Investments at the Brilon facility

EGGER secures wood supply with own sawmill and achieves substantial synergy potential

Tyrol-based wood materials manufacturers EGGER are constructing their own sawmill, and investing some 75 million Euro in the process. Construction work at the German location Brilon will start in spring 2007. The commissioning of the plant, with a cutting capacity of 800.000 solid metres is planned for mid-2008.

Steps to secure the location and achieve synergy effects
“We have finally taken the decision to build our own sawmill in order to secure raw material supplies for our production at Brilon. Thanks to the procurement of a continuous and reliable raw materials base, we will also be securing the long-term future of our plant”, says Michael Egger, CEO of the EGGER Group, explaining the decision. As well as this, the integrated raw materials supply will also mean that substantial synergy effects will be achieved in production, logistics, administration, and purchasing.
Considerable preliminary work for the construction has already been concluded. The sawmill is to be fitted out with a chippings line, as well as appropriate wood drying and planing capacities.

New jobs created
This investment means that the 800 jobs already provided at the Brilon facility will be secured and personnel deployment optimised. EGGER are confident that in the first stage of construction of the new sawmill will create more than 100 new jobs.
 
The EGGER Group
The EGGER Group, with headquarters in St. Johann in the Tyrol, was established in 1961, and is one of Europe’s leading wood materials manufacturers. Today, this family business, with a workforce of some 5,100 people at 16 locations, produces more than five million cubic metres of top-quality chipboard, MDF, and OSB panels, as well as providing further refinement treatment. The plants in Austria, Germany, France, Great Britain and Russia, and shortly also Romania (start of production at the end of 2007) supply the furniture industry, wood materials dealers, floor covering dealers, and the construction markets.