Mercer Torgau
OperatingMercer Torgau GmbH & Co. KGMercer Internationalde.mercerint.comID 01152
Mercer Torgau is an operating softwood sawmill in Torgau, Germany, owned by Mercer International. With a capacity of 1 100 000 cubic metres of log intake per year it is the 9th largest of the 94 sawmills in Germany with a recorded capacity.
Location and logistics
- Site
- Mercer Torgau pellet plantpellet plant · 150 000 t/y pellets
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.- Nearest port
- Szczecin, Poland · 234 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mapped
- Nearest railway
- 0.8 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 1 100 000 m3/y log intake
- Production
- Not reported
- Type
- Softwood
- Breakdown
- Multiple breakdown lines
Raw material and products
Sawn timber
Also produces
Certifications
FSCPEFC
History and sources
Timeline
- ownership change2022-07-22Mercer 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 ↗
- ownership change2020Deutsche 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 ↗
- startup2006Pallet production started at the Torgau site in 2006, later growing into the largest EPAL pallet operation in Europe.Source ↗
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- founded1999HIT Holzindustrie Torgau, the company operating the Torgau wood processing site, was founded in 1999 by Karlheinz Lippmann and Guenther Hilmer.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-07-25holzkurier.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-26openstreetmap.org ↗
- other×2checked 2026-07-26mercerint.com ↗
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- otherchecked 2026-09-06mercer-torgau.de ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-09-09mercer-torgau.de ↗
Related facilities
Mercer International
Largest in Germany
How to cite
WoodComp (). Mercer Torgau (WoodComp ID 01152). WoodComp facility database, version 2026-11. Accessed the date you retrieved it. https://woodcomp.world/id/1152Data © WoodComp, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Attribution required.