For over two decades, Papierholz Austria has maintained a solid partnership with Rail Cargo Group (RCG). The wood purchasing company sources more than 6.5 million cubic metres of wood every year, and one-third of it travels on rail.
RCG serves Papierholz’s shareholder mills—including Heinzel Pöls, Mondi Frantschach, Sappi Gratkorn and Norske Skog Bruck. Wagons are loaded with wood chips and logs, the majority sourced from Austria and delivered directly. At Pöls alone, 1.4 million tonnes of inbound and outbound material is loaded on trains annually—around 40 000 freight wagons—via the plant’s private siding, a figure that continues to grow.
Papierholz to integrate RCG’s MIKE platform
Papierholz Austria is moving to fully integrate its systems with RCG’s digital platform, MIKE. This shift will enable seamless ordering of empty wagons, transportation assignments, and real‑time shipment tracking—eliminating manual processes like Excel sheets, emails, phone calls, and multiple system logins.
MIKE offers an end‑to‑end digital interface: transparent, automated, and agile enough to respond to last‑minute changes in volume or schedule. This provides a modern, interconnected rail‑based timber supply chain—smart, sustainable, and ready for future challenges.
Drawing on its long‑standing cooperation, Papierholz Austria and RCG are honing their rail capabilities—from forest sourcing through to mill delivery. The initiative is not only reducing emissions and raising operational efficiency, but also preparing the supply chain to withstand future climate unpredictability. With MIKE’s system integration on the horizon, this timber rail model stands as an exemplar of green logistics across the entire value chain.
