The Pfeifer Group will reorganise its Finnish operations under a new business segment, Pfeifer Nordics, from 1 June 2026. The move follows the integration of the former P\u00f6lkky operations and is intended to give greater visibility to timber products manufactured from northern Finnish pine. Products from the segment will be marketed under the designation \u201cPremium Timber from the Arctic Circle\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Austrian wood products group said its Finnish business will operate as a dedicated segment within the company, while remaining integrated into Pfeifer's global sales structure. The company aims to market Finnish timber separately from its Central European production, emphasising the characteristics of wood grown in northern Finland.<\/p>\n
According to Pfeifer, the northern climate results in slow tree growth, producing timber with narrow annual rings, relatively high density and consistent material properties. Around 70% of the logs processed at the Finnish mills are pine, while the remaining 30% consists of spruce.<\/p>\n
The new Pfeifer Nordics product range includes sawn timber, planed timber and glued laminated timber manufactured at the group's Finnish facilities. The company said the products are aimed at applications where strength, uniformity and processing quality are important purchasing criteria.<\/p>\n
Pfeifer operates five production sites in Finland: Kajaani, Kuusamo, Taivalkoski, Oulu and Kitka. The company said these facilities have received substantial investment in recent years and now play a key role in both lumber production and raw material supply within the wider group.<\/p>\n
The reorganisation also includes changes to the sales structure. Existing Finnish sales activities will be integrated into Pfeifer Timber GmbH, which manages the group's international sales operations. Pfeifer said it is also opening a sales office in Helsinki to strengthen links between the Finnish mills and its export network.<\/p>\n
The group's Finnish production has traditionally been sold into markets including the United Kingdom and Japan. By placing all Finnish operations under a single Nordic segment, Pfeifer is seeking to market products from northern Finland under a common identity while using its existing international distribution channels.<\/p>\n
Pfeifer, which employs around 2,600 people across 13 sites in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Finland, produces a wide range of wood products including lumber, planed timber, glulam, CLT, formwork panels and packaging timber. The company also manufactures pellets, briquettes and other products from sawmill by-products.<\/p>\n
The creation of Pfeifer Nordics marks the latest step in the integration of the former P\u00f6lkky business into the Pfeifer Group and places the company's Finnish pine resource at the centre of a dedicated product offering for export markets.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n