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History

Flemming Juncker was a young visionary Danish Master of Forestry. The young forester knew that the economic viability of the Danish forests was in a poor state. It was necessary to find new ways of using much of the wood that had so far been used as firewood or left to perish in the forests. Flemming Juncker started the sawmill in 1930 in order to cut 40,000 beech railway sleepers for DSB (The Danish State Railways). For this purpose he had rented 7,000 m² from Køge Værft (Køge Shipyard) and bought a gang saw in Sweden.

The production of sleepers was carried through but is was intended as a one-off event. The residual wood was sold to Køge Trævarefabrik (Køge Woodworking Factory). The cooperation stopped and Juncker had to find other ways to dispense with the residual wood.

This was the beginning of the beech parquet board, two rows of staves assembled on a "Lindermann Jointer". The beech parquet board was to drive Swedish Deal boards out of Danish housing market. The plan succeeded - and the foundation for today's product was established.
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