Family business since1920
Healthy growth, constant development, continuity, long-term thinking and fairness have shaped the history of Tschopp Holzindustrie AG over three generations.
Healthy growth, constant development, continuity, long-term thinking and fairness have shaped the history of Tschopp Holzindustrie AG over three generations.
Commissioning of the new sawmill with 8 high-performance band saws.
Extension in the pellet plant, drying capacity increases to 130`000 tons per year. Commissioning of the 5th pellet mill, production capacity increases to 180`000 tons per year.
Start of construction of new sawmill, total investment CHF 75 million
Increase in production to 1.5 million m2 of shuttering panels and 108,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
Expansion of lumber drying in the panel plant. Renewal of the finishing line for shuttering panels with edge sealing on long and end sides. New construction of a warehouse for 6`500 metric tons of pellets in 15 kg bags.
Commissioning of the green electricity production in the wood-fired power plant by means of an ORC turbine with an output of 10.5 GWh green electricity per year. Extension of the shuttering panel plant. Commissioning of a fully automatic patching plant for the shuttering panels. Increase in production to 1.4 million m2 of shuttering panels and 60,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
Construction of a drying plant for sawdust and wood shavings for the raw material extension of the pellet plant.
New construction of a 60-metre high storage silo for pellets. New construction of a wood-fired power plant with a total output of 8.5 MW, fuel bark and waste wood of classes A1 and A2.
Expansion of lumber drying in the panel plant.
Renewed extension of the pellet plant, installation of a third pellet press. Total capacity new 90,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
New construction of a raw material receiving hall with office building. Installation of a high-performance bagging facility in the pellet plant. Increase in production to 1.3 million m2 shuttering panels and 40,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
Increase in production to 1.2 million m2 shuttering panels and 30,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
Extension of the pellet plant, installation of a second pellet press. Total capacity new 50,000 metric tons / year.
Increase in production to 1 million m2 shuttering panels and 15,000 metric tons of pellets per year.
Commissioning of the new pellet plant with a production of 6`000 metric tons per year.
Increase in production to 800,000 m2 shuttering panels per year.
Conversion of the lumber yard from crane operation to forklift operation. Demolition of the old drying chambers, construction of new drying chambers with higher capacity.
New sawmill construction and heating plant. Cutting capacity 30,000 m3 per year, thermal capacity 3.5 MW. The sawmill in the village is shut down.
Ronald Tschopp joins the Company. New management team: Franz Tschopp, Ronald Tschopp and Daniel Tschopp Increase in production to 500,000 m2 shuttering panels per year.
Daniel Tschopp joins the Company. Construction hall 5 with fully automatic trimming system, sorting plant, gluing systems. Increase in production to 250,000 m2 per year.
Tschopp Holzindustrie AG is founded.
An office building and a glue tank facility are built.
A surface coating plant is put into operation to improve the quality of the shuttering panels.
Franz Tschopp assumes sole responsibility for the company.
The company receives a large order to supply shuttering panels to Syria.. Increase in production to 200,000 m2 per year.
New production buildings are constructed. Increase in production to 150,000 m2 per year.
As one of the first companies in Switzerland and Europe, the company starts the production of three-layer glued shuttering panels, 50 panels per day.
Josef Tschopp retires from the Company.
Further sons of Josef Tschopp join the company. EFirst land is bought at the present site. Middle layers for the furniture industry are manufactured. Brand name Buttholz® Middle Layers referring to the village of Buttisholz.
Roman Tschopp, the eldest son of Josef Tschopp, joins the company. Business activities are the sawmill, carpentry and the production of wooden crates.
1920 Josef Tschopp buys an existing sawmill in the village of Buttisholz. A two-man business with very simple equipment.