Pfeifer Group: broad timber range, patchy EPD depth

Who Pfeifer is, in one minute

Pfeifer is a family‑owned wood manufacturer headquartered in Austria with 13 sites across four countries and around 2,600 employees. They process about 5.4 million m³ of roundwood annually and ship into roughly 90 countries (Pfeifer Group, 2025) (Pfeifer Group, 2025).

They position as market leader in shuttering panels and pallet blocks, top tier in sawn timber, pellets, formwork beams, and among the top five in European glulam by volume (Pfeifer Group, 2025).

What they make

The portfolio spans construction and energy: sawn timber, single and three‑ply panels, shuttering panels, formwork beams, glulam, CLT, pallet blocks, pellets and briquettes. That is close to ten product families with hundreds of SKUs across sizes and grades.

CLT is a headline product, with industrial scale panel formats and published technical data for up to 15 layers. Glulam is another core line with stated production capacity around 125,000 m³ per year on company materials (Pfeifer Group, 2025).

EPD coverage today

We found a published Environmental Product Declaration for Pfeifer CLT, listed on their CLT certificates page as ISO 14025 and EN 15804+A1, plus a French FDES verification attestation. That is a good start for mass timber tenders in Europe (Pfeifer CLT certificates, 2025).

For other high‑volume ranges like glulam, three‑ply panels, shuttering panels and formwork beams, we could not locate program‑operator entries on major public libraries as of December 20, 2025. If documents exist, they are not easily findable in the usual EPD directories. Say it plainly to internal teams so action follows.

Why that gap matters in bids

Many project teams now request product‑specific EPDs as standard pre‑quals. Without one, specifiers must use conservative defaults that add a penalty. That penalty makes swaps to a competitor with a current, operator‑hosted EPD more likely, especially on LEED v5‑oriented work where transparency earns credit.

EPDs do more than unlock checkboxes. They shorten decision cycles because engineers can model impacts faster. The ROI usually appears with a single mid‑sized project win, which sales often never sees coming until it’s lost.

A quick competitor lens

In CLT, near‑peers like Mayr‑Melnhof Holz and Stora Enso maintain current A2‑aligned declarations with European operators, and X‑Lam Dolomiti lists a CLT EPD valid to April 2030 on the International EPD System (IBU, 2024) (Stora Enso, 2023) (EPD International, 2025).

In glulam and panels, several Austrian and German producers advertise IBU‑issued EPDs across parts of their mass‑timber portfolio, which makes them specification‑ready in many EU tenders (IBU, 2025).

For concrete formwork use cases, plywood brands like WISA publicly promote comprehensive EPD coverage that procurement teams can drop into models, which raises the competitive bar for three‑layer shuttering panels when an equivalent declaration is missing (WISA Plywood, 2025).

The likely bestseller missing an EPD

Two big sellers by volume appear to be shuttering panels, at roughly 7 million m² per year, and glulam, at roughly 137,000 m³ per year on company figures. Neither shows a clearly published EPD entry in operator libraries we checked. That is where a single product‑specific EPD could move the needle fastest in tenders that screen for transparency first (Pfeifer Group, 2025).

If shuttering panels are a margin engine in your mix, having to default to generic formwork assumptions can put you behind alternatives that present a live, third‑party verified EPD. That is not just a sustainability box, it is a sales unlock.

What good looks like for Pfeifer’s next step

Treat CLT’s existing declaration as the template. Refresh to EN 15804+A2 where needed. Then prioritize glulam and shuttering panels for product‑specific EPDs, with plant‑specific data if volumes justify it. Publish with an operator that specifiers already consult weekly, such as IBU or the International EPD System, to reduce hunt time for engineers.

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Where to read more from them

Their site maintains detailed facts and figures on volumes and product scope, plus a CLT certificates hub that includes the current EPD reference and French FDES verification. Both are worth bookmarking for sales enablement and tender packs (Pfeifer Group, 2025) (Pfeifer CLT certificates, 2025).

What specifiers will remember

A broad timber catalog is great. A broad EPD catalog is better. Close the gaps on glulam and shuttering panels first, keep CLT current, and you reduce friction in every carbon‑counted project. Think of the EPD like a boarding pass. Without it, your product waits at the gate while another one takes the seat.