Danzer plants in France, in the Czech Republic and in the US are going to be adapted or upgraded, respectively. The companies’ curve-saw and log scanning technologies will also be optimized further.
The use of new processes will pave the way to major improvements in resource efficiencies. Initially, three projects are in focus: Increase of the production of deck layers for the engineered flooring industry as well as further optimization of veneer and lumber production.
„Over the course of the last years, the flooring market developed very positively. We have started in 2012 to slice deck lamellas for engineered hardwood flooring, and continuously increased our capacity since then. As part of a Euro 15 million investment program for the next 18 months, we are now continuing this development and increase the production of parquet deck layers,” says Hans-Joachim Danzer, CEO of Danzer Holding AG, and shares further aspects of the strategy: “The main markets for our flooring products are Europe and North America. The majority of our investments will be used for the upgrading of our veneer plant in Souvans, France; it will specialize on the production of thick-cut flooring lamellas. In addition, we are investing in the expansion of the existing flooring capacity in our veneer plant in Melnik, Czech Republic and start 2016 with deck layer production in the Danzer veneer plants in the US.”
In 2015, Danzer produced approximately 1 million square meters of sliced hardwood lamellas in its plant in the Czech Republic - the largest volume, around 85% of the volume, in European Oak, followed by American Walnut and European Ash.
With the capacity additions that have been decided now by the supervisory board, Danzer plans to produce around 3.8 million square meters of hardwood deck layers per year, by the end of 2017 in European and North American species.
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