Mayr-Melnhof Holz acquires the Hüttemann Group
By February 22, 2018, the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Group has aquired the Hüttemann Group with the German sites in Wismar and in Olsberg. This makes Mayr-Melnhof Holz one of the leading suppliers of glued laminated timber in Europe. “The two company groups complement one another perfectly, both geographically and in terms of the offered product portfolio”, says DI Richard Stralz, CEO of the Mayr-Melnhof […]
Mayr-Melnhof Holz supplies sustainable timber construction products for SPAR supermarket
By the end of November 2019, a completely new 700 m² SPAR supermarket in sustainable timber construction will be built in Mauritzener Hauptstraße. Glued laminated timber and cross-laminated timber from Mayr-Melnhof Holz Gaishorn was used in the construction, while Strobl Holzbau (Weiz) has carried out the erection. Directly next to the existing sawmill in Leoben, not only a new state-of-the-art cross […]
Mayr-Melnhof Holz receives “Chain of Custody” PEFC Award
CEO Richard Stralz on his company’s raw material procurement strategy: “We at Mayr-Melnhof Holz only process wood sourced from actively sustainably managed forests because a liveable future is important to us.” The Mayr-Melnhof Holz Group has been PEFC certified since 2006. Now it received the PEFC Award in the “Chain of Custody” category. Mayr-Melnhof Holz was awarded by PEFC Austria on 20 November 2019. […]
New cross-laminated timber plant for Leoben
At Mayr-Melnhof Holz Holding AG, 2020 takes off with a large investment of some 130 million Euros in a modern cross-laminated timber production facility at its Leoben location. With this, the largest ever investment in the Group’s history, the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Group consistently pursues its strategy of growth, accelerating its forward integration and underlining its position as one of the […]
Rundholzsortierung State-of-the-Art mit neuer Sortierlinie in Leoben
Eine moderne Sortieranlage ergänzt und erweitert die Rundholzsortierung am Sägewerksstandort in Leoben. Besonderes Augenmerk wurde bei der Investition auf die Integration der bestehenden Sortierlinien, die Möglichkeit eines Sauberkeitsschnitts sowie die Chainless-Technologie und ein Gap-Control-System gelegt. Im Rahmen der umfassenden Erneuerung des Rundholzplatzes am Sägewerksstandort in Leoben wurde in einer ersten Phase im Sommer 2020 die älteste der drei […]
Investing in green heat generation with new biomass boiler
Naturally carbon-neutral and sustainable: A new third biomass boiler plant and the general overhaul of the existing biomass heating plant provide the site in Paskov with the thermal energy needed to dry the sawn timber and shavings for pelletising. Since the start-up of the sawmill in Paskov in 2004, the production volume had increased to around 800,000 cubic meters of sawn timber and […]
Ground-breaking ceremony for new cross-laminated timber plant
In late May of 2021, Mayr-Melnhof Holz Leoben GmbH began construction on the largest investment project in the history of the Mayr-Melnhof Holz Group:At the existing sawmill in Leoben, it is investing 150 million Euros in a state-of-the-art cross-laminated timber plant, a high-performance post-grading and planing mill as well as a fully automated high-bay warehouse. The new […]
Towards carbon-neutral self-sufficiency with a new biomass heating plant
Mayr-Melnhof Holz’ sustainability approach spans across the entire procurement and production process. Making another important step towards active climate protection and sustainability, the Reuthe site set up a wood heating system to achieve self-sufficiency. Mayr-Melnhof Holz pursues a no-waste policy. In Reuthe, this means that residual wood and sawmill by-products from glued laminated timber and formwork panel and beam production that cannot be further […]
MM TIMBER LOG: High-quality pellets are an environmental friendly fuel
Rudolf Angeringer on the role of pellets as a biomass fuel, the ENplus®A1 quality certificate and the contribution of pellet heating systems to the fight against climate change. What’s Mayr-Melnhof Holz’ pellet production capacity? Mayr-Melnhof Holz produces certified and quality-controlled pellets at all of its three sawmill sites in Leoben (AT), Paskov (CZ) and Efimovskij (RU). Our intended production volume for 2021 is roughly […]
A step towards automation in Leoben: High-bay sawn timber storage system
As part of the expansion of the Leoben site by a modern plant for the production of cross-laminated timber, investments are also being made in a high-bay warehouse for the sawn timber. In the future, the lumber packages with a wide range of dimensions will be provided automatically and with route accuracy for truck loading or the adjacent cross-laminated timber production. […]