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DERIX is climate neutral: Milestone for more sustainability

DERIX is climate neutral:
Milestone for more sustainability

17.10.2023DERIX is climate neutral: Milestone for sustainabilityDERIX Group has reached another milestone on its way to maximum sustainability and circular business: The DERIX Group produces and operates in a climate-neutral manner. By the end of 2022, DERIX had...

DERIX Timber Construction Award 2023: Floating Office Rotterdam

DERIX Timber Construction Award 2023:
Floating Office Rotterdam

27.06.2023DERIX Timber Construction Award 2023 for „Floating Office Rotterdam“ „Building sustainably - meeting ESG criteria“ - it was the theme of the „DERIX timber construction day 2023“, a pilot event that brought together around 300 guests and speakers in the...

DERIX & madaster: Cooperation for circular construction with timber

DERIX & madaster:
Cooperation for circular construction with timber

02.02.2023 DERIX & madaster: Cooperation for circular construction with timber Reuse in the material cycle The DERIX Group cooperates with madaster, the material cadastre in Germany, and hereby promotes the circular economy in the construction and real estate...

CO2 balance drawn up: DERIX becomes climate neutral

CO2 balance drawn up:
DERIX becomes climate neutral

14.12.2022 DERIX becomes climate neutral: Excellent CO2 balance as a basis The DERIX-Group has joined the "Climate Protection Wood Industry" initiative and had an extensive CO2-balance* carried out for the entire company. For this purpose, the emissions of all...

Flagship project: Airship hangar Mülheim

Flagship project:
Airship hangar Mülheim

01.12.2022Flagship project:Airship hangar MülheimFor the wooden airship hangar, which is currently being realised in Mülheim, the DERIX-Group has processed approx. 560 tonnes of timber into around 1,500 timber components made of glulam and CLT in the past few weeks,...

DERIX congratulates: Dr. Nico Meyer receives first dissertation award

DERIX congratulates:
Dr. Nico Meyer receives first dissertation award

14.11.2022DERIX congratulates: Dr. Nico Meyer receives first dissertation awardFirst-time awarding of the dissertation award Wood Building Culture Germany from left: ­Peter Rothdach (Würth), award winner Dr. Nico Meyer (DERIX-Group) and laudator Prof. Stefan Krötsch...

Kiri Competition  The winner is determined

Kiri Competition
The winner is determined

28.09.2022 Kiri Competition The winner is determined! At the Dach+Holz trade fair, which took place in Cologne in July, the DERIX Group distributed Kiri plants to visitors at its booth and invited them to take part in a competition: Whoever can prove the largest...

Company outing: Visit to “The Cradle

Company outing: Visit to “The Cradle

15.09.2022Company outing:Tour of "The Cradle" construction siteThe employees of the Niederkrüchten site of the DERIX Group were invited to a company outing last Friday. The destination was "The Cradle", a building under construction in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour. As...

Wood Construction Award NRW: Award for DERIX project

Wood Construction Award NRW:
Award for DERIX project

03.11.2022 Award for DERIX project: Multi-generation house receives NRW 2022 Wood Construction Award Multi-generation house in Bad Oeynhausen On 19.10.2022 the Holzbaupreis NRW 2022 was awarded in Cologne. One of the prizes was awarded to the multi-generation house in...

Film: Airship hangar made of wood

Film: Airship hangar made of wood

14.09.2022Film: Airship hangarmade of woodAirship hangar MülheimFilm: Airship hangar made of woodThe assembly of the wooden elements for a very special building project began yesterday in Mülheim an der Ruhr: After the old airship hangar has been demolished in spring...

documenta 15: Wooden Room of Silence

documenta 15: Wooden Room of Silence

20.06.2022documenta 15:Wooden Room of SilenceIn cooperation with documenta fifteen, the Association of German Architects has developed various contributions to exhibition culture. The aim here was to create places to rest, reflect and contemplate. The result is, among...

Event: Sustainability Symposium on 28. / 29 June 2022 in Essen

Event: Sustainability Symposium on 28. / 29 June 2022 in Essen

28.03.2022Event: Sustainability Symposium at 28. / 29 June 2022 in EssenThe DERIX Group will be present as exhibitor and speaker at the Sustainability Symposium on 28. and 29 June 2022 at the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site in Essen present. At this kick-off by...

Event: Dach+Holz International in Cologne on 5-8 July

Event: Dach+Holz International in Cologne on 5-8 July

14.02.2022Event: Dach+Holz International 5-8 July in CologneThe DERIX Group will be present as an exhibitor at Dach+Holz International in Cologne on 5-8 July 2022. Building with X-LAM: quick and easy DERIX surfaces: quality and variety Deconstructability and reuse...

Film: My training at DERIX

Film: My training at DERIX

10.01.2022Film:My trainingat DERIXMy training at DERIXDERIX is once again offering exciting apprenticeships in 2022. In a short, self-made video, our trainees showed how they experience their training in our company. In the six-minute video, you will get a sympathetic...

Dutch Houtdag and National Timber Construction Award 2021

Dutch Houtdag and National Timber Construction Award 2021

20.12.2021Dutch Houtdag and National Timber Construction Award 2021On 24 November, the DERIX group was present at the Dutch "Houtdag" in Musis Arnhem. The theme of this timber day was the future of timber construction. In several large and small lectures, innovative...

DERIX congratulates: 615 years of company affiliation

DERIX congratulates: 615 years of company affiliation

02.12.2021DERIX congratulates:615 years of company affiliationNiederkrüchtenWesterkappelnAt the company's two production sites - in Niederkrüchten and in Westerkappeln - the commitment and long-standing loyalty of more than 30 employees celebrating their jubilee was...

Sustainability: Gold for DERIX

Sustainability: Gold for DERIX

25.11.2021Sustainability:Gold for DERIXThe DERIX Group has reached another important milestone on its ambitious path towards maximum sustainability and resource conservation: its product DERIX X-LAM receives the %22Cradle to Cradle Certified® Gold%22 certification and...

Sustainability Award for “Circl” bank building

Sustainability Award for “Circl” bank building

23.11.2021Sustainability Awardfor "Circl" bank buildingWe are delighted that one of our most impressive reference projects has been awarded the ULI Europe Award for Excellence 2020. Every year, the European Urban Land Institute awards this prize to buildings that are...

Film: „The Cradle“ – circular construction at its best

Film: „The Cradle“ – circular construction at its best

04.11.2021Film:„The Cradle“ – circular construction at its bestThe Cradle | EPEA x INTERBODEN x HPP ArchitectsThe building project "The Cradle" is a lighthouse project in circular engineered timber construction designed according to the Cradle to Cradle® principle and...

Event: Best Practice Visit to the New Viersen District Archive

Event: Best Practice Visit to the New Viersen District Archive

26.10.2021Event:Best practice visit new district archive ViersenInvitation to the exclusive tourThe district of Viersen plans to complete three new buildings by 2025 in accordance with the criteria of circular energy recovery. The first building, the new building of...

Event: 3rd German Timber Construction Congress (DHK) on 28. / 29 June 2022 in Berlin

Event 14th European Congress (EBH) on 20-21 Oct. in Cologne

06.10.202114th European Congress (EBH) on 20-21.10. in CologneThe DERIX Group is present as an exhibitor at the 14th European Congress (EBH) on 20. and 21 October 2021 in Cologne present. The event is entitled "Efficient building with wood in urban areas". With the...

Event “The Cradle” Convinced at the polis Convention

Event “The Cradle” Convinced at the polis Convention

16.09.2021"The Cradle" convincedat the polis ConventionAt 15. and 16 September, the polis Convention took place at the Areal Böhler in Düsseldorf - Germany's leading trade fair for urban and project development. Once a year, cities and municipalities, the nationwide...

Building circularly: DERIX house seeks new home

Building circularly: DERIX house seeks new home

09.09.2021Building circularly:DERIX house seeks new homeDERIX Group sells wooden structure for reuseOnly a few months ago, the DERIX Group, as a manufacturing company in engineered timber construction, took a big step in the direction of climate protection,...

Film: Why is wood the building material of the future?

Film: Why is wood the building material of the future?

05.07.2021Film: Why is wood the building material of the future?Why is wood the building material of the future?What can we do to stop global warming? Why do trees play such an important role in our atmosphere? And how are climate change and timber construction...

DERIX-Group: Building turnaround and “Cradle to Cradle” now

DERIX-Group: Building turnaround and “Cradle to Cradle” now

31.05.2021DERIX-Group:Building turnaround and "Cradle to Cradle" nowDERIX Group makes taking back used components the standard The construction of buildings causes 11 per cent of total CO2 emissions worldwide and is responsible for around 55 per cent of waste...

Film: Building with wooden modules – efficient, serial, ecological

Film: Building with wooden modules – efficient, serial, ecological

09.02.2021Film:Building with wooden modules –efficient, serial, ecologicalBuilding with wooden modulesBuilding with prefabricated solid wood modules has many advantages. In addition to the ecological and health benefits of using wood as a natural building material,...

Film: Industry 4.0 – X-LAM production at DERIX

Film: Industry 4.0 – X-LAM production at DERIX

27.01.2021Film:Industry 4.0 – X-LAMProduction at DERIXIndustry 4.0 - X-LAM production at DERIXThe new X-LAM production line of DERIX Group was commissioned in summer 2019. A state-of-the-art machine park was installed in the 15,000 square metre production hall, which...

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Mikado: Fire station built from wood

June 2023 Diana Wetzstein

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proHolz Austria: Thinking ahead instead of just considering - circularity as a planning approach

March 2023 Anneke Bokern

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Deutsches Ingenieurblatt: A home not just for people

February 2023 Joachim Mohr

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Mikado: A good choice in all aspects

February 2023 Tobias Wiesenkämper

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Thinking beyond temporary use

January 2023 Susanne Jacob-Freitag

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Bauen mit Holz: Circular building becomes possible

November 2022 Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Unity of form and space: Rest area Hellweg Süd

November 2022 Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Holz-Zentralblatt: There is no way around the building turnaround any more

November 2022 Stephan Klein

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Rheinische Post: 5100 metres of timber in one building

November 2022 Uwe-Jens Ruhnau

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Mikado: timber construction in listed church

September 2022 Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Lighthouse, research project, role model

July 2022 Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Mikado: Flora, fauna, wood

April 2022 • Joachim Mohr

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Digital total? Yes and No

February 2022 • Be. K.

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IHK: Digital and sustainable

January 2022 • Daniel Boss

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BBA/Bau Beratung Architektur: Urban stories in wood

January 2022 • Robert Uhde

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Holzkurier: Gold certification level achieved

Holz-Zentralblatt: Timber construction presence among urban and project developers

October 2021 • Armin Seidel

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Holzbau Austria: 2623 m³ of wood on account

October 2021 • Birgit Gruber

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Dach und Holzbau: Fast and precise

April 2021 • Wolfgang Hägele

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BauNetz Architekt*innen: Cost-effective living in wood

December 2020

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Mikado: Wooden cathedral with a sustainable mission

December 2020 • Christine Ryll

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Mikado: The Wooden House Ship

December 2020 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Favourable net cold rents thanks to building with wood

December 2019 Vera Steckel

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Mopo: Showcase project in Hamburg: How to live in the "8-euro flats"

November 2019 • Sandra Schäfer

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Bausubstanz: Against the built wasteland

June 2019 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Messe Stuttgart: „Trick 17“ for Hall 10

March 2019 • Dipl.-Ing. Susanne Jacob-Freitag

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Timber architecture from the geometry construction kit

March 2019 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Mikado: NRW Timber Construction Award; A real winner

Dach und Holzbau: Red trusses with high span

April 2019 • Mareike Wand-Quassowski

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Ki-Zeitschrift: Hybrid timber module construction

February 2019 • Susanne Jacob-Freitag

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DBZ: Sustainable modular system Hotel Jakarta, Amsterdam/NL

Holz-Zentralblatt: Wooden landmark on East Frisian island

September 2018 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Parken aktuell: Wooden residents' car park in Rüsselsheim

Mikado: Hybrid in the vineyard

July 2018 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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DBZ: aktiv & irma consumer market, Oldenburg

Holz-Zentralblatt: From imaginary model to enclosed art space

June 2018 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Mikado: The shape follows the fill

April 2018 • Susanne Jacob-Freitag

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Mikado: Timber construction on the high seas

February 2018 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Mikado: Large wingspans for elegant animals

July 2015 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Bauen mit Holz: On time with zero tolerance

April 2015 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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Press articles
on the DERIX-Group

Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

IVZ: Wood glue manufacturer wants to become even better

February 2024 Frank Klausmeyer

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

TEC21 – Schweizerische Bauzeitung: Deconstructability as the key to reuse

2023 Sonja Geier & Sandra Schuster

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

proHolz Austria: Deconstruction and Reuse in timber construction

March 2023 Christina Simmel

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

IVZ: Patentable business ideas

February 2023 Frank Klausmeyer

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

NOZ: Students build relax loungers for lotter citizens

December 2022 Ursula Holtgrewe

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

Holzkurier: Circular economy in the timber industry

November 2022 Philipp Matzku

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Der perfekte CO2-Speicher

Wirtschaftsspiegel / IHK Nord Westfalen: The perfect CO2 reservoir

September 2022 Melanie Rübartsch

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Holzkurier: CLT – quo vadis?

April 2022 Günther Jauk

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Holzbau Austria: The storyteller

April 2022 Birgit Gruber

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IVZ: Without school education to a skilled worker

August 2021 • Anke Beimdiek

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Industry 4.0 makes its way into cross laminated timber production

August 2021 • Stephan Klein

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IVZ: "Market is out of control"

July 2021 • Frank Klausmeyer

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Holz-Zentralblatt:A step towards the circular economy

June 2021 • Jürgen Härer

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BSP Special: We like to move long, straight timber

June 2021 Leo Pirson

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Holz-Zentralblatt: Climate protection through regional value creation

January 2021 • Philipp Strohmeier

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BSP Special: Capacity will double by 2022

2020 • Günther Jauk

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IVZ: From material to stapler

September 2020 • Frank Klausmeyer

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BSP Special: Holds CLT together at its core

2019 • Günther Jauk

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BSP Special: Robust, low-maintenance extraction system

2019 • Günther Jauk

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BSP Special: Powerful CNC joinery

2019 • Günther Jauk

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BSP Special: The right thing for everyone

2019 • Günther Jauk

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BSP Special: CLT in record time

2019 • Günther Jauk

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Mikado: Cross laminated timber on the advance

February 2019 • Marc Wilhelm Lennartz

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BSP Special: "Cross laminated timber beats conventional solid construction" says Markus Derix

2018 • Günther Jauk

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Kreiha Info: Timber construction in the module

Bauwerk: Despite the strain - don't spill the beans, but make a splash

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