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Forestry / Timber Industries

Forests safeguard biodiversity and are used for recreation. Almost half of Austria’s land is used for forestry. Timber, an important renewable resource, is used in windows, floors, prefabricated houses, glulam, paper and board processing, furniture and biomass energy production. Austria is also a leader in woodworking machinery. Forestry and Timber Industries from Austria – Surprisingly Ingenious
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Facts and figures - Forestry / Timber Industries

  • 4

    million hectares of forest

  • 267,4

    million euros of exports in solid wood boards

  • 70%

    export quota

  • 27,582

    employees

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  • JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

    JOANNEUM RESEARCH develops solutions and technologies for business and industry in a wide range of sectors and conducts cutting-edge research at an international level.

  • HASSLACHER Gruppe

    The HASSLACHER Group is a globally active innovation leader in the field of intelligent and integrated system solutions for modern timber construction.

  • Binderholz GmbH

    binderholz, the wood processing company, is a full-service provider for solid wood products and innovative construction solutions. The solid wood product range supplies sawn timber, profiled timber, single-layer and multi-layer glued solid wood panels, glued laminated timber and binderholz cross-laminated timber BBS.

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