On track for growth

FN Neuhofer Holz is an Upper Austrian family business that has focused on processing timber for around 355 years now. Over recent years the company, which has its headquarters at Zell am Moos, has increasingly concentrated on the production of profiles, until it today regards itself as one of the leading European manufacturers in this segment.
The new production hall inaugurated in September can turn out 30 mio linear metres of profiles annually.
Profiles form the mainstay of sales. The range comprises 1000 different articles – laminated, veneered, foiled or solid wood. Available to complement the profile programme is a series of innovative accessories, HDF and aluminium floor profiles, flexible floor profiles, fixing systems for floor profiles, a profile system for stairs, and a multi-functional store display system. FN Neuhofer Holz is on track for growth, having last year recorded a sales increase of 37 per cent to € 31.6 mio and now targeting a rise of 11 per cent to approx. € 35 mio for this current year. It is not without pride that Franz Neuhofer jun., manager for sales, marketing and finance, explains the company's position, “Our market share is around 10 per cent in Europe and around 7 per cent worldwide, excluding China.” It has been present in the United Kingdom since 2002 with a wholly-owned subsidiary there, and at the end of 2004 a further foreign branch was established in the USA. Production for the US market is scheduled to start up here in 2007.
Neuhofer Holz offers space-saving merchandising displays for the POS.
The official opening in September of the new production shed at company headquarters in Zell am Moos has set the course for further growth. “The planned increase in production from the current 60 mio to a total of 90 mio linear metres annually is expected to satisfy the requirements of existing markets and provide extensive coverage of the promising market on the other side of the Atlantic as well,” says Franz Neuhofer jun.. The new automated production line is operated in three shifts. Neuhofer Holz played a significant part in the development of this new plant.
The innovative strength of the company is documented by many worldwide registered patents and protection of registered designs. The latest product, “FN multi4function”, is a universally applicable floor profile in HDF or aluminium that is suitable for use as a motion, transition, border or carpet profile. “As expected, the new profile has been very successful in the…