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Pulp mills and sawmills in Switzerland

WoodComp tracks 10 sawmills in Switzerland, with capacity, status and location as open data. Switzerland holds 1.3 M ha of forest, 32 % of its land area, led by Norway spruce and Beech. The fibre balance below sets their estimated wood demand against the national removals.

Wood supply

Forest area
1.3 M ha
32 % of land area
Standing volume
437 M m3
growing stock, over bark
Yearly increment
6.9 M m3/y
net annual increment (FAWS), over bark
Fellings
5.9 M m3/y
85 % of yearly increment
Industrial roundwood
2.7 M m3/y
production

Forest types

share of forest area
  • Primary 3.4 % · 42 860 ha
  • Other naturally regenerating 84.0 % · 1.1 M ha
  • Other planted 12.6 % · 159 780 ha
  • Plantation 0.1 % · 640 haone or two species, one age class

Tree species

share of growing stock
  • Norway spruce 42.2 %
  • Beech 18.0 %
  • European Silver fir 15.6 %
  • European Larch 6.4 %
  • Ash 3.5 %
  • Other species 14.4 %
All 15 reported species
  • Norway spruce42.2 %184 M m3furnish of 8 local facilitiesPicea abies
  • Beech18.0 %78 M m3Fagus sylvatica
  • European Silver fir15.6 %68 M m3furnish of 6 local facilitiesAbies alba
  • European Larch6.4 %28 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesLarix decidua
  • Ash3.5 %15 M m3Fraxinus excelsior
  • Sycamore3.2 %14 M m3Acer pseudoplatanus
  • Scots pine2.2 %9 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPinus sylvestris
  • Sweet chestnut1.3 %6 M m3Castanea sativa
  • Sessile oak0.9 %4 M m3Quercus petraea
  • Pedunculate oak0.8 %3 M m3Quercus robur
  • Douglas firintroduced0.4 %2 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPseudotsuga menziesii
  • Black locustintroduced0.1 %1 M m3Robinia pseudoacacia
  • Red oakintroduced0.1 %0 M m3Quercus rubra
  • Weymouth pineintroduced0.1 %0 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPinus strobus
  • Non native Populusintroduced0.0 %0 M m3non native Populus

Introduced species hold 0.7 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 94.8 % of the total.

The facilities on this page report Spruce (8), Fir (6), Douglas Fir (2), Larch (2), Pine (2) and Mixed Hardwood (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 66.8 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.

Fibre balance

betaestimated industry demand vs reported removals
Estimate. The demand side covers only the facilities WoodComp has mapped, at reported capacity, converted with published factors. Removals are official statistics.

Sawlogs

Removals2.2 M m3/y2 coniferous, 0.2 non-coniferous
Estimated sawmill intake~0.9 M m3/y42 % of removals, from 9 of 10 operating sawmills

Pulp fibre

Pulpwood removals0.4 M m3/y0.3 coniferous, 0.2 non-coniferous
Sawmill chips, estimated0.7-0.9 M m3/y30-40 % of sawlog removals, joins the pulp fibre supply
Estimated pulp-mill wood demandno reported capacity figures yet (0 operating pulp mills)

Demand is derived at render time from reported capacities and the published factor table: sawn output at 2.0 m3 of log per m3 sawn, pulp at 2.3 to 5.3 m3 per tonne depending on process and furnish. Sawmill chips are estimated at 30 to 40 percent of sawlog removals (FAO conversion factor material balances) and shown as their own supply component, never merged with the removals. Log imports and exports are not modelled, and demand above the estimated supply can mean either imports or capacity above actual production. Where coverage is low the balance measures our dataset, not the market.

Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025). Increment and fellings: Eurostat European Forest Accounts (2024), forest available for wood supply, over bark. Removals by assortment: Eurostat roundwood removals (2023), under bark.

Pulp mills
0
Sawmills
10
Operating
10
Operating pulp capacity
0
Sawn timber capacity
-

Sawn timber capacity covers 0 of 10 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-14.

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MillRaw materialStatusCapacity
Blumer Lehmann GossauSawmillBlumer Lehmann AGSoftwoodOperating85 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 170 000 m3/y log intake
Despond BulleSawmillDespond SASoftwoodOperating73 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 145 000 m3/y log intake
Groupe Corbat VendlincourtSawmillGroupe Corbat Vendlincourt SAHardwoodOperating15 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 30 000 m3/y log intake
Karl Zehnder AG EinsiedelnSawmillKarl Zehnder AG Säge- und PalettenwerkSoftwoodOperating13 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 25 000 m3/y log intake
OLWO WorbSawmillOLWO AGSoftwoodOperating25 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 50 000 m3/y log intake
Resurses TinizongSawmillResurses SASoftwoodOperating20 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 40 000 m3/y log intake
Schibi HolzSawmillSchibi-Holz AGSoftwoodOperatingNo data yet
Schilliger Holz KüssnachtSawmillSchilliger Holz AGSoftwoodOperating100 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 200 000 m3/y log intake
Scierie Zahnd SA (Rueyres)SawmillScierie Zahnd S.A.-Operating85 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 170 000 m3/y log intake
Tschopp Holzindustrie ButtisholzSawmillTschopp Holzindustrie AGSoftwoodOperating58 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 115 000 m3/y log intake

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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Switzerland. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-09. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/switzerland

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