Sawmill for construction timber, laminated timber, formwork and packaging wood made from regional woods of French-speaking Switzerland
Scierie Zahnd SA
Rueyres (VD), SwitzerlandNew on Amplifa
About Scierie Zahnd
Scierie Zahnd SA is a sawmill founded in 1904 in Rueyres in the canton of Vaud and is today run by the fourth generation. The company employs 54 staff and is one of the largest sawmills in French-speaking Switzerland as well as the second largest in Switzerland. It produces boards and beams of spruce and fir from the forests of Romandie, which are further processed into construction timber, wood for glued laminated timber (BLC), formwork timber, packaging timber as well as laths, batten frameworks and façade battens. The range of services includes sawing, drying, traditional joinery work, conditioning of the wood moisture (class 2 yellow), NIMP15 treatment and the processing of by-products. Bark, sawdust and wood chips are recovered by the neighbouring Enerbois biomass plant of Romande Energie SA; the waste heat is used, among other things, for timber drying. A large proportion of the products is exported.
- Site
- Rueyres (VD)
- Processes
- Sawing of wood (boards and beams), Solid wood, Traditional joinery work, Wood for glued laminated timber (BLC), Class 2 yellow treatment, NIMP15 treatment, Formwork, Packaging (packaging wood)
- Materials
- Fir (white fir), Spruce, Regional wood (forests of Romandie), Spruce (Épicéa), Fir (sapin/white fir)
- Certificates
- COBS, PEFC, DOP, CE, CE marking
- Founded
- 1904
- Employees
- 54
- Industries
- Wood industry, Joinery/timber construction, Packaging, Construction (formwork), Wood industry, Timber frame construction
- 01
Regional forest delivery of woods (Romandie)
- 02
Sawing into boards and beams
- 03
Drying (among others with waste heat from the biomass plant)
- 04
Wood protection/conditioning treatments (class 2 yellow, NIMP15)
- 05
Further processing (BLC, joinery work, formwork, packaging)
- 06
Recovery of the by-products via the Enerbois biomass plant
- 07
Export of the finished products
Woods & processes
Spruce (Épicéa)
Main wood species for construction, formwork and packaging wood from regional forests.
Fir (sapin/white fir)
Second coniferous wood species processed from Romandie, used for boards and beams.
Site
Rueyres (VD)
CHHeadquarters and sawmill
- Materials
- Spruce, fir
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawing of wood (boards and beams)Other | – | – | – | – | Fir, Spruce |
| Solid woodOther | – | – | – | – | Fir, Spruce |
| Traditional joinery workAssembly | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Wood for glued laminated timber (BLC)Joining | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Class 2 yellow treatmentSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| NIMP15 treatmentSurface | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| FormworkOther | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Packaging (packaging wood)Other | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| LathsOther | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| BattensOther | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Feather-edge boardsOther | – | – | – | – | Wood |
| Wood dryingHeat treatment | – | – | – | – | Wood |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality & certificates
All products are certified (COBS, PEFC, DOP, CE); the certificates are available as PDFs on the website.
| Evidence | Rueyres (VD) |
|---|---|
| PEFC | |
| COBS | |
| DOP | |
| CE marking |
History
- 1904
Founding of the sawmill; experience across four generations
Valorisation of the by-products (bark, sawdust, wood chips) via the Enerbois biomass plant of Romande Energie SA