KPPD Szczecinek S.A. (Poland)

Koszalinskie Przedsiebiorstwo Przemyslu Drzewnego S.A., located in Szczecinek, is one of the largest producers of timber in Poland. The company annually produces 250,000 m3 of pine timber in 9 softwood sawmills, as well as 30,000 m3 of beech and oak timber in 2 hardwood facilities. The company invests in modern technologies, particularly in further processing of timber, such as drying, planing, gluing, impregnation, and steaming. Each sawmill is equipped with chamber dryers (with a capacity of approximately 7,000 m3 per batch), and 5 softwood sawmills have autoclaves for pressure impregnation of timber with a modern, chromium-free preservative called Wolmanit CX-10 (in green and brown colors). The company sells its wood products both domestically (accounting for approximately 70% of production) and internationally (accounting for approximately 30% of production). Domestic customers include manufacturers of building carpentry, furniture factories, commercial warehouses, garden program and laminated wood manufacturers, joineries, and railway surface saturators. The main export products, mainly sent to countries in the European Union and Asia, are dried pine timber, terrace boards made of softwood (pine, larch), and laminated boards made of hardwood.