Pollmeier Massivholz GmbH & Co. KG

The material bears the name BauBuche and for good reason: The laminated veneer lumber has a similarly high compressive strength to concrete and is used, for example, in timber high-rise buildings. It allows slender constructions for high loads and with large spans. With its high load-bearing capacity (about three times that of softwood), BauBuche already plays an indispensable role in the most demanding timber construction projects throughout Europe.

The company is also the first manufacturer to supply its customers with ready-to-use "hardwood components" instead of conventional sawn timber - and thus begins to minimize waste as early as the production stage. This provides customers with products that enable them to produce sustainable goods for many areas of life efficiently and thus also affordably. Another aspect that illustrates the company's sustainability strategy is the supply of wood from the surrounding area to its sites. For example, Pollmeier obtains over 85% of the beech logs for the Creuzburg plant from the neighboring forests in the region, from within a radius of 150 kilometers.

The products can be used in all areas where wood can be processed - from half-timbered halls to multi-story buildings, multi-purpose halls and church pews to furniture. Through the complete use of beech trees, Pollmeier not only produces sawn timber products, but even the supposed waste can be used to make high-quality products such as beech briquettes, which in turn contributes to the sustainability strategy mentioned above.

The company started out as a glulam panel producer for the sawmill industry. Quality problems on the part of suppliers then caused the company to rethink its strategy, and so in 1996 - eight years after the company was founded - Pollmeier decided to build its own sawmill. The company is headquartered in the town of Amt Creuzburg in the Wartburg district, about 10 kilometers northwest of Eisenach, directly on the Thuringian-Hessian border.

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