Log Yard
Log Yard
The production cycle begins in the forest, where latest vehicles rapidly and efficiently load the regional wood. At the production location, the logs are stored for the further processing, depending on their quality structure. In the following production stages the roundwood is incised, sorted according to quality and dried.
Drying
Our large-area kilns are in line with the latest technological standards. The computer-controlled process of drying enables a careful timber drying according to the requested final dampness. Our export products such as cable drums, one-way pallets and packaging supplies are generally made of heat-treated wood (IPPC Standard by ISPM Nr. 15).
Blank Cut
Factory Treatment
Safe Transport
Sustainability
As a natural and renewable ressource, wood is the ideal alternative to other raw materials and commodities, which are dangerous to the environment during their production: Wood is easy to obtain and to process and at the same time imperishable, dimensionally-stable and heat-insulating. In contrast to the production of technical raw materials, which ordinarily requires fossil energy sources, the forest only needs solar energy to grow continuously. Thereby the forest has the potential to store climate-damaging carbon dioxide, which is not released before the combustion or putrefaction of the wood itself.
For the released greenhouse gases are stored by new trees, the forest constitutes a perfect carbon neutral cycle. Moreover the wood-processing needs less energy than other resources. A sustainable forestry in regional woods avoids long hauls and contributes to the positive energy balance. Moreover the wood-processing needs less energy than other resources.
Steinnagel therefore not only uses high-quality wood, but also FSC®-certified wood from renewable, domestic forests on request (FSC® chain of custody certificate: DNV-COC-001711 / FSC® C143484). In addition to that, we exploit residual timber, to realize an ecologically sustainable production: Steinnagel uses forestry byproducts, for instance, to produce woodchips, which are used for plywood and MDF-panels. The recycling of by-products even includes sawdust, which we use to heat our drying chambers.
