HArdwOOd SPEciAliST dAnZEr
a long-terM
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DANZEr, A FAMiLy OriENtED COMPANy founded in 1932, converts
hardwood trees into primary hardwood products for decorative
applications. The company owns and manages forests for long-
term value and has the patience to make decisions accordingly.
Danzer invests in building trusting and lasting relationships with
customers: relationships that are mutually beneficial.
Danzer, with headquarters located in Dornbirn, Austria, is led
by the third-generation family member Hans-Joachim Danzer.
Approximately 1,600 employees work for Danzer. Customers
are served from 18 sales offices worldwide. Danzer owns and
manages forests for future generations and produces sliced
veneer, lumber and innovative value-added wood products for
decorative applications in high-quality furniture, automobiles,
and interior architecture.
VaLUe CreaTiOn, QUaLiTy anD innOVaTiOn
Danzer customers are wood distributors and manufacturers who
turn the material into practical and beautiful goods for end users.
Danzer is utilizing state-of-the-art manufacturing processes
to unlock the unique properties of wood. They deliver their
products in a consistent and customer oriented way to bring the
precious resource to its best use. For Danzer it is important to
continuously develop its people, improve processes and invest in
technical innovations to create value for their customers and their
customers.
Our StrAtEGy hAS tWO thruStS
1. Maximize the Use of Hardwood and Minimize Waste: Danzer
strives to improve the value creation from hardwood trees in a
way that more and better products are created from the same tree
while being as customer specific as possible. Resource efficiency
and material upgrading are key drivers behind this thinking.
2. Make Hardwood More Enviable and Desirable: At the same
time, Danzer promotes the benefits of using hardwood and
develop solutions that allow substituting products with lesser
environmental credentials with superior wood-based products.
Inventing new processes and new products as well as effective
communication are major drivers to this end.
DEDiCAtED LOCAL SErviCE AND LArGE PrODuCt POrtFOLiO
Danzer serves customers through local warehouses and sales
offices all over the world, as well as directly from their state-
of-the-art production facilities in Europe and North America.
The product range contains logs, sawn wood and sliced wood
including technical veneers and 3D-Veneer. Danzer customers
particularly benefit from:
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Sustainable wood from certified sources
Large selection: in 2016 the company sold more than 200
species to 80 countries
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Innovative solutions, including customer specific surfaces
Danzer 3D-Veneer which allows for the design and production
of organically shaped plywood molds that couldn’t be realized
before.
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