Company profile

WK-Paletten – Committed to quality. Since 1962

WK-Paletten AG is the leading manufacturer and supplier of load carriers made from wood and wood materials. We give our customers quality, in the best sense of the word. Industry, service-providers and agriculture along with many private customers have been relying on our company and our products for decades. Why? Because we consistently implement typical Swiss company values: precision, flexibility, punctuality, reliability, customer proximity and continuous quality awareness.

We are an independent, modern and future-oriented family company based in Schüpbach in Emmental. Our responsibility to our region, its people and its natural resources is a cause close to our hearts.

We work with and for nature

Sustainability is our guiding principle where the use of resources is concerned. Our operations focus on the efficiency of resources and renewable energy based on an ingenious concept that coordinates our material and energy flows, reduces CO2 emissions and enhances value creation. The thermal energy that we use is CO2 neutral as it is generated by burning wood which is a renewable resource. We use the wood by-products of production to produce wood pellets – a process which is also CO2 neutral within the context of the materials cycle.

Our photovoltaic system is one of the largest private systems in the canton of Berne and we are proud of the contribution that it enables us to make towards meeting the ever-increasing demand for energy. We remain true to the motto “You should do whatever you can for the environment and its future”.

Firmenportrait

Some key facts…

NO. EMPLOYEESapprox. 45
SITE20'000m2 (incl. 2 production halls)
ROOF WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC6'600m2

…we produce per annum

PALLETS≈ 550'000 units
FRAMES/COVERS≈ 190'000 units
CRATES/BOXES/PALLOXES≈ 10'000 units
VARIOUS GOODS CARRIERS/WOODEN PRODUCTS≈ 20'000 units
WOOD PELLETS≈ 1'600 tons

…on a daily basis we use up to

WOOD≈ 150m3 (94% CH & D)
IRONWARE≈ 2'000 kg