50%
Pine
Pinus sylvestris · Nordic redwood
Dense-grained Nordic pine with sound knots — sawn and graded for the end use you have in mind.
Viitasaari, Finland · Family sawmill since 1934
Nordic timber,
sawn for the world.
Pine and spruce from the heart of Finland's forests — sawn, graded and dried to your specification. Around 95% of our production goes abroad.
1934Founded
95%Exported
50/50Pine & spruce
46People
The company
A family sawmill with a straight line to the customer.
“Absolute delivery reliability is everything.”
ER-Saha is a family business built on close, personal partnerships. There are no unnecessary steps between production, sales and the customer — you deal directly with the people who saw your timber.
Long-standing customer relationships have shaped our products. Year after year, we develop solutions that fit the end use better — and absolute delivery reliability comes first.
Products
Two species.
Your specification.
Our raw material grows in central Finland, where slow growth gives dense grain and sound knots. Half of our production is spruce, half pine.
50%
Spruce
Picea abies · Nordic whitewood
Light, even-textured Nordic spruce with sound knots — sawn and graded for the end use you have in mind.
- Custom grades & lengths
- Small batches welcome
- Green-sorted
- Kiln-dried to spec
- Mechanical strength grading
Grade marks
Every pack carries our mark.
Our grade stamps show at a glance which quality you are getting.
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ERSA
Production
From log
to load.
- 01
Log intake
Logs from central Finnish forests arrive at our lakeside mill in Viitasaari.
- 02
Automated feeding
Highly advanced automation guides every log into the line.
- 03
Optimised sawing
Chipping canter and bandsaw units saw each log individually and optimally for its end use.
- 04
Green sorting
Boards are graded green, so every batch matches your order.
- 05
Drying & packing
Timber is dried to end-product requirements in our new drying and packaging plant, then packed for export.
Sawn timber can be further refined with mechanical strength grading under our ISO 9003 quality system.
01 — Log intake
Markets
Shipped from Viitasaari
to Britain and Japan.
From the start, our business has looked abroad. The requirements of different countries have shaped a mill that adapts to varied needs.
Viitasaari, FI
- United Kingdom1 825 km as the crow flies
- Germany1 399 km as the crow flies
- Denmark1 164 km as the crow flies
- Central Europe1 764 km as the crow flies
- Mediterranean3 149 km as the crow flies
- Japan7 583 km as the crow flies
Our mill · Viitasaari, Central Finland
Request a quote
Tell us what you need. We'll saw it.
Send your specification and our sales team will get back to you personally.
Need product data, grading rules or certificate details? Ask our sales team — we'll send what your purchasing process requires.
Contact
Talk to the people
who saw your timber.
- Dispatch · sawn timber+358 40 517 3535
- Log reception+358 40 517 3536
- Office+358 14 577 1700
Address
ER-Saha Oy
Kokkilantie 4
44500 Viitasaari, Finland
Email format: firstname.lastname@ersaha.fi
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We're a family company in Viitasaari, and our people make the difference. Interested in joining us? Call our office and ask about open positions.
+358 14 577 1700