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Schilliger Holz supplied the CLT panels for the floors of the beach volleyball courts and the media center at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. A large proportion of these boards will be given a second life in the new Schilliger fiber insulation board plant in Küssnacht am Rigi.

The pictures of the spectacular scene went around the world: against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the international beach volleyball elite battled it out for Olympic honors. What is less well known is what was under the sand of the beach volleyball courts: CLT large-format panels from Schilliger Bois SAS, the French subsidiary of Schilliger Holz. 3000 m2 of panels were used for the sports facility and a further 16000 m2 as a floor carpet pad for the media center. Condition: The boards had to be bought back and stored after the Olympics. “Our aim was to reuse these boards and thus get serious about the circular economy in its most sustainable form,” says Ernest Schilliger, Managing Director of Schilliger Holz.
More than 8000m2 of these Olympic panels can now be found as ceiling elements in the new Schilliger fiber insulation board plant in Küssnacht am Rigi. The entire structural design was adapted to the size of these panels. “Despite the additional costs for dismantling, storage and replanning, it was worth reusing the CLT panels,” says Ernest Schilliger. This project shows that the circular economy is possible – if you want it to be.

BELAJO is a monumental wooden pavilion with a diameter of 12 metres and a height of 10 metres, created by artist Michaël Feneux as a concrete example of economical, low-carbon and collaborative architecture. BELAJO aims to bring together actors of ecological change with citizens to promote innovation in the field of wood. Fourteen key players – including SCHILLIGER Bois – have joined forces in this project in the service of the climate. SCHILLIGER Bois supplied the sawn timber and supports BELAJO as a sponsor. BELAJO was built in Orléans and then transported by barge. It will be installed in the heart of Paris before going on a national tour.

CL-THERM combines structure and insulation in a single element. To achieve this, the slats and wood fibre insulation boards are glued together sideways to form single-layer composite panels. CL-THERM panels are designed for static use as load-bearing walls in new buildings or extensions. They can also be used as self-supporting, insulated façade elements.

The construction of buildings in timber construction is booming not only in Switzerland, but also in France and all over the world. In particular, multi-storey timber constructions are developping very positively. The demand for CLT large-format panels has increased accordingly. In order to satisfy this demand in France and  in the international export markets with domestic wood, Schilliger Holz AG has started in Volgelsheim with the production of CLT.

An edge gluing of all layers guarantees the well-known high quality standard already offered by the Swiss plant. In this way the CLT panels  are designed to meet high structural and esthetical requirements. The installation will be carried out in an existing hall in the plant on approx. 5000m2. The annual capacity in two-shift operation is designed für approximately 50 000m3 CLT.