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What we do
Danzer works with hardwood at different stages of processing. We produce sliced veneer, sawn hardwood and engineered wood solutions that meet the technical and aesthetic requirements of professional users. Our customers include wood product distributors, manufacturers of furniture, panels, doors, flooring, windows and interior components who rely on consistent quality and predictable supply.
Creating value from wood
Wood is a valuable and renewable resource. Danzer uses modern manufacturing processes to make the best possible use of its physical and decorative properties. Consistent production standards, customer-specific programs and reliable delivery ensure that wood can be processed efficiently and with minimal waste.
We invest continuously in our people, our processes and our technology to create long-term value for customers and their markets.
Fascination for wood
Decorative hardwood represents only a small segment of the global wood market. Danzer is the world’s largest producer of decorative sliced veneer and a large producer of specialized hardwood lumber in North America. We process only a very small fraction of the wood harvested worldwide for industrial use, but the most valuable part.
Many of our employees have backgrounds in forestry or wood science. This practical understanding of wood shapes how we work and explains our long-term commitment to this material.
Responsibility in practice
Danzer operates close to the resource of the world’s most important hardwood regions in the northern hemisphere. Our production sites are located where sustainable forestry is practiced and where long-term forest management is established.
We invest in technology and processes that reduce waste and improve material yield. Strict due diligence procedures guide our procurement. Most of the wood we process is FSC® or PEFC certified or verified through comparable systems.
Ownership and trust
Danzer is wholly owned by the Karl Danzer Foundation. This ownership structure was established to secure the long-term independence of the company. It allows us to think and act beyond short-term cycles, in line with the natural growth cycles of the hardwood resources.
Incorporation of veneer agent “Karl Danzer, Courtier en Bois et Placages“ in Paris - the humble beginnings of Danzer
Re-start after WWII and the building of Danzer’s first veneer plant in Reutlingen, Germany, Karl Danzer’s home town
Investment in North American veneer production in cooperation with partners from the Paris days
Acquisition of a forest concession in Africa – the beginning of a long journey in Africa
Acquisition of the “Groupe Miguet” – the then leader in the veneer trade globally including Coplac, Fanerimporten and other companies
Acquisition of a veneer plant in Brazil, starting Danzer’s investment in Brazil that ended in 2005
Karl Heinz Danzer and Hans-Jörg Danzer take over the management responsibility at Danzer
1972/73 Karl Danzer splits from his partners in North America and begins his own industrial activities in the US and Canada
Danzer revolutionizes sliced veneer production with the development of the first upstroke veneer slicer
Building and start-up of Bradford Forest, a high-quality hardwood sawmill in Bradford, PA
Begin of major expansion and growth in North American veneer production via acquisition
Danzer starts to develop its proprietary slicer VS4000
Construction of the veneer plant in Melnik
Hans-Joachim Danzer takes over management responsibility at Danzer
Vinterio is introduced to the market as a prelude to multiple investments in technology and innovation in new products and processes
Danzer achieves successful third party audits for its industrial activities and procurements systems based on ISO 14001:2004 standards, later followed by the FSC certification of the IFO activities in 2009
Danzer acquires Reholz in Dresden, which later becomes the innovation and engineering hub of Danzer for Europe
Danzer introduces sliced lamellas for the flooring industry. This marks the latest milestone of many significant steps to use technology to improve resource efficiency
Danzer releases its first Sustainability Report according to the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) reporting guidelines
Danzer focuses on hardwood from temperate forests in the Northern hemisphere and rebrands all companies accordingly – activities with tropical timber are managed by Interholco
Introduction of the Automated Formatting Line (AFL): AI-enabled optimization increases yield and reduces offcuts in flooring deck layer production.
Danzer celebrates 90 years, Hans-Joachim Danzer 20 years as CEO
Danzer sold its remaining African business in a strategic divestiture and now focuses solely on innovating and leading in sustainable hardwood from the Northern Hemisphere
Danzer’s Virtual Veneer Warehouse lets customers review detailed digital veneer images remotely and make faster purchasing decisions
