Welcome to Kronospan Schweiz AG

Overview
√ Who we are
Our Products
Quality
Swissness
Environment
Vision
Strategy
 Swiss Krono Group
1) Menznau 4) Kronopol
2) Luzern 5) Kronotex
6) Kronoply
3) France
4) Poland 9) KronoStar
3) Kronofrance
5) Germany
6) Germany 7) Kronotex USA

7) America 10) Depalor

8) KronoLviv
8) Ukraine 1) Kronoswiss
9) Russia 2) Kronotec

10) France

10 plants

5‘400 employees

More than 400 employees at Kronospan Schweiz AG

Kronology
1966 Foundation of the company as an "AG for Wood Industry.",
1969 Production of raw chipboards
1974 Production of decorative melamine faced chipboards.
1976 Beginning of cut-to-size service
1985 Name changed to Kronospan AG.
1986 The first paper impregnation plant goes into operation.
1992 Production of thin chipboards
1996
•
Start of the production of laminate flooring
1999 Start of the production of MDF / HDF board
2002 A direct printing facility is installed and begins production.
2004 Name changed to "Kronospan Switzerland AG".
2010 Commissioning of the biomass generator
Organisation
Owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ernst Kaindl / Ines Kaindl-Benes

Executive Board
Mauro Capozzo / Jürg Meier / Josef Hofer

Senior Managment
Sales: P. Mullings, U.Braun / Production: P. Steinmann / Accounts: W. Ottiger

Employees
Total: 400
80% from the neighbourhood (< 20 km)
11 nationalities
Numerology I
Input

750,000 t/y of forest wood; fresh wood or sawmill wastes delivered

Wood
from Swiss forests (a small part comes from bordering countries)
~ 150 rail cars per day

Chemicals 150,000 t/y of chemical resources to glue the wooden particles and
for surface coating with decor papers
~ 12 rail cars per day

Raw-paper 20,000 t/y of chlorine-free bleached paper,

printed with colours without heavy metals

160 GWh/y electric energy

Energy 580 GWh/y thermal energy
(heat production and electricity generation primarily from
biomass or water power)
Numerology II
Output

450‘000 m3 annual production of chipboards

(60 rail cars per day)

250‘000 m3 annual production of MDF / HDF boards

(40 rail cars per day)

220‘000‘000 m2 annual production of impregnated paper

(100 soccer fields per day)

28‘000‘000 m2 annual production of laminate flooring

(13 soccer fields per day)

11‘000‘000 m2 annual production of lacquered panels

(5 soccer fields per day)
Overview
Who we are
√ Our Products
Quality
Swissness
Environment
Vision
Strategy
Basic products
Raw chipboards
(in thicknesses from 2.8 to 50 mm)
manufactured from chipped forest
timber and bonding agents

Raw MDF/HDF
(in thicknesses from 2.8 to 40 mm)
Medium- and High-Density Fibre boards
manufactured from defibrated forest timber and bonding
agents

Decor foil
(over 300 designs)
manufactured by impregnating decorative
raw paper with melamine resins
Processed products
Furniture panels for interior work
– Large boards
– Boards cut to size
– Processed boards
Processed products
Laminate flooring
Healthy products
• Product image
Wooden materials have to
improve their image regarding
the evaporation of chemicals by
proving that they are harmless to
health.

• R&D
Kronoswiss products are
formaldehyde-free

• Partnerships
with research institutes
Overview
Who we are
Our Products
√ Quality
Swissness
Environment
Vision
Strategy
Quality
Quality management system ISO 9001
(according to the standard of 2008)

Goals:
Continuous, high quality
 Customer satisfaction

Measures:
Define requirements & goals with the partners
Process control
 Traceability
 Controlling (input/performance/output)

Improvement:
Continuous internal examinations
 Yearly audits
 Planning production, products and services
Certificates and memberships
Environmental management system ISO 14001 (Reg. No. 98-111-503),
certified by TÜV Schweiz (SwissTS)

Forest Stewardship Council FSC, certified by SGS

(SGS-CoC-0309)

Monitoring by independent and external institutes:

- Inspection contracts E1 (formaldehyde)
- PCP (pentane-chlorophenol)
- various physical and chemical properties

Member of the Energy Agency for Industry to enhance

energy efficiency and to reduce CO² emissions .
Member of European Producers of Laminate Flooring

Member of Swiss-Label
Promoting Swiss products

The HSH Lable declares the origin of wood from Swiss forests or
wood products from the Swiss industrie.
The lable thus indirectly communicates the strict Swiss laws and
standards as well as the proverbial Swiss Quality.
Overview
Who we are
Our Products
Quality
√ Swissness
Environment
Strategy
Value chain of Swissness
• Fully untilise the value of world perception of Switzerland
• Local purchasing wherever possible (for example wood)
• Swiss Quality: More than a brand!

Creating value in Switzerland: Wood from Switzerland:

Swiss-made Swiss-sourced
Swissness over the world
The world / Markets want Swiss brands
Overview
Who we are
Our Products
Quality
Swissness
√ Environment
Vision
Strategy
Low-emission wooden materials from
Kronoswiss
• Our wooden materials with double-sided coating (chipboards, MDF,
flooring) can be called „emission-free“.

• Our coated brand products SwissSpan Eco, SwissMDF Eco and

SwissHDF Eco comply with the world's toughest standards:

 Minergie Eco
 eco-bau
 German AgBB-Schema
 Californian CARB standards
 Japanese standards
Ecology of international standing from
Switzerland
Think local, act global

• We buy locally
• We use wood from Switzerland from sustainable forestry
• We plan transportation in round trips and by train
• We invest in state-of-the-art, energy-efficient technology
• We use processes with circulation strategies
CO2-Reduction – Resource-saving
production
Unbeatable product life cycle assessment

• We run an active energy management:

Savings wherever possible
• We use renewable energy rescources
• We prefer short transport distances
• We operate all processes according to ecological performance
criteria
• We use the material flow fully
Environment – a sustainability balance

Environmental management system

ISO 14001
Reduction of fossil CO2-emissions in the
Goals: production per m3 chip board
100
Optimal use of resources %

Measures:
Energy and material flow analyses - 70%
Optimization by the “TOP” principle 50
%
(Technology, Organisation, Personnel)

Improvement:
Fully-automated control of the key
indexes, team reviews, 2000 2007
1990
yearly audits Target 2011: Reduction by 90% vs. 1990
The strategy of Kronospan Schweiz AG

Maximise the value and utilisation of timber

• We actively support the use of wood in the cycle / cascade

• We use fresh wood for our products
• We thus support the thinning and rejuvenation of indigenous forests

in Switzerland
• We have a returning concept for used furniture for our customers
and partners
• We use recycled wood as an energy resource for our processes
Many lives of Timber
Cycle of Wood at Kronospan

• Use of industry and saw-mill by-products

• Thermal use of recycled and used wood

• 55 MW biomass energy center (thermal energy)

– State-of-the-art exhaust air filters (electrostatic precipitator, biowashers)
– High demands on logistics (for example developement of railway
infrastructure)
• Network: Returning concept
(for example return of used furniture in the cycle of wood)

• Substituted volume of natural gas 150 GWh/y

(~ 30‘000 t CO2)
Overview
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Quality
Swissness
Environment
√ Vision
Strategy
Vision
Make Kronoswiss worldwide
the quintessential premium
manufacturer of
wood-based materials
– and no. 1 in
Switzerland!

powerful agile respected

fast
effective dynamic

resolute clever intelligent

efficiently
elegant proud successful
Overview
Who we are
Our Products
Quality
Swissness
Environment
Vision
√ Strategy
Marketing strategy
Marketing strategy
All from one source An extensive range for furniture craftsmanship, kitchen and
interior design for private and commercial use.

Extensive range Panorama Collection, Königsklasse, Swiss Floor, Eco

Delivery within 24 h in Switzerland

Just in time Delivery within 48 h in Europe
Delivery overseas despatch within 7 days

Various accessories Skirtingboards, knobs, handles, Übergangs- und Abschlussprofile, etc.

Innovative, ecological High level of innovation, state-of-the-art production facilities.

products Leading in ecological product attributes.

Swiss Quality Products.

Our answer to the requirements of international markets.
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