Mercer Torgau
Mercer Torgau is an operating softwood sawmill in Torgau, Germany, with a capacity of 1 100 000 cubic metres of log intake per year.
- Company
- Mercer Torgau GmbH & Co. KG
- Group
- Mercer International
- WoodComp ID
- 01152 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Torgau
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 1 100 000 m3/y log intakeverified 2026-09-06
- Type
- Softwood
- Breakdown
- Multiple breakdown lines
- Region
- Leipzig
- Website
- de.mercerint.com
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Related facilities
Mercer Torgau is the 10th largest sawmill in Germany of the 92 with a log intake capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
- More Mercer International facilities
- Mercer Timber Products Friesau (Saalburg-Ebersdorf) ·Stendal Mill ·Celgar Mill ·Peace River Mill ·Rosenthal Mill
- Largest sawmills in Germany
- Rettenmeier Ploessberg ·ante-holz Somplar ·Ilim Nordic Timber Wismar ·binderholz Baruth ·ante-holz Rottleberode
- Nearest facilities
- Leuna Biorefinery (70 km) ·HS Timber Productions Kodersdorf (142 km) ·Rettenmeier Hirschberg (147 km) ·Labe Wood Steti (156 km) ·Štětí Mill (157 km)
Timeline
- 2022-07-22ownership change
Mercer International announced on 22 July 2022 an agreement to acquire the parent company of the Torgau timber processing and pallet plant for 270 million euro, with closing expected later that year.
Source ↗ - 2020ownership change
Deutsche Bank and Orchard Global Asset Management took majority ownership of the Torgau wood business in 2020, replacing Orlando Management which had acquired it in 2018.
Source ↗ - 2006startup
Pallet production started at the Torgau site in 2006, later growing into the largest EPAL pallet operation in Europe.
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- 1999founded
HIT Holzindustrie Torgau, the company operating the Torgau wood processing site, was founded in 1999 by Karlheinz Lippmann and Guenther Hilmer.
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Sources
Data confidence: High (100 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-25holzkurier.com
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org
- otherchecked 2026-07-26mercerint.com
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- otherchecked 2026-07-26mercerint.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-06mercer-torgau.de
- company websitechecked 2026-09-09mercer-torgau.de
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