-use and EPAL pallets. The services range from cut-to-length cutting, planing and impregnation to kiln drying and IPPC treatment for export packaging, through to complete timber frame construction of roof trusses and halls. Own log purchasing, a fleet of vehicles for deliveries throughout Central Europe, a customs clearance service and by-products such as sawdust, wood chips and pellets round out the offering.
- Site
- Ühlingen-Birkendorf
- Processes
- Sawing / sawn timber production (four-sided circular saw cutting with planed surface), Cut-to-length cutting, Planing (four-sided chamfering, wedge-groove boards / pig-back profiles, tongue and groove, decking, Impregnation / dip treatment (brown or signal red), Drying (kiln drying), IPPC treatment for export packaging, Timber framing / complete construction project (roof truss, hall fully timber-framed with, Log purchasing / offering logs (sorting according to criteria)
- Materials
- Spruce, Fir, Douglas fir, Pine, Larch, Elliottis Pine (construction plywood), Thermally modified ash, Stone pine
- Certificates
- IPPC treatment, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
- Founded
- 1928
- Industries
- Wood industry, Sawmilling, Construction industry, Packaging industry
- 01
Log purchasing
- 02
Debarking
- 03
Sawing / sawn timber production
- 04
Sorting
- 05
Drying / IPPC
- 06
Cut-to-length cutting / planing
- 07
Impregnation
- 08
Timber frame construction / further processing
- 09
Logistics / customs clearance
Wood Species & Processes
Spruce
Main sawn timber assortment for construction and structural timber.
Fir
Sawn timber for construction and packaging applications.
Douglas fir
Naturally durable wood, e.g. for decks and landscaping.
Pine
Sawn timber with planed surface for construction and packaging.
Larch
Accepted logs according to sorting criteria.
Elliottis Pine (construction plywood)
Construction plywood in the building products range.
Thermally modified ash
Thermally modified wood species offered in the timber trade.
Stone pine / Swiss pine
Wood species offered in the timber trade.
Oak
Hardwood species offered in the timber trade.
Baubuche (beech laminated timber)
Construction material offered in the timber trade.
Locations
Ühlingen-Birkendorf
DESawmill / production site
- Part weight / size
- Logs up to 70 cm DBH
- Materials
- Spruce, fir, Douglas fir, pine, larch
- Gang saw with automatic carriage
- Fully automatic sorting system with stacking machine
- Automatic edging saw
- Debarking line
- Reduction line
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawing / sawn timber production (four-sided circular saw cutting with planed surface)Engineering | – | – | – | – | Spruce, Fir, Douglas fir, Pine |
| Cut-to-length cuttingEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Planing (four-sided chamfering, wedge-groove boards / pig-back profiles, tongue and groove, deckingEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Impregnation / dip treatment (brown or signal red)Surface treatment | – | – | – | – | – |
| Drying (kiln drying)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Sawn timber |
| IPPC treatment for export packagingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Packaging timber |
| Timber framing / complete construction project (roof truss, hall fully timber-framed withAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Log purchasing / offering logs (sorting according to criteria)Engineering | – | from 4.00 m + at least 0.15 m cut × Maximum diameter: 70 cm × Minimum top diameter: 20 cm u.b. | Minimum stack size 10 fm | – | Spruce, Fir, Pine, Douglas fir, Larch |
| Timber tradeEngineering | – | – | – | – | Thermally modified ash, Stone pine, Swiss pine, Oak, Baubuche (beech laminated timber) |
| Logistics (delivery within a few days throughout Central Europe)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Customs clearance serviceEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
5 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gang saw with automatic carriage | – | – | – | 1995 | – |
| Fully automatic sorting system with stacking machine | – | – | – | 1995 | – |
| Automatic edging saw | – | – | – | 1998 | – |
| Debarking line | – | – | – | 2004 | – |
| Reduction line | – | – | – | 2011 | – |
Additional services
Quality
Sawn timber is produced by four-sided circular saw cutting with a planed surface and exact dimensional accuracy. IPPC-treated goods are offered for export packaging; logs are accepted according to documented sorting criteria.
| Evidence | Ühlingen-Birkendorf |
|---|---|
| IPPC treatment | |
| ISO 9001 | |
| ISO 14001 |
History
- 1928
Purchase of the Igelschlatt sawmill by Josef and Maria Braun
- 1935
Construction of a new sawmill hall
- 1954
First forklift truck in a Black Forest sawmill
- 1955
Construction of a terraced log yard
- 1957
Takeover by Josef and Hermine Braun
- 1964
Extension of the sawmill hall
- 1981
Further extension of the sawmill hall
- 1985
Construction of a new log yard
- 1995
Takeover by Josef-Hermann and Mathilde Braun; installation of a gang saw with automatic carriage and construction of the fully automatic sorting system with stacking machine
- 1998
Investment in an automatic edging saw
- 2004
Extension of the log yard with a debarking line
- 2006
The production hall falls victim to flames after a lightning strike
- 2009
Construction of a new sawmill hall
- 2011
Commissioning of the new reduction line
- 2014
Awarded Sawmill of the Year
- 2015
Family business in the fourth generation