Lam Trans Project Timeline

Weidmann Relocates Lam Board Production to Croatia

In November 2023, Electrical Technology management proposed to the Weidmann board to build a new Lam board factory in Croatia. The current Lam board production site in Ennenda needs to be vacated latest by the end of June 2025, therefore existing equipment must be transferred to Croatia and for this purpose Project LamTrans was initiated.

In Pojatno near Zagreb, close to the existing Weidmann facilities, a land plot of total 22,000 m2 was acquired to accommodate the new factory on a green field.

February 2024 – Completion of Concept Design for Pojatno Site: Layout for Production & Logistics

During February and March 2024, the building concept was developed together with production and logistics experts. On March 18th the steering committee decides for building version of total 7,200m2 surface. The planning contains production, warehouse and offices.

July 2024 – Start of Pre-Production at Ennenda Site

Preproduction of additional 1,500 tons LamBord started July 24 to cover planned customer demand during the transition phase. Preproduction is packed in double layer packaging and stored in defined locations.

July 2024 – Submission of Building Permit Application to Authorities

Architects main design was finished July 24 and project was submitted to local authorities for building permit. The building is designed to meet state of the art levels of sustainable energy management and environmental protection.

October 2024 – Start of Building Construction

Construction on site started with ground preparing works. Beginning of October we obtained official building permit and started to erect the building. Construction makes fast progress as it mainly contains prefabricated elements.

March 2025 – Completion on Know-How Transfer from Ennenda to Pojatno

Our new crew for the Croatian lam board site has been trained in the period from November 2024 to March 2025 in three blocks of four weeks each.

The team consisting of production staff, equipment maintenance crew and production planning has been trained by the relevant experts at our current site in Ennenda.

All trainings have been regularly monitored by the future site management and were documented in a skill matrix.

March 2025 – Completion of Pre-Production at Ennenda Site

During the recent months, 1,250 tons of lam board material in different formats were preproduced at the site in Ennenda. Preproduction was planned and executed according to the projected needs of the customers for the transfer period. The material is packed and stored ready for shipment in our facilities in Switzerland and China.

May 2025 – Equipment Disassembled and Prepared for Transport

Before disassembling the production lines, all necessary preventive maintenance steps have been performed.

In addition a mayor update for better compliance with EU safety and explosion protection regulations has been carried out on the press lines.

After the updates before dismantling, all equipment has been tested for function and integration.

Until end of May, a total of 175  transfer items were disassembled and packed to over 700 transport units.

June 2025 – Building Closure at Ennenda Site

During transfer phase, a total of 42 standard trucks and 11 special transports for oversize trucks carried all lamtrans equipment from Ennenda to the new site Pojatno. All five production halls were emptied, remaining infrastructure was dismantled and sold to third party or recycled. Fifteen years of lamboard production in Ennenda has become part of the Weidmann history.

August 2025 – Building Release at Pojatno Site

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August 2025 – Equipment Ready for Production Start-Up at Pojatno

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August 2025 – Completion of Customer Audits at Pojatno Site

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September 2025 – Internal Release for Production at Pojatno Site

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September 2025 – Customer Approval Granted for Pojatno Site

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