A proud family business

We are a proud family business from Halland that during the last 75 years has grown and developed into a modern sawmill that can saw what other mills cannot. Below you can read about our journey so far.

The first sawmill starts in Bjernared, powered by a crude oil engine.
1946
The paraffin lanterns are turned off and the sawmill light is from now on powered by electricity.
1948
The first forklift is purchased.
1955
A new saw house with new and used machinery is built at Bjernareds. All machinery is now powered by electricity.
1957
The demand for cellulose chips increases within the pulp industry, leading us to invest in a new bark- and cutter machine. The raw material now consists mainly of 18 m long timber, cut into requested lengths using a tape measure and a chainsaw.
The 60's
Denmark and the Faeroe Islands are the major markets during this time. The assortment consists of fresh sawn beams reaching a maximum of 9 meters, mainly used for construction.
The 70's
A root reducer is installed. The first modern wheel loader and truck are purchased.
The 80's
A completely new sawmill is built with both new and renovated machines.
1994
New bark machine.
1997
The first kiln drier is installed and put into use.
1999
A Biofuel boiler replaces the old oil boiler.
2001
The new chambers for the kiln drier is installed to keep up with the increased demand for kiln dried products.
2001-2003
New feeding silo for fuel is installed to the boiler.
2005
We implement a machine for C24 strength grading for our construction timber products.
2006
New operating system is installed in the saw line.
2007
The ERP system WinSaw is installed. A system that enabled computer handling of products, stock, contracts, call-off, deliveries, invoices and production planning.
2008
A new office building with a conference room was built next to the sawmill building. The sawmill area is fenced off with an automatic gate.
2009
New storage facility for wood shavings is built.
2010
The combination sorting line is re-built accompanied with a new control system. Rosgrade is installed for machine strength grading (replaces previous Computormatic) A new storage building for sawn products is built.
2011
Safety adaptation of the sawmill is made according to national environmental requirements.
2016
Construction begins for the new 1400m2 planing line. It will allow us to plane products up to 100 mm thick and 3000 mm wide. The planing line includes a double band saw from AKE that provides us the possibility to cut and split products to our customers exact needs.
2016
Bjernareds Sågverk’s 70th anniversery.
2016
The new planing line is done and put into use. Yearly production is now 25 000 m3+.
2017
A new control system is installed in the kiln driers to make the drying process more efficient.
2017
The planing line gets additional capacity with exact cutting blades from Almab and strength grading from Dynagrade. This gives us even more capabilities in the planing line.
2018
Point scanner and turner from Limab is installed in the planing line.
2019
The planing line gets an automatic banding frame from Fromm. Increasing capacity and removes repetitive tasks for our employees.
2020
We are building a completely new log sorting facility. This will optimize the logistic at the sawmill and enable future growth and additional storage.
2020
To protect our business and employees we are installing a sprinkler facility with a 750m3 water tank covering the planing line at first and the sawmill building in next phase.
2020
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Tel: +46 (0)346 557 20  |  Bjärnared 202, 311 67 Slöinge, Sweden

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Bjärnared 202, 311 67 Slöinge, Sweden

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