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Forest and Wood


Introduction
The Market
Industry Networks
Research Environment
Regional Advantages
Prominent Locations

Prominent Locations

Timber locations in Bavaria

Owing to its uniform forest cover, Bavaria’s forestry and timber industry is a sector of the economy represented all over the state. The following regional concentrations are, however, discernible:

Region of Swabia

  • Sawing industry
  • Paper industry
  • Carpentry and timber construction
  • Furniture industry

Southeast Bavaria

  • Timber center of excellence for research and training in Rosenheim, Munich, Weihenstephan
  • Fields of joiner/carpenter/wood construction

North Bavaria

  • Upholstered furniture and veneer industry with research and training facilities in Coburg
  • Networking with the textile industry, plaiting craft, new materials, packaging and logistics
  • Department of “Integrated Product Design“ at Coburg University of Applied Sciences

Upper Palatinate

  • Wood engineering industry
  • Small, medium-sized and large sawmills along the border with the Czech Republic

 


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Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Gerd Wegener

Manager:
Jürgen Bauer
(Clustergeschäftsführer)
Contact:
Zentrum Wald-Forst-Holz Weihenstephan e.V.
Am Hochanger 11
85354 Freising
Tel.: +49 (0) 8161 71 5117
Fax.: +49 (0) 8161 71 4971
Email: bauer@cluster-forstholzbayern.de
Internet: www.cluster-forstholzbayern.de/

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