Egger (company)
EGGER is a global family company founded in 1961 in Tyrol, Austria, where it is currently based. The company produces wood-based panel products. EGGER is represented by 17 production sites in Europe (Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Romania, Russia and Turkey) and currently has 24 sales offices worldwide (located in France, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, China, Japan, India, Chile, Australia, Romania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, Belarus and Argentina).[1] In 2006 the company invested €210 million in the construction of a new production site located in Rădăuți, Romania with a capacity of 600,000 cubic meters of melamine faced chipboard.[2] At the Romanian site the company operates a combined heat and electricity cogeneration power station with a capacity of 40.5 MW.[3] In 2017, the company invested $700 million for the construction of a new production facility located in Lexington, North Carolina. Ground broke in 2018, and this will be Egger's first manufacturing plant in the United States.[4]
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| Public | |
| Industry | Wood, Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | St. Johann in Tirol, Austria |
| Products | MFC, MDF, OSB, Laminates |
| Revenue | € 2.83 billion (2019/2020) |
Number of employees | >10,100 |
| Website | http://www.egger.com/ |
See also
- Melamine faced chipboard
- Medium-density fibreboard
- Laminate
- Laminate flooring
References
- http://www.egger.com/UK_en/plants-and-sales-offices.htm
- "Egger investeste peste 210 milioane euro in prelucrarea lemnului" (in Romanian). Wall Street. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- "In vreme de criza, austriecii de la Egger investesc 53 de mil. euro la Radauti" (in Romanian). Wall Street. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- Myers, Sharon (24 July 2017). "EGGER to invest $700 million in Davidson County". The Dispatch. Gate House Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 October 2018.