Manufacturer of extruded tubular and solid chipboard panels for door inserts as well as stacking timbers for packaging.
Sauerländer Spanplatten GmbH & Co. KG
Arnsberg · GothaNew on Amplifa
About us
Sauerland Spanplatte is a family-owned wood-based materials manufacturer in its third generation, headquartered in Arnsberg in the Sauerland region. Since 1951, the company has produced extruded tubular and solid chipboard panels used as door inserts in modern interior doors for sound insulation, fire resistance, burglar resistance and dimensional stability, in both residential and commercial construction. The raw material is untreated sawmill residual wood from surrounding sawmills. In addition to door inserts in the tubular, sound insulation, fire protection and profile variants, the company produces stacking timbers as a packaging solution, primarily for the gypsum board industry, with a load capacity of 12 tons per stacking timber. Production takes place at the main plant in Arnsberg and, since 1992, at the Gotha plant (Spanplattenwerk Gotha GmbH) on extrusion lines. Around 430 employees produce standard sizes from stock as well as products made to order; a customer portal offers downloads, production overviews and a design database.
- Site
- Arnsberg
- Processes
- Extrusion of tubular and solid chipboard panels, Production of door inserts (tubular, sound insulation, fire protection, profile inserts), Production of stacking timbers (packaging solution, load capacity 12 t per stacking timber), Order-based production / custom-made products, Customer portal with downloads, production overviews, design database, Quality assurance/continuous quality monitoring, Warehousing with high delivery readiness (standard sizes and order-based production)
- Materials
- Wood-based material (chipboard), Untreated sawmill residual wood, Extrusion process
- Certificates
- Test certificate stacking timbers (Fraunhofer Institute), Continuous quality monitoring, Independent product testing
- Founded
- 1951
- Employees
- 430
- Industries
- Door/interior door industry, Residential and commercial construction, Gypsum board industry, Packaging industry
- 01
Raw material procurement (sawmill residual wood from surrounding sawmills)
- 02
Extrusion of tubular and solid chipboard panels as well as stacking timbers
- 03
Continuous quality monitoring
- 04
Warehousing and order-based production
- 05
Shipping
Materials and processes
Wood-based material (chipboard)
Extruded tubular and solid chipboard panels for door inserts with low thickness swelling and high compressive strength.
Untreated sawmill residual wood
Untreated residual wood from German sawmills as a sustainable raw material basis for panels and stacking timbers.
Extrusion process
Process developed since 1949 and adopted in 1951 for the continuous production of tubular and solid chipboard panels.
Sites
Arnsberg
DEHead office and production (main plant)
- Lot size
- Standard sizes from stock, order-based production
- Materials
- Wood-based material (sawmill residual wood)
- Extrusion line
Gotha
DEProduction and Service Center (Spanplattenwerk Gotha GmbH)
- Lot size
- Standard sizes from stock, order-based production
- Materials
- Wood-based material (sawmill residual wood)
- Extrusion line
Components
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extrusion of tubular and solid chipboard panelsForming | – | – | – | – | Wood-based material (sawmill residual wood) |
| Production of door inserts (tubular, sound insulation, fire protection, profile inserts)Engineering | – | – | – | – | Wood-based material |
| Production of stacking timbers (packaging solution, load capacity 12 t per stacking timber)Engineering | – | – | 12 t (load capacity per stacking timber) | – | Wood (untreated residual wood) |
| Order-based production / custom-made productsEngineering | – | – | – | – | Wood-based material |
1 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extrusion line | – | – | – | – | Arnsberg and Gotha |
Additional services
Quality
The production process is continuously quality-monitored from raw material selection to the finished product. Products are regularly tested by independent institutes; the stacking timbers have a test certificate from the Fraunhofer Institute.
| Evidence | Arnsberg | Gotha |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous quality monitoring | ||
| Independent product testing |
History
- 1949
Otto Kreibaum (OKAL) develops and patents the extrusion process
- 1951
Founded by the brothers Franz and Fritz Flötotto in Arnsberg; use of the extrusion process
- 1991
Purchase of the Gotha plant
- 1992
Production start in Gotha after conversion to extrusion technology