Pfeifer Holz Lauterbach
OperatingPfeifer Holz Lauterbach GmbHPfeifer Grouppfeifergroup.comID 01153
Pfeifer Holz Lauterbach is an operating softwood sawmill in Lauterbach, Germany, owned by Pfeifer Group. With a capacity of 880 000 cubic metres of log intake per year it is the 14th largest of the 94 sawmills in Germany with a recorded capacity, and it produced 880 000 m3 of log intake in 2025.
Location and logistics
- Site
- Pfeifer Holz pellet plant Lauterbachpellet plant · 100 000 t/y pellets
Shares the industrial site with the facilities listed. Each is its own record with its own capacity and status.- Nearest port
- Bremen · 278 kmStraight-line distance to the nearest major port. Method
- Rail siding
- No siding mappedOpenStreetMap track way/1202474134 ↗, 397 m from the site point. Method
- Nearest railway
- 0.4 km
Map
Capacity and output
- Capacity
- 880 000 m3/y log intake
- Production
- 880 000 m3 log intake2025 · press
- Utilisation
- 100 %
- Type
- Softwood
Raw material and products
History and sources
Timeline
- expansion2022An on site rail connection costing about 16 million euros was opened at Lauterbach in 2022.Source ↗
- expansion2019Chip preparation and drying capacity as well as pallet block production were expanded at Lauterbach in 2019.Source ↗
- product added2012Wood pellet production was launched at the Lauterbach site in 2012, followed by a second pellet silo of 9,000 tonnes in 2015.Source ↗
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- startup2009Pfeifer broke ground at Lauterbach in 2008 on a 50 hectare site and started production there in 2009.Source ↗
Sources
- otherchecked 2026-09-09holzkurier.com ↗
- otherchecked 2026-07-27osthessen-zeitung.de ↗
- company websitechecked 2026-08-30pfeifergroup.com ↗
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- directorychecked 2026-09-24northdata.com ↗
Related facilities
Pfeifer Group
Largest in Germany
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