Sawmill group for sawn timber, construction and packaging timber, blockboards, glulam and pellets with in-house bioenergy generation
HS Timber Group GmbH
Brand (AT) · Ybbs an der Donau (AT) · Kodersdorf (DE) · Reci (RO) · Comănești (RO) · Rădăuți (RO) · Luvia (FI) · Gobernador Virasoro (AR)New on Amplifa
About the HS Timber Group
The HS Timber Group (formerly Holzindustrie Schweighofer) is an Austrian wood processing group headquartered in Brand, Lower Austria, with more than 2,700 employees at seven production sites worldwide. Its core business comprises sawmill production of spruce and pine into sawn timber as well as construction and packaging timber, further processing into planed, profiled and glued semi-finished and finished products, blockboard and concrete formwork panel manufacturing in Comănești, and Post & Beam production in Rădăuți. In most sawmills, biomass CHP plants generate heat and green electricity from bark; pellets are also produced. Through its stake in DABG, Dr. Anna Bauthen GmbH, the group is active in timber trading with North Africa and the Middle East. With the sawmill investment in Gobernador Virasoro, Argentina, commissioned in 2024 (joint venture with Forestcape, approx. US$ 100 million), the group is represented on three continents. Capacities range from the Kodersdorf sawmill (1.2 million m³ annual cutting volume) and Reci (800,000 m³ roundwood) to the world's largest blockboard production at a single site in Comănești (135,000 m³).
- Site
- Brand, Lower Austria
- Processes
- Sawmill production (sawn timber/construction and packaging timber), Sawmill production (roundwood), Blockboard production, Glulam production (glue lam), Finger-joint products (faced/finger-jointed timber products), Planing (planed (semi-)finished timber), Profiling (profiled timber), Post & Beam production
- Materials
- Spruce, Pine, Softwood roundwood (coniferous roundwood), Bark as fuel, Wood (general), Softwood roundwood, Bark (biomass), Glulam timber
- Founded
- 1642 (earl
- Employees
- > 2700
- Industries
- Wood processing, Sawmill industry, Construction timber/packaging timber, Bioenergy, Timber trading, Timber trading (North Africa, Middle East via DABG)
- 01
Roundwood purchasing (softwood spruce/pine)
- 02
Sawmill production
- 03
Drying and sorting
- 04
Planing and profiling
- 05
Glulam/blockboard manufacturing
- 06
Bioenergy generation from bark (CHP)
- 07
Trading and distribution (incl. DABG)
Materials and timber assortments
Spruce
Main raw material of the sawmills, e.g. 70% of the cutting volume in Luvia.
Pine
Second softwood raw material, e.g. 30% in Luvia and central in Kodersdorf.
Softwood roundwood
Input material for all sawmill sites.
Bark (biomass)
Fuel for the CHP plants generating heat and green electricity.
Glulam timber
Raw material for glue-lam and finger-joint products.
Production sites
Brand
ATHeadquarters
- Materials
- Wood
- Profiling line for small-diameter logs (1977)
Ybbs an der Donau
ATSawmill
- Materials
- Spruce, pine
Kodersdorf
DESawmill (spruce and pine)
- Lot size
- 1.2 million m³ annual cutting volume
- Materials
- Spruce, pine
Reci
ROSawmill
- Lot size
- 800,000 m³ roundwood/year
- Materials
- Softwood
Comănești
ROBlockboard and glulam factory (BACO)
- Lot size
- 135,000 m³ blockboards/year
- Materials
- Wood, glulam timber
Rădăuți
ROPost & Beam production (sawmill 2008–2022)
- Materials
- Construction timber
- Post & Beam production line
Luvia
FISawmill (Luvian Saha Oy, since 2022)
- Materials
- Spruce (70%), pine (30%)
Gobernador Virasoro
ARSawmill (JV with Forestcape, in operation since April 2024)
- Materials
- Wood
Products and components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawmill production (sawn timber/construction and packaging timber)Wood processing (forming/machining – sawing) | – | – | – | 1,200,000 m³/year (Kodersdorf sawmill) | Spruce, Pine |
| Sawmill production (roundwood)Wood processing (forming/machining – sawing) | – | – | – | 800,000 m³ roundwood/year (Reci sawmill) | Softwood (roundwood) |
| Blockboard productionWood processing/panel manufacturing | – | – | – | 135,000 m³/year (Comănești plant, | Wood |
| Glulam production (glue lam)Joining/wood processing | – | – | – | – | Wood, Glulam timber |
| Finger-joint products (faced/finger-jointed timber products)Joining/wood processing | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Planing (planed (semi-)finished timber)Machining/wood processing | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Profiling (profiled timber)Machining/wood processing | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Post & Beam productionAssembly/timber construction | – | – | – | – | Construction timber |
| Pellet productionWood processing | – | – | – | – | Wood (sawmill by-products) |
| Concrete formwork panel productionWood processing/panel manufacturing | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Edge glued panels (faced/glued wood panels) – discontinued in 2022Joining/wood processing | – | – | – | – | Solid wood panels |
| CHP bioenergy generation from bark (CHP cogeneration heat and power)Energy generation | – | – | – | – | Bark, Biomass |
| Biogas plant construction (turnkey new builds)Plant engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Component supply for biogas plantsComponents/assembly | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plant service and emergency call-out service (biogas plants)Service/maintenance | – | – | – | – | – |
| Facility managementService/maintenance | – | – | – | – | – |
| Plant software conversionEngineering/IT service | – | – | – | – | – |
10 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawmill / timber sawing production site | HS Timber Group Kodersdorf sawmill | 1 | – | 2015 (Über | Kodersdorf, Germany |
| Sawmill / timber sawing production site | HS Timber Group Reci sawmill | 1 | 70 ha plant site | 2015 (Inbe | Reci, Covasna County, Romania |
| Sawmill / timber sawing production site | Luvian Saha Oy / HS Timber Group Luvia sawmill | 1 | 19.6 ha | 2022 (Über | Luvia, Finland |
| Sawmill (new build) | HS Timber Group / Forestcape (joint venture) Gobernador Virasoro sawmill | 1 | – | 2024 (Inbe | Gobernador Virasoro, Argentina |
| Blockboard factory | HS Timber Group (BACO) Comănești blockboard factory | 1 | – | 2010 (Über | Comănești, Romania |
| Glue-lam factory | HS Timber Group Rădăuți glue-lam plant | 1 | – | 2008 (Eröf | Rădăuți, Romania |
| Post & Beam production line | HS Timber Group Rădăuți Post & Beam production | 1 | – | – | Rădăuți, Romania |
| Profiling line for small-diameter logs | Schweighofer | 1 | – | 1977 | Brand, Austria (former headquarters) |
| Biomass CHP plant (CHP, cogeneration heat and power) | HS Timber Group | several | – | – | various sawmill sites |
| Turnkey biogas plants (plant engineering) | Bioenergie grünes Deutschland | – | – | – | – |
Additional services
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