Lämmle

What Lämmle does

Lämmle is a family-owned German industrial company headquartered in Rot an der Rot - Zell that has operated a hydropower-powered sawmill since 1931 and has manufactured pallets since 1960. Over 90+ years it has built six interconnected business divisions — Export Packaging, Storage, Logistics, Crates & Custom Constructions, Pallets, and Winter Gardens — employing approximately 300 people across multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries (Lämmle Holzverarbeitung GmbH, Lämmle Industriepack Verpackungsgesellschaft Zell mbH & Co. KG, Lämmle-PTS Logistics GmbH, and Lämmle Industrielogistik GmbH & Co. KG) and several southern-German sites including Memmingen, Ravensburg, Tannheim, Nersingen/Ulm, and Mindelheim.

The company produces custom wooden export packaging, standard and specialty pallets (Euro, DIN, brewery, Düsseldorf, CP, presswood, industry), plywood/OSB/solid-wood/aluminum crates and reusable boxes (including the patented aluminum Mehrwegkisten and the proprietary Cargo Box folding plywood system), and glued-laminated-timber winter gardens with aluminum cladding. Supporting technical capabilities include ISPM 15 heat treatment, VCI/desiccant/protective-layer corrosion protection, transport monitoring (shock, tilt, temperature, humidity), container weighing for SOLAS compliance, and Pallet-Express static load calculation software conforming to DIN ISO 8611.

Revenue is generated through quote-based, custom-manufactured one-off product sales plus professional-services and managed-service engagements in export packaging, warehousing (~15,000+ sqm indoor), in-house logistics, transport organization, and complete process-chain outsourcing. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting manufacturers, breweries, medical-device producers, and industrial machinery exporters, supported by certifications (ISO 9001 since 1999, PEFC, IPPC, HPE Fachgruppe Verpacker, regB) and ~20,000 sqm of multi-site storage with up to 64-ton lifting capacity. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; standard pallets are stocked for immediate availability, while all other products are made-to-order. Management rests with four family members (Rudolf, Dieter, Christoph, Joachim Lämmle) as authorized managing directors.

Name

Lämmle

Legal name

Lämmle Holzverarbeitung GmbH

Website

https://laemmle-holz.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Lämmle is a 90+ year family-owned German wood-packaging and logistics group that manufactures custom export packaging, pallets, crates, and winter gardens, and provides storage and in-house logistics services to industrial enterprise customers across southern Germany and international export markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wooden Packaging

NAICS

Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing (321920)

SIC

Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430), Sawmills & Planting Mills, General (2421)

akta.pro primary industry

Pallets (Wood, Plastic, Metal, Presswood) (IMALAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wood Pallets, Crates & Industrial Wood Packaging (IMADADAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial wooden packaging
• Export packaging services
• Custom pallet manufacturing
• Heavy cargo crating
• Warehousing and logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Rot An Der Rot

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wooden Packaging Manufacturing: Manufacturing and sale of wooden packaging products including pallets (Euro-pallets, industry pallets, brewery pallets, custom pallets), crates (plywood, solid wood, OSB), containers, transport frames, and special constructions. One-time product sales with customization options.
2. Export Packaging Services: Sea-worthy packaging, air freight packaging, container packaging, heavy cargo packaging with lifting capacities up to 100+ tons, ISPM 15 heat treatment, corrosion protection (VCI, protective layer, desiccant methods), transport monitoring.
3. Storage and Warehousing: Short-, medium-, and long-term storage services in modern heated and unheated warehouses. Approximately 15,000 sqm of indoor storage and significantly larger outdoor areas across multiple locations.
4. Logistics Services: Complete process chain including commissioning/pick-pack, loading/ladungssicherung, transport organization, in-house logistics, complete solutions (dismantling, washing, cleaning, packaging, loading, transport organization, installation).
5. Winter Garden Construction: Design, planning, manufacturing, and installation of wooden conservatories/sunrooms using glued laminated timber with aluminum weather protection. Complete turnkey service including consultation, permit planning, workshop planning, fabrication, and assembly.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Lämmle is a family-owned manufacturer and service provider of custom wooden packaging, pallets, and crates for industrial and export customers, supported by its own sawmill. It also offers turnkey storage, logistics, heavy-cargo export packaging, and wooden winter garden construction for residential customers. The company operates six business divisions (Export Packaging, Storage, Logistics, Crates & Special Constructions, Pallets, Winter Gardens) with 300 employees across southern Germany.

Product overview

Lämmle is a family-owned wood packaging and construction company with over 90 years of history, offering a portfolio of six interconnected business divisions: Export Packaging (Exportverpackungen), Storage (Lagerung), Logistics (Logistik), Crates & Custom Constructions (Kisten & Sonderkonstruktionen), Pallets (Paletten), and Winter Gardens (Wintergarten). The company operates its own sawmill (since 1931) to produce raw materials for pallet manufacturing and custom wooden packaging. Export Packaging provides specialized solutions for ocean freight, air freight, and container shipping with services including heat treatment (ISPM 15), corrosion protection, and transport monitoring. The Crates & Custom Constructions division offers plywood boxes, solid wood boxes, OSB boxes, folding Cargo Box systems, and aluminum reusable boxes. The Pallets division manufactures Euro pallets, DIN pallets, brewery pallets, Düsseldorf pallets, industry pallets, CP pallets, and custom pressed wood pallets, supported by Pallet-Express static calculation software. Storage and Logistics divisions provide warehousing with approximately 20,000 sqm of space, commissioning, in-house logistics, and complete process solutions. The Winter Garden division delivers custom wooden conservatory construction with aluminum cladding. All divisions are unified by the company's own sawmill for raw material supply and share a commitment to sustainability with PEFC certification and renewable energy production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wintergarten: Conservatory/sunroom construction service for residential extensions, including consultation, planning, manufacturing, and installation.

Products and services

• Export Packaging (Exportverpackungen) Specialized export packaging for valuable machinery, oversized equipment, transfer lines, and high-tech medical devices. Services include seaworthy packaging, air freight packaging, container packaging (HPE/CTU compliant with SOLAS weighing), heavy cargo packaging up to 100+ tons, ISPM 15 heat treatment, corrosion protection (protective coating, desiccant, VCI methods), and transport monitoring (shock, tilt, temperature, humidity). Targeted at industrial exporters, machinery builders, and medical device manufacturers.
• Storage (Lagerung) Short-, medium-, and long-term storage services in approximately 15,000 sqm of modern heated warehouse space plus significantly larger outdoor storage areas across multiple southern Germany locations (Rot an der Rot, Memmingen, Ravensburg, Tannheim, Nersingen/Ulm). Facilities include temperature and humidity data logging and crane capacity up to 64 tons. Targeted at industrial customers needing to free production space and stage components or finished goods.
• Logistics (Logistik) Complete logistics services including warehousing, commissioning/pick-and-pack, packaging, loading and load securing, transport organization, in-house logistics at customer sites, and full process chain solutions covering dismantling, washing, cleaning, packaging, loading, transport organization, and installation. Targeted at industrial customers wanting to outsource logistics to focus on core competencies.
• Crates & Custom Constructions (Kisten & Sonderkonstruktionen) Custom wooden crates and special constructions including plywood boxes, solid wood boxes, OSB boxes, trade show and reusable boxes, patented aluminum reusable boxes, transport floors, foldable Cargo Box plywood transport packaging with integrated steel locking, and collapsible boxes. Targeted at industrial customers with specialized shipping, transport, or trade show packaging needs.
• Pallets (Paletten) Custom and standard pallet manufacturing since 1960 including Euro pallets (EPAL 1/2/3), DIN pallets, brewery pallets with frame bottoms for roller and chain conveyors, Düsseldorf pallets, industry pallets (two-way/four-way), CP chemical industry pallets (CP 1-9), presswood pallets meeting IPPC ISPM 15, and custom single-use and reusable pallets. Static calculation via Pallet-Express software (DIN ISO 8611). Top frames and pallet accessories also available. Targeted at pharmaceutical, machine building, beverage, and printing industry customers.
• Winter Garden (Wintergarten) Custom design, planning, manufacturing, and installation of wooden winter gardens/sunrooms using glue-laminated timber for dimensional stability and aluminum profiles for weather protection, with integrated ventilation and shading systems. Complete service includes home consultation, permit planning, workshop planning, fabrication, and assembly. Over 1,200 winter gardens built by the company in this segment. Targeted at private homeowners seeking year-round sunlit living space extensions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lifting capacity up to 64 tons at main facilities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

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Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Mondi Group: Global packaging and paper major with a portfolio spanning corrugated, industrial bags, and engineered packaging (including Tri-Wall). Represents the broad incumbent alternative for industrial customers evaluating packaging suppliers.
• Smurfit Kappa: Global paper-based and integrated packaging conglomerate with operations across Europe. While not specializing in wooden export packaging, it overlaps through corrugated industrial packaging and serves similar B2B industrial customers.
• Sealed Air: Global protective and food packaging major offering protective packaging solutions used by industrial shippers. Adjacent in protecting goods in transit and serves overlapping logistics/industrial customers.
• DS Smith: UK-listed global packaging major with significant European operations in corrugated, industrial, and protective packaging. Overlaps with Lämmle in industrial B2B packaging customer base and sustainability positioning.

Others

• CHEP: Global pallet pooling and supply chain solutions provider, operating a fundamentally different rental/circular model rather than manufacturing. Adjacent ecosystem participant relevant to Lämmle's pallet customers as an alternative procurement model.

Direct peers

• Tri-Wall: Global heavy-duty corrugated and wooden packaging specialist (now part of Mondi) focused on export, automotive, and industrial applications. Closely comparable in heavy-cargo / export packaging and reusable crate solutions.
• Karl-Heinz Peters GmbH & Co. KG: German family-owned pallet and packaging manufacturer with similar Mittelstand structure, producing standard and custom pallets plus export packaging. Comparable in size range, ownership model, and product mix to Lämmle.
• Falkenhahn AG: German manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial wooden packaging, custom crates, and export packaging. Comparable Mittelstand competitor operating in the same regional market with similar product breadth (crates, containers, special constructions) and customer verticals.
• Nefab: Sweden-based engineered packaging specialist with global operations serving export, heavy-cargo, and ISPM 15 certified packaging for industrial OEMs. Closest functional analog to Lämmle's export packaging and crates divisions, with a comparable one-stop-shop model and similar heavy-lift capability.
• GEBA Verpackungen GmbH: German wood packaging manufacturer producing pallets, crates, and custom packaging for industrial customers. Directly comparable in product range and regional German Mittelstand positioning to Lämmle's pallet and crates divisions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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