Corporate History

With strong roots you can grow, and thrive.
At Mayr-Melnhof Holz, our roots go back to 1872.

Company Foundation

Concentration of sawing activities in Leoben, Austria

Acquisition of the timber trading company Allinger-Mattner, today part of Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben, Austria

Acquisition of glulam plant Systemholz AG, today part of Mayr-Melnhof Holz Gaishorn, Austria

Commissioning of the sawmill Mayr-Melnhof Holz Paskov, Czech Republic

Commissioning of the pellet plant in Paskov, Czech Republic

Acquisition of the Stallinger/Kaufmann group, part of which is now Mayr-Melnhof Holz Reuthe, Austria

Commissioning of the cross-laminated timber plant at Mayr-Melnhof Holz Gaishorn, Austria

Commissioning of the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Efimovskij sawmill in Russia.

Acquisition of the pellet plant at Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben, Austria.

Acquisition of the combined hest snf power plant in Leoben, today part of Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben, Austria

Doubling of cross-laminated timber capacity produced at Mayr-Melnhof Holz Gaishorn, Austria. 

Investment of 40 million euros in the core sites of the company group

Commissioning of the pellet plant at Mayr-Melnhof Holz Efimovskij, Russia

Acquisition of the Hüttemann Group, today Mayr-Melnhof Holz Wismar & Mayr-Melnhof Holz Olsberg, both in Germany

Groundbreaking ceremony for a state-of-the-art cross laminated timber plant as well as a fully automated lamella center and a high-performance re-sorting and planing mill at the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben site in Austria

Acquisition of the sawmill group Bergkvist Siljan (SW) with sites in Insjön (photo), Mora, Blyberg

Divestment of Mayr-Melnhof Holz Efimovskij (RU) 

Initial operation of the pellet plant in Reuthe (AT)

Initial operation of cross laminated timber production in Leoben (AT)

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