Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Raute is pleased to share their half-year Financial Report for January–June 2025. In Q2, Raute’s comparable EBITDA reached EUR 6.5 million, representing a 14.7% margin on net sales of EUR 44 million. For the first time, their rolling 12-month comparable EBITDA margin has exceeded their long-term target of 12%, with all three business segments contributing positively.
CEO Mika Saariaho reflects:
“We have continued to deliver projects successfully and on schedule. This strong execution, coupled with the significant efficiency improvements and supply chain optimisations they have implemented, is clearly bearing fruit.”
Despite a challenging market with customers deferring investments, our Services business remained resilient. We took strategic steps to safeguard competitiveness — including the closure of their China production unit, part of a broader restructuring to increase flexibility and cost-effectiveness.
“Looking ahead, I am particularly pleased with the significant improvements in our operational and commercial capabilities. This gives me confidence in our ability to navigate through different business cycles.” – Mika Saariaho.
Raute creates machines to transform wood into modern engineered wood products that people have come to rely on. Engineered wood products are manufactured by bonding together veneer, lumber, chips, or strands with adhesives to create composite wood products. Engineered wood products can be further categorised into two: mass timber products and wood-based panels.
Mass timber products refer to panels, beams, or columns designed to be used in large-scale construction, providing structural strength and versatility comparable to steel and concrete. Mass timber products include Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Dowel-Laminated Timber (DLT), Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT, glulam), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Laminated Stand Lumber (LSL), Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL), I-joists, Oriented Strand Lumber (OSL), Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) or Veneer-Laminated Lumber VLT, and Massive OSB (MOSB).
Wood-based panels are designed for a wide range of applications in construction, furniture making, and interior design. Wood-based panels include plywood, particle board, solid wood panels, OSB, MDF, and wood fiber panels.
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