Chugoku Lumber Hyuga (日向工場)
OperatingChugoku Lumber Co., Ltd. (中国木材株式会社)Chugoku Lumberchugokumokuzai.co.jpID 01962
Chugoku Lumber Hyuga (日向工場) is an operating softwood sawmill in Hyuga, Japan, owned by Chugoku Lumber. With a capacity of 700 000 cubic metres of log intake per year it is the 2nd largest of the 9 sawmills in Japan with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 700 000 m3/y log intake
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- expansion2020-03-03Takuma announced on 3 March 2020 an order for a second biomass power plant of 14,500 kW at the Hyuga site, scheduled for completion in 2023.Source ↗
- expansion2019A second sawmill with air drying yards, kilns and glulam assembly, costing about 9.17 billion yen and started in August 2017, entered operation in January 2019.Source ↗
- expansion2015An 18,000 kW biomass power plant fired with bark, sawdust and low grade wood from the site started generating in March 2015.Source ↗
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- startup2014The Hyuga plant in Miyazaki prefecture started operating in June 2014 after construction began in October 2013.Source ↗
Sources
- industry presschecked 2026-09-10htonline.sohjusha.co.jp ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-25zukan.biz ↗
- otherchecked 2026-09-14services.arcgisonline.com ↗
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- otherchecked 2026-09-14chugokumokuzai.co.jp ↗
Related facilities
Chugoku Lumber
Largest in Japan
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