{"id":6840,"date":"2019-10-04T08:57:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T06:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.investinluxembourg.be\/success-story-made-in-belgium-the-pauls-sawmill-invests-in-luxembourg-province\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:04:46","slug":"success-story-made-in-belgium-the-pauls-sawmill-invests-in-luxembourg-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investinluxembourg.be\/en\/success-story-made-in-belgium-the-pauls-sawmill-invests-in-luxembourg-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Success story Made in Belgium : the Pauls sawmill invests in Luxembourg Province"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Associated with the village of Bullange in the East Cantons for a long time, the company set up a base in Luxembourg Province in 2011 for both economic and ecological reasons. To survive in a sawmill industry that is now dominated by big names, Pauls was forced both to grow and to diversify.
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Much more than just a sawmill…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Founded in 1921, \u201cHolzindustrie PAULS AG<\/a>\u201d has never stopped expanding and growing. To do this, in 2011 it decided to come to the P\u00f4le Ardenne Bois<\/a> in Gouvy, on a site of more than 15 hectares. This family business with 90 employees<\/strong> cuts down 330,000m\u00b3 of round logs per year<\/strong>, generating an annual turnover of approximately 65 million Euros<\/strong>, 75% of which is thanks to exports.<\/p>\n

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Much more than just a sawmill, the company incorporates five wood processing tools: a log yard, sawing, drying, cogeneration and pellet production.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This new project was launched in several stages.<\/p>\n

The company first chose to set up its cogeneration and drying activities<\/strong> at this new industrial estate. These investments involved installing a drying tunnel for sawn wood with a capacity of 90,000m\u00b3 per year and a cogeneration unit with a capacity of 5MW based on waste generated by the business (bark, swarf, offcuts). The heat produced would be used to dry sawn wood, sawdust and any wood chippings.<\/p>\n

After this, a log yard<\/strong> was also set up. Lastly, the Pauls sawmill<\/a> moved all of its activities to the P\u00f4le Ardenne Bois<\/a> in Gouvy in order to have just one centralised production unit and a fully integrated industrial process<\/strong>, with a strong environmental message, capable of producing fresh sawn wood, dried wood, heat, electricity and pellets. All of this based on just one raw material, regional resinous wood, without anything else apart from the know-how of the company\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n

The total investments<\/strong> amounted to 70 million Euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The P\u00f4le Ardenne Bois, a safe bet!<\/h4>\n

Investing in Luxembourg Province, and more specifically in the P\u00f4le Ardenne Bois<\/a> was a strategic decision<\/strong>. The Group was keen to move to an industrial estate with a commitment to the environment, dedicated to the wood industry.<\/p>\n

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Based in the Ardennes, in the midst of some large areas of resinous trees<\/strong>, the 100 hectare<\/strong> P\u00f4le Ardenne Bois<\/a> offers many advantages:<\/p>\n