Sawmill for sawn timber, planed goods, KVH and garden timber made from spruce and fir
Holzwerk Baur GmbH
WainNew on Amplifa
About Holzwerk Baur
Holzwerk Baur GmbH is a sawmill in Wain in Upper Swabia, managed as a family business in its fifth generation. On a commercial and production site covering 100,000 m², the company processes 180,000 solid cubic metres of roundwood annually, sourced predominantly from sustainably managed forests within a 100-km radius. The product portfolio comprises sawn timber, planed goods, garden timber, solid structural timber (KVH, finger-jointed KVH up to 14 m in length and 320 mm in width), packaging timber and residual wood. Production includes debarking, measuring, cross-cutting and sorting the roundwood, profiling into square timber at a throughput of 80 m/min as well as cutting with up to ten saw blades into boards, frames and planks; in addition there is planing work, machine drying and, since 1933, wood impregnation. In a closed production cycle, residual wood is utilised almost completely: wood chips, sawdust, planer shavings and bark go to paper mills, chipboard manufacturers, the filler industry, landscaping, and to an own heating plant. Customers come from construction and carpentry, gardening and landscaping, and the packaging, paper and filler industries; sales are conducted nationally and internationally.
- Site
- Wain
- Processes
- Sawmill - sawing of roundwood (debarking, measuring, cross-cutting, sorting by wood species and, Profiling of roundwood into square timber (profiling line, 80 m/min), cutting with up to ten, KVH production (solid structural timber, finger-jointed KVH up to 14 m in length and 320 mm in, Planed goods production (tongue-and-groove boards, profiled timber, planed-all-round boards), Wood impregnation (since 1933, among others garden timber), Machine drying of sawn timber, Roundwood purchasing and measuring (180,000 solid cubic metres annually, purchasing from a 100-km, Wood impregnation
- Materials
- Spruce, Fir, Softwood (sawn timber), Softwood
- Certificates
- Sustainable forestry (certificates displayed)
- Industries
- Construction/Carpentry, Gardening and landscaping, Packaging industry, Paper industry, Chipboard manufacturers, Filler industry
- 01
Roundwood purchasing from sustainable forestry
- 02
Debarking, measuring, cross-cutting, sorting
- 03
Storage of the roundwood sections
- 04
Profiling into square timber (profiling line 80 m/min)
- 05
Cutting into boards, frames and planks
- 06
Planing, drying, KVH production
- 07
Wood impregnation
- 08
Logistics and sales national/international
- 09
Residual wood utilisation (wood chips, sawdust, shavings, bark)
Wood species and processes
Spruce
Main raw material for sawn timber, KVH, planed goods and packaging timber.
Fir
Softwood species for KVH and sawn timber in construction applications.
Softwood
Basic material of the entire production cycle including impregnation.
Locations
Wain
DESawmill, production and administration
- Part weight / size
- KVH up to 14 m in length, 320 mm in width
- Materials
- Spruce, fir, softwood
- Profiling line (80 m/min throughput)
- Multi-blade saw system with up to 10 saw blades
- Gang saw
- Wood impregnation
- Machine drying
- Own heating plant
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawmill - sawing of roundwood (debarking, measuring, cross-cutting, sorting by wood species andForming | – | – | – | – | Spruce, Fir, Softwood |
| Profiling of roundwood into square timber (profiling line, 80 m/min), cutting with up to tenForming | – | 320 mm (KVH) | – | – | Spruce, Fir |
| KVH production (solid structural timber, finger-jointed KVH up to 14 m in length and 320 mm inForming | – | 14 m × 320 mm | – | – | Spruce, Fir |
| Planed goods production (tongue-and-groove boards, profiled timber, planed-all-round boards)Forming | – | – | – | – | Softwood |
| Wood impregnation (since 1933, among others garden timber)Surface | – | – | – | – | Softwood |
| Machine drying of sawn timberHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Spruce |
| Roundwood purchasing and measuring (180,000 solid cubic metres annually, purchasing from a 100-kmEngineering | – | – | – | – | Softwood |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profiling line (roundwood profiling into square timber) | – | – | Throughput 80 m/min | – | Wain |
| Multi-blade saw system (up to 10 saw blades for cutting into boards, frames, planks) | – | – | – | – | Wain |
| Gang saw (first gang saw installed in 1922) | – | – | – | 1922 | Wain |
Additional services
Quality and Sustainability
The wood comes exclusively from sustainable, controlled forestry and from sources of secure origin; measuring is carried out in a certified manner according to German standards. Certificates on sustainability and supply security are displayed on the website.
| Evidence | Wain |
|---|---|
| Sustainable forestry (certificates displayed) |
History
- ca. 1900
Carpentry business of Bartholomäus Baur
- 1902
Development of the carpentry business under Johannes Baur into a sawmill
- 1922
Installation of the first gang saw
- 1927
Plant completely destroyed in a major fire
- 1933
Start of wood impregnation after reconstruction
- 1950/51
Hermann Baur joins; larger plant halls and a steam engine for own power generation
- 1972
Hermann Baur Senior expands the plant into a fully mechanised operation with an annual volume of 35,000 solid cubic metres of roundwood; brothers Hans-Joachim and Hermann Baur jun. join as managing directors
- 1985
Fire once again destroys part of the plant
- seit 1989
Led by the brothers Hans-Joachim Baur and Hermann Baur jun.; continuous expansion
- 2004
Completion of the last hall
- 2006
Frederik Baur joins (5th generation)
- 2014
Expansion of the planed goods product portfolio; Peter Sailer joins as sales manager
- 2015
Expansion of finished goods storage capacity with a lightweight-structure hall
- 2016
Expansion of the KVH plant to include finger-jointed KVH up to 14 m in length and 320 mm in width