Pulp mills and sawmills in Switzerland

WoodComp tracks 1 operating pulp mill and 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 10 local facilitiesPicea abies
Beech18.0 %78 M m3Fagus sylvatica
European Silver fir15.6 %68 M m3furnish of 7 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 (10), Fir (7), 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 (1 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.

Key figures

Pulp mills: 1
Sawmills: 10
Sites: 30
Operating: 35
Operating pulp capacity: 0
Sawn timber capacity: -

Capacity is the sum over 0 of 1 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 0 of 10 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-11-03.

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Mill	Raw material	Status	Capacity
AEK Pellet BalsthalPellet plantAEK Pellet AG	-	Operating	60 000 t/y pellets
Balteschwiler LaufenburgPellet plantBalteschwiler	-	Operating	4 000 t/y pellets
Bartholdi Pellets SchmidshofPellet plantBartholdi Pellets AG	-	Operating	10 000 t/y pellets
BeO Pellets RinggenbergPellet plantBeO Pellets	-	Operating	6 500 t/y pellets
BestPellet Wärme DüdingenPellet plantBestPellet Wärme	-	Operating	14 000 t/y pellets
Blumer Lehmann GossauSawmillBlumer Lehmann AG	Softwood	Operating	85 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 170 000 m3/y log intake
Braunschweiler Pellets BremgartenPellet plantBraunschweiler Pellets	-	Operating	3 000 t/y pellets
Bürli Pellets AlberswilPellet plantBürli Pellets	-	Operating	20 000 t/y pellets
Despond BulleSawmillDespond SA	Softwood	Operating	73 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 145 000 m3/y log intake
EBL Pellets RigiPellet plantEBL Pellets Rigi AG	-	Operating	50 000 t/y pellets
Enerbois pellet plant RueyresPellet plantRomande Energie SA	-	Operating	22 000 t/y pellets
Friedli Bioenergien BurgdorfPellet plantFriedli Bioenergien	-	Operating	3 400 t/y pellets
Groupe Corbat VendlincourtSawmillGroupe Corbat Vendlincourt SA	Hardwood	Operating	15 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 30 000 m3/y log intake
Karl Zehnder AG EinsiedelnSawmillKarl Zehnder AG Säge- und Palettenwerk	Softwood	Operating	13 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 25 000 m3/y log intake
Konrad Keller UnterstammheimPellet plantKonrad Keller	-	Operating	5 000 t/y pellets
Lehmann Holzwerk pellet plant GossauPellet plantLehmann Holzwerk AG	-	Operating	50 000 t/y pellets
Matterhorn Pellet ZermattPellet plantMatterhorn Pellet	-	Operating	30 000 t/y pellets
Menznau Panel PlantPanel millSWISS KRONO	-	Operating	400 000 m3/y panels
Mivelaz Bois Le MouretPellet plantMivelaz Bois SA	-	Operating	7 000 t/y pellets
OLWO WorbSawmillOLWO AG	Softwood	Operating	25 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 50 000 m3/y log intake
Otto Lädrach (OLWO) StaldenPellet plantOtto Lädrach AG	-	Operating	3 000 t/y pellets
Pelleticino BiascaPellet plantPelleticino	-	Operating	2 500 t/y pellets
Pellets du Jura VendlincourtPellet plantPellets du Jura SA	-	Operating	10 000 t/y pellets
Perlen Papier (TMP-linje)Pulp millPerlen Papier AG	Softwood	Operating	No data yet
Peter Holzbau BlumensteinPellet plantPeter Holzbau	-	Operating	7 500 t/y pellets
Resurses pellet plant SavogninPellet plantResurses SA	-	Operating	9 500 t/y pellets
Resurses TinizongSawmillResurses SA	Softwood	Operating	20 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 40 000 m3/y log intake
Schibi HolzSawmillSchibi-Holz AG	Softwood	Operating	No data yet
Schilliger Holz KüssnachtSawmillSchilliger Holz AG	Softwood	Operating	100 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 200 000 m3/y log intake
Scierie Zahnd SA (Rueyres)SawmillScierie Zahnd S.A.	Softwood	Operating	85 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 170 000 m3/y log intake
Tschopp Holzindustrie ButtisholzSawmillTschopp Holzindustrie AG	Softwood	Operating	58 000 m3/y sawn timberestimated from 115 000 m3/y log intake
Tschopp Holzindustrie pellet plant ButtisholzPellet plantTschopp Holzindustrie AG	-	Operating	180 000 t/y pellets
Valais Pellets ErnenPellet plantValais Pellets	-	Operating	12 000 t/y pellets
Valpellets UvrierPellet plantValpellets SA	-	Operating	20 000 t/y pellets
WK-Paletten SchüpbachPellet plantWK-Paletten	-	Operating	2 000 t/y pellets

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WoodComp (). Pulp mills and sawmills in Switzerland. WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/countries/switzerland