Pfeifer Holz Unterbernbach
Pfeifer Holz Unterbernbach is an operating softwood sawmill in Kuehbach-Unterbernbach, Germany, with a capacity of 850 000 cubic metres of log intake per year.
- Company
- Pfeifer Holz GmbH
- Group
- Pfeifer Group
- WoodComp ID
- 01155 (how IDs work)
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Kuehbach-Unterbernbach
- Status
- Operating
- Capacity
- 850 000 m3/y log intakeverified 2026-08-30
- Type
- Softwood
- Region
- Schwaben
- Website
- pfeifergroup.com
48.527, 11.173
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Pfeifer Holz Unterbernbach is the 16th largest sawmill in Germany of the 92 with a log intake capacity figure in WoodComp's register.
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Timeline
- 2016expansion
Pfeifer invested seven million euro at Unterbernbach in 2016 in new technology and environmental protection, including a renewed sorting system for sawn timber.
Source ↗ - 2007product added
A biomass power plant and a pellet plant were built at the site in 2007, completing the full utilisation of the sawmill residues.
Source ↗ - 2005ownership change
Pfeifer acquired Heggenstaller in 2005 and integrated the Unterbernbach site into the group, later renaming the subsidiary Pfeifer Holz GmbH.
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- 1982startup
The large industrial sawmill at Unterbernbach was completed in 1982 on a site where a water powered frame saw had been documented since 1486.
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Sources
Data confidence: High (100 of 100) how this is computed
- otherchecked 2026-07-27openstreetmap.org
- company websitechecked 2026-08-30pfeifergroup.com
- otherchecked 2026-09-09holzkurier.com
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