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Danzer is organized by business units for products and regions; every business unit runs its own production and sales operation.

Danzer Products

PRODUCT RANGE

  • Sliced wood
  • Sawn wood
  • Timber and logs
  • Value-added products and services

  • 20 % of the revenue with logs, value-added products and services,
  • 20 % of the revenue is made with sawn wood,
  • 60 % of the revenue with sliced wood.


Danzer products are not sold to end users but to manufacturers, distributors and component producers.

Danzer is organized by business units for products and regions; every business unit runs its own production and sales operation.

Danzer raw materials

ORIGIN OF RAW MATERIAL

  • 58 % North America
  • 37 % Europe
  • 5 % Other regions

MARKET POSITION

  • Largest producer of decorative veneer worldwide
  • Among the top ten producers of lumber in North America

For comparison: Annual consumption of wood worldwide: 3.5 bn cubic meters

  • half of that is used for energy
  • 1.8 bn cubic meters used industrially
  • Danzer processes less than 500,000 cubic meters; this equals 0.03% of the global harvest for industrial use

OPERATIONS

  • 1,200 employees worldwide
  • Sales 2023: app. 180 million Euros
  • 2023 Danzer sold to 77 countries; the top ten countries contributed 80 percent to total sales:
    • USA 26.7 %
    • United Kingdom 14.8 %
    • Canada 11.0 %
    • Germany 7.5 %
    • Poland 5.2 %
    • Austria 4.2 %
    • Slovakia3.2 %
    • China 2.8 %
    • Other 24.6 %

8 production facilities, 12 sales offices

Danzer Standorte Weltweit

Danzer Worldwide

Danzer in North America
2 veneer mills, 1 sawmill
5 sales offices

Danzer in Europe
1 veneer mill, 1 Vinterio plant, 1 3D-Veneer plant
5 sales offices

Danzer in Asia
2 sales offices

HISTORY

  • 1932 Karl Danzer begins as a broker specialized in high quality veneers
  • 1949 Inauguration of the veneer plant in Reutlingen (Germany) marking the beginning of the industrial activities of the company.
  • 1999 First Danzer slicer VS4000 starts operation
  • 2006 Launch of the new wood surface Danzer Vinterio
  • 2007 ISO 14001:2004 standards procurement certification followed by FSC (2009)
  • 2008 Acquisition of 3D-Veneer company Reholz GmbH
  • 2013 Installation of a curve saw for optimized yields even from crooked logs
  • 2013 Start of sliced deck layer production for hardwood flooring
  • 2014 Introduction of first hardwood Log Scanner
  • 2015 First Danzer Sustainability Report following Global Reporting Initiative standard
  • 2020 Danzer sells its forestland holdings in North America
  • 2021 AFL (Automated Formatting Line), a fully automated parquet deck flooring production, featuring an AI-enhanced inhouse developed software, is launched
  • 2022 Danzer celebrates its ninetieth anniversary
  • 2024 In line with Danzers strategy to expand and further innovate in the Northern Hemisphere, the African activities of Interholco AG (IHC) are sold
  • 2024 Ahead of the deadline, Danzer is fully EUDR compliant

Detailed information: danzer.com/company/milestones

Danzer Facts andFigures