Hexham Panel Plant
EGGER (UK) Limited, Hexham · also known as EGGER Hexham
Hexham Panel Plant is an operating panel mill in Hexham, United Kingdom, with a capacity of 650 000 cubic metres of panels per year.
- Company
- EGGER UK
- Group
- EGGER Group
- WoodComp ID
- 02002 (how IDs work)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City
- Hexham
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 650 000 m3/y panelsTrade press · verified 2026-09-24
- Website
- egger.com
location pending verification
Raw material
Related facilities
- More EGGER Group facilities
- Egger Saegewerk Brilon
Timeline
- 2026capacity reported
Capacity reported: 650 000 t/y (mill scope, observed 2026-09-24).
Source ↗ - 2015expansion
The VITS 2 impregnation line was commissioned at Hexham, using thermal oil heated by the site's biomass CHP plant.
Source ↗ - 2012expansion
The Elizabeth lamination line was installed at Hexham at a cost of 12 million pounds.
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- 2007expansion
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 ↗ - 1984ownership change
EGGER acquired the existing Weyroc particleboard factory at Hexham, its first manufacturing site outside Austria.
Source ↗ - -founded
The particleboard factory at Hexham was first opened in the 1960s by the British firm Weyroc.
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Sources
Data confidence: High (85 of 100) how this is computed
- company websitechecked 2026-09-11egger.com
- company websitechecked 2026-09-24egger.com
- industry presschecked 2026-09-24wbpionline.com
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