After three decades, the German company Drüsedau closes the Polish factory. The crew will lose his job
The production is to be moved to Germany, and the entire crew will lose their work in our country. This is the result of changes throughout the entire wood market in Europe. Polish foresters also have their problems.
Drüsedau, operating in Margonin in Greater Poland, appeared on the Vistula Due to low labor costs and Easy access to a qualified crew. Now, however, it takes a step to the other way: even before the end of July, the whole production is to be moved to a family plant in Germany – according to reports of the HNA.DE.
The German Floor Factory in Poland ends his activity
Raw materials for the production of parquet were prepared at the Polish Drüsedau factory. The new strategy assumes resignation from this stage. The company has decided to cooperate with external suppliers who will provide already prepared, cut and dried material. Thanks to this, the waiting time for raw material will be shortened from nine to about two months. The current approach, i.e. independent drying of wet wood, according to the portal information takes an average of 9 months, which the German plant found too time consuming.
Changing the logistics process means that the plant in Poland has ceased to be needed. 30 people will lose his job with its closure.
Alexander Drüsedau, the owner of the company, quoted by the HNA.DE website explains that his plant is primarily a German floor manufacture with headquarters and production in Germany. He emphasizes that he does not intend to compete with cheap mass products imported from Asia. He argues that his company knows every sawmills with which he cooperates, and focuses on sustainable development and responsible acquisition of wood. “We stand behind our product 100 percent” – he declares.
Problems on the parquet market
The improvement of production is to be particularly important at a time when the parquet market in Germany is shrinking rapidly – sales dropped by as much as 40 percent. In 2024, compared to the previous year – according to the European Parquet Federation (EPF) data.
Throughout Europe, the production of parquet parquet has fallen by 3.85 percent, and EPF argues that this is also the result of a weakening economic situation in the entire construction sector and the growing competition of cheaper products from China.
