Pfeifer Group

Name

Pfeifer Group

Legal name

Pfeifer Holz GmbH

Website

https://pfeifergroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Pfeifer Group (Pfeifer Holz GmbH) is an Austrian wood processing company that, through its Euroblock joint venture with Presswood International B.V., manufactures engineered composite wood blocks for block pallet manufacturers across 49 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineered Wood Products / Timber Manufacturing

NAICS

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (32192), Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (321920), Engineered Wood Member Manufacturing (321215)

SIC

Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMALAFAF

Pallets (Wood, Plastic, Metal, Presswood)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Packaging & Containers/Protective & Transport Packaging (Foam, Dunnage, Pallets, Crates)

SECONDARYIMADADAJ

Wood Pallets, Crates & Industrial Wood Packaging

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Building Materials & Products/Timber, Lumber & Engineered Wood Products

SECONDARYIMAMACAA

Softwood Plywood Manufacturing

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Paper & Forest Products/Engineered Wood Products (Plywood, OSB, LVL, CLT)

Keywords

• Engineered wood products
• Composite wood blocks
• Block pallet manufacturing
• Timber processing
• Wood recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Imst

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Pfeifer Group manufactures timber and engineered wood products, with its primary commercial offering being composite wood blocks for block pallet manufacturing, produced through the Euroblock joint venture with Presswood International B.V. The composite blocks are engineered to replace solid wood blocks in pallet production and deliver 20-25% production output improvement. Manufacturing is carried out at facilities in Germany and the Netherlands, distributing to 49 countries globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Euroblock Composite Wood Blocks Engineered composite wood blocks manufactured by Euroblock (joint venture of Pfeifer Holz GmbH and Presswood International B.V.) for use by block pallet manufacturers. The blocks are designed to replace solid wood blocks in block pallet production, delivering a 20-25% production output improvement and supporting EU Deforestation Regulation compliance via digital traceability. Produced at facilities in Germany and the Netherlands and distributed to 49 countries, with North American expansion through partner Hinton Lumber Products.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Presswood International B.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuroblock is a joint venture between Pfeifer Holz GmbH and Presswood International B.V., combining expertise in engineered wood solutions. This JV enables global distribution of composite blocks for block pallets.
• Hinton Lumber ProductscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorU.S. block pallet manufacturer; deepened partnership with Euroblock to serve growing North American block pallet market. Represents strategic expansion into North America where block pallets represent smaller market share compared to Europe.

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Presswood International B.V. Pfeifer's JV partner in Euroblock and a leading European producer of presswood/composite blocks for block pallets. Direct comparability on product, technology, and end-customer base, with the distinction that Presswood is a partner rather than a competitor by design of the JV.
• PalletOne: One of the largest North American pallet manufacturers producing both stringer and block pallets, providing a U.S. benchmark for the kind of customer Hinton Lumber represents and the scale of the addressable North American block pallet market.

Broad incumbents

• CHEP (Brambles): Global pallet pooling incumbent whose block pallet fleet reportedly uses composite blocks in ~80% of units, anchoring the demand for Euroblock's product. Comparable as the dominant end-customer shaping the European composite block specification.
• EPAL (European Pallet Association): Governing body and licensing authority for the European pallet pool, defining the EUR/EPAL block pallet specification that drives demand for standardized composite block components across the manufacturer ecosystem.
• Greif: Global industrial packaging manufacturer with a significant pallet and container business serving the same downstream logistics, food, and industrial customers, making it a useful scale and channel benchmark for Pfeifer/Euroblock's expansion.
• UFP Industries: Diversified North American wood products manufacturer with packaging, pallets, and engineered wood components, relevant as a comparable on wood-based industrial component manufacturing and as a potential U.S. channel or competitor for engineered pallet inputs.
• Kronospan: Major European wood-based panel and engineered wood producer with significant investments in recycled fiber and panel manufacturing, providing a scale and vertical integration benchmark for Pfeifer's engineered wood and Uelzen recycling operations.
• West Fraser Timber: Large North American lumber and engineered wood (OSB, LVL, plywood) producer, relevant as a peer on engineered wood component technology and as a potential partner or competitor in the North American engineered wood market that feeds pallet manufacturing.

Regional players

• Millwood: U.S. pallet, lumber, and packaging distributor and manufacturer focused on North America, providing a direct U.S. regional comparison for channel structure, customer mix, and pallet recovery/recycling economics.

Emerging players

• iGPS Logistics: U.S. operator of plastic pallet pooling, representing the principal alternative-material competitive threat to block pallet adoption in North America and a useful proxy for how sustainability and hygiene narratives could pressure composite wood block demand.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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