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Kronospan to Invest €300 Million in New 800,000-Cubic-Meter-Per-Year Particleboard Plant
In March 2026, Knauf, a global leader in wood-based panel manufacturing, officially launched a major €300 million investment project to build a state-of-the-art particleboard production facility in Italy, which has now entered full construction phase.
Kronospan to Invest €300 Million in New 800,000-Cubic-Meter-Per-Year Particleboard Plant
March 13, 2026 Source: Knosbon Operations Center
In March 2026, Knauf, a global leader in wood-based panel manufacturing, officially launched a major €300 million investment project to build a state-of-the-art facility in Italy. Particleboard The production base is now fully under construction.
The facility is located in San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy, with a planned annual production capacity of 800,000 cubic meters and an annual wood-feedstock consumption of 400,000 metric tons, primarily using recycled wood as the raw material. The project also includes the concurrent construction of a combined heat-and-power plant that integrates biomass and natural-gas power-generation technologies, ensuring robust production capacity while meeting green, low-carbon, and environmentally sustainable development requirements.
Italy – Ponte Rosso Factory
Kronospan was founded in Austria in 1897 and now operates more than 40 production facilities worldwide, making it the largest manufacturer of engineered wood panels in Europe, with a total annual capacity of nearly 30 million cubic meters. Its product portfolio includes particleboard and medium-density fiberboard. Fiberboard including oriented strand board and other product categories, which are widely used in furniture manufacturing and the construction industry.
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