Visitors of the Royal Academy from Bhutan

Our commitments in Asia are aimed at helping the local, versatile and ecological building material wood to achieve a breakthrough in the growing markets. In doing so, we rely heavily on know-how transfer, because local processing and production bring the greatest benefits to the country. That is why we built a production facility for glulam in Bhutan in 2015. In addition to investments, we also take care of the training of local experts - this is how we create long-term perspectives. In 2017, Häring and the local team succeeded in producing glulam beams from local timber in the middle of the Himalayas at 3,000 metres above sea level and erecting a canteen for the Royal Academy. This year, a multi-purpose hall is now to be built with curved beams. In this context, Häring welcomed a delegation from the Royal Academy to Switzerland this week and presented our plants in Eiken and Burgdorf. The aim was to prepare the joinery and erection work for the new multi-purpose hall - but above all to ensure that glulam can be a material- and energy-efficient construction method in Bhutan.