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Hexham Panel Plant

EGGER (UK) Limited, Hexham · also known as EGGER Hexham

OperatingEGGER UKEGGER Groupegger.comID 02002

Hexham Panel Plant is an operating panel mill in Hexham, United Kingdom, owned by EGGER Group, with a capacity of 650 000 cubic metres of panels per year.

Location and logistics

Nearest port
Blyth · 41 km
Straight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
Rail siding
Not yet verified
OpenStreetMap track way/1284812917 ↗, 603 m from the site point. Method
Nearest railway
0.6 km
Map

Capacity and output

Capacity
650 000 m3/y panels
Trade press
Production
Not reported

Raw material and products

Raw material
Recovered woodRoundwoodSawmill chips

History and sources

Data confidence: High (90 of 100) · methodology

Timeline

  1. expansion2015
    The VITS 2 impregnation line was commissioned at Hexham, using thermal oil heated by the site's biomass CHP plant.
    Source ↗
  2. expansion2012
    The Elizabeth lamination line was installed at Hexham at a cost of 12 million pounds.
    Source ↗
  3. expansion2007
    A 110 million pound investment installed a Siempelkamp ContiRoll continuous press line that replaced two batch press lines of 450,000 m3 combined capacity and lifted output to 650,000 m3 a year.
    Source ↗
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  1. ownership change1984
    EGGER acquired the existing Weyroc particleboard factory at Hexham, its first manufacturing site outside Austria.
    Source ↗
  2. founded-
    The particleboard factory at Hexham was first opened in the 1960s by the British firm Weyroc.
    Source ↗

Sources

  1. company websitechecked 2026-09-11
    egger.com ↗
  2. company websitechecked 2026-09-24
    egger.com ↗
  3. industry presschecked 2026-09-24
    wbpionline.com ↗
Show all 5 sources
  1. otherchecked 2026-11-03
    services.arcgisonline.com ↗
  2. directorychecked 2026-11-03
    sdi.eea.europa.eu ↗

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