Interwood Xylemporia Atene

What Interwood Xylemporia Atene does

Interwood Xylemporia Atene (Α.Τ.Ε.Ν.Ε.) is a publicly listed Greek wood and timber product wholesaler and distributor, formed in 2009 through the merger of Ξυλεμπορία Α.Τ.Ε.Ν.Ε. and Ιντεργκουντ Α.Ε., with operating history dating to 1957. The company is headquartered in Elefsína, Greece, and trades on the Athens Stock Exchange under the ticker XYLEK. It self-identifies as the largest wood wholesaler in Greece, operating five physical branch locations across the country and employing 51-100 staff in total (including approximately 50 specialized personnel at its wholly-owned ELTOP subsidiary, which handles industrial wood processing and semi-finished furniture component production).

The company's product portfolio spans four core categories: softwood lumber (pine, spruce, fir from American, European, Scandinavian, and Russian origins), industrial wood (MDF, OSB, plywood, melamine, particleboard, HDF, PET panel), hardwood (Greek, European, American, and tropical sources), and specialty engineered wood products including Accoya acetylized timber and Thermowood heat-treated timber. The company also distributes flooring under the DIPO sub-brand via dedicated showrooms, covering solid, pre-polished, laminate, LVT vinyl, and outdoor deck products. Value-added processing services (wood impregnation, precision cutting and planing, and kiln drying) are bundled with product sales.

The business model is wholesale B2B distribution with quote-based pricing and no public tier structure. Revenue streams comprise (1) core wholesale product sales to construction companies, carpentry workshops, furniture manufacturers, architects, and building material merchants; (2) project-based contracts for large-scale infrastructure works, exemplified by a €3.38M HPL cladding subcontract with TERNA A.E. at the New International Airport of Heraklion (LEED-certified) and supply participation in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation hospital projects; and (3) processing service fees. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales for major projects with a five-branch distribution network for B2B customers. The company holds FSC certification as a sustainability credential.

Name

Interwood Xylemporia Atene

Legal name

ΙΝΤΕΡΓΟΥΝΤ-ΞΥΛΕΜΠΟΡΙΑ Ανώνυμη Τεχνική Εμποροβιομηχανική Ναυτιλιακή Εταιρεία

Website

https://interwood.gr

Company type

Public

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Interwood Xylemporia Atene is Greece's largest publicly listed wood and timber product wholesaler, distributing softwood, hardwood, industrial panels, and specialty engineered wood to B2B customers across construction, carpentry, furniture, and infrastructure sectors via five domestic branches.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wood & Timber Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Wood Product Manufacturing (321), Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing (321912), Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing (321212), All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999)

SIC

Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400), Millwood, Veneer, Plywood, & Structural Wood Members (2430)

akta.pro primary industry

Plywood & Panel Products Distribution (Plywood, OSB, MDF, Particleboard) (IMAMAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Engineered Wood Products Distribution (LVL, I-joists, Glulam, CLT) (IMAMAIAD), Engineered Wood Product Distribution & Fabrication Services (IMAMACAO), Wood Treatment & Specialty Preservatives (IMAEABAO)

Keywords

• Wholesale lumber products
• Industrial wood panels
• Wood flooring distribution
• Wood processing services
• Construction timber supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Elefsína

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Wood and Timber Product Sales: Core revenue from wholesale sale of softwood, hardwood, industrial wood (MDF, OSB, plywood, melamine, chipboard), and specialty wood products (Accoya, Thermowood, composite panels) to B2B customers including construction companies, carpentry workshops, interior designers, and building material merchants.
2. Large-Scale Infrastructure Project Contracts: Revenue from major project-based contracts such as the €3.38M HPL cladding subcontract for the New International Airport of Heraklion with TERNA A.E., and participation in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation hospital projects.
3. Processing Services (Cutting, Planing, Drying, Impregnation): Value-added processing services including wood cutting and planing, wood drying, and impregnation/immersion treatments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Interwood Xylemporia Atene is Greece's largest wholesale distributor of wood and timber products, supplying softwood, hardwood, industrial wood panels (MDF, OSB, plywood, melamine, particleboard, blockboard, HDF), specialty engineered wood (Accoya, Thermowood, composite panels), and its own DIPO Flooring line to B2B customers across the country. In addition to product sales, the company offers integrated wood processing services — impregnation/immersion, precision cutting/planing, and kiln drying — and, through its ELTOP subsidiary, executes HPL architectural cladding installation for large infrastructure projects requiring LEED certification.

Product overview

Interwood Xylemporia A.T.E.N.E. is Greece's largest wholesale lumber and wood products company, listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. Its product portfolio is organized around four core lumber categories — Softwood (Μαλακή Ξυλεία, including pine and spruce from America, Europe, Scandinavia, and Russia), Industrial Wood (Βιομηχανική Ξυλεία, including MDF, coated MDF, OSB, PET panel, plywood, melamine, and particleboard/Novopan), Hardwood (Σκληρή Ξυλεία from Greece, Europe, America, and tropical regions), and Specialty Wood Products (including Accoya modified timber and Thermowood). The company also operates a flooring sub-brand, DIPO Flooring (solid, pre-polished, laminate, LVT vinyl, and outdoor deck), distributed via dipo.gr. Beyond product sales, Interwood offers complementary processing services — wood impregnation, cutting/planing, and kiln drying — enabling it to serve indoor, outdoor, and structural applications across residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dipo Flooring: Flooring products brand including solid floors, pre-polished floors, laminate floors, LVT vinyl floors, and outdoor deck floors. Distributed through dipo.gr.

Products and services

• Softwood Lumber (Μαλακή Ξυλεία) Softwood lumber sourced from multiple origins including American pitch pine, European fir (Trava), European spruce, Russian spruce, Scandinavian spruce, fir spindle blanks (Kormakia Tornou), Larch (Larika), Russian pine, and Scandinavian pine, covering indoor, outdoor, and structural applications. Sold wholesale to B2B customers in Greece.
• Industrial Wood (Βιομηχανική Ξυλεία) Industrial wood panel products including MDF, coated MDF (MDF Επενδεδυμένο), OSB, PET PANEL, plywood (Κόντρα Πλακέ), melamine panels (Μελαμίνη), particleboard/Novopan (Νοβοπάν), blockboard (Πλακάζ), and HDF/hardboard (Χαρτοσμαλτίνη). Sold wholesale to furniture manufacturers, carpenters, and building material merchants.
• Hardwood Lumber (Σκληρή Ξυλεία) Hardwood lumber sourced from Greece, Europe, America, and tropical regions for indoor, outdoor, and structural applications. Sold wholesale to construction companies, carpenters, and design professionals.
• Accoya Modified Timber Accoya acetylated wood (branded by Accsys) distributed by Interwood for external cladding, window frames, and marine applications. Sold as a specialty durable wood product to construction firms, architects, and joinery workshops.
• Thermowood Thermally modified wood product for outdoor deck applications, produced through heat treatment to enhance durability and dimensional stability. Distributed by Interwood to construction and decking buyers.
• DIPO Flooring Interwood's own-brand flooring sub-line covering solid timber floors (Masif), pre-polished floors, laminate floors, LVT vinyl floors, and outdoor deck floors. Distributed via dipo.gr and DIPO showrooms in Marousi and other Greek locations.
• Wood Impregnation / Immersion Services (Εμβαπτισμός – Εμποτισμός Ξυλείας) Wood impregnation and immersion treatment services to enhance durability and resistance to biological decay. Provided to wholesale buyers requiring pre-treated timber.
• Wood Cutting & Planing Services (Κοπή – Πλάνισμα Ξυλείας) Precision wood cutting and planing services for custom dimensions and finishes. Provided to B2B customers alongside product supply.
• Wood Drying Services (Ξήρανση Ξυλείας) Industrial wood drying / kiln drying services to achieve specified moisture content for various end-use applications.
• HPL Architectural Cladding Supply & Installation (via ELTOP) Supply and installation of HPL (High Pressure Laminate) architectural wall coverings for large-scale infrastructure projects with LEED certification requirements. Executed by Interwood's wholly-owned subsidiary ELTOP as project subcontractor — e.g., the €3.38M contract with TERNA A.E. for the New International Airport of Heraklion, Crete.

Quantifiable outcome

• €3.38 million contract for HPL architectural cladding at New International Airport of Heraklion
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• TERNA A.E.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Interwood signed a subcontract agreement with TERNA A.E. for the supply and installation of HPL architectural wall coverings at the New International Airport of Heraklion, Crete. The €3.38M project requires high technical specifications, strict sustainability standards, and LEED certification. ELTOP, a subsidiary of the Interwood Group, assumes project management responsibility for this complex installation work.
• Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Hospital ProjectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2026Interwood participated in the new hospitals of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation as a wood products supplier. These are national-scale infrastructure projects in the healthcare sector, representing the company's strategic expansion into large public/institutional construction projects.
• ELTOP (ΑΦΟΙ ΤΡΟΚΟΥΔΗ ELTOP ΑΒΕΕ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerELTOP (ΑΦΟΙ ΤΡΟΚΟΥΔΗ ELTOP ΑΒΕΕ) is a subsidiary acquired by Interwood in 2011 through a share-for-share exchange (810,150 new shares issued). ELTOP specializes in industrial wood product processing and semi-finished furniture component production. It generated approximately €6M revenue and €460K EBITDA in 2010 and employs about 50 specialized staff. ELTOP serves as the technical implementation arm for complex projects, including the Heraklion Airport HPL installation.
• DIPO (DIPO AE)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDIPO is an affiliated company distributing flooring products under the DIPO Flooring brand. Interwood distributes solid wood floors, pre-varnished floors, laminate floors, LVT vinyl floors, and exterior deck floors through dedicated DIPO showrooms. DIPO AE underwent nominalization process in 2019. DIPO Flooring showrooms are located in Marousi and other locations in Greece.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Karabinis Wood Products: Karabinis is a Greek wholesale distributor of wood and wood-based panels serving construction and furniture manufacturers. It directly competes with Interwood in the same domestic Greek B2B wood products market.
• JAF Group: Pan-European wholesale group for wood, panels, and building materials with branch networks similar to Interwood's five-branch Greek footprint. Direct comparable model as a multi-country wood and panel distributor serving B2B trade.

Broad incumbents

• Mayr-Melnhof Holz: Austrian-based producer of sawn timber, panels, and engineered wood products. Comparable as a European player in the same forestry/wood-products upstream categories Interwood distributes.
• UPM-Kymmene: UPM is a Finnish forest products group producing plywood, sawn timber, and engineered wood. Comparable as a large European supplier of the industrial wood and softwood categories Interwood distributes.
• Stora Enso: Stora Enso is a major European manufacturer of sawn timber, plywood, and engineered wood products. It supplies through wholesalers including Interwood and is a key upstream supplier and broad competitor in the same product categories.
• Binderholz: Austrian family-owned group operating sawmills and engineered wood (CLT, glulam, solid wood panels) production. Comparable product range (sawn timber, panels, engineered wood) at a much larger European scale.
• Hasslacher Preding Holz: Austrian sawmill and engineered wood group producing sawn timber, glulam, CLT, and cross-laminated timbers. Comparable in engineered wood product categories Interwood markets to construction and infrastructure clients.
• Sodra Group: Swedish forest industry cooperative producing sawn softwood and engineered wood. Comparable to Interwood's softwood lumber and structural timber offerings at a larger European scale.
• Kronospan: One of the world's largest manufacturers of wood-based panels including MDF, OSB, chipboard, and melamine-faced panels, all core Interwood product categories. Competes as a supplier and against Interwood's industrial wood segment.

Emerging players

• Accsys Technologies (Accoya): Accsys produces Accoya acetylated wood, which Interwood distributes in Greece. Comparable as a premium specialty wood brand seeking construction and outdoor applications.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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