History

Over the past 80 years, ante has grown from a small shop to an internationally operating full-line manufacturer.
A summary of our success story:
- 1927
Josef Ante, the grandfather of today's company owner Jürgen Ante, founded a company to produce sawn lumber, pitwood and broom handles in Winterberg-Züschen. - 1946
The sons Erich and Alfred Ante join the company after the war. Erich Ante takes over as manager. - 1959
Construction of a new sawmill hall and a dual gang saw. - 1964
A planing system is put into operation. - 1969
The entire manufacturing process is mechanised.
Carpenters are hired in order to offer pre-jointed construction timber. - 1978
Josef Ante GmbH is founded. - 1979
ante-holz GmbH is founded. A small diameter lumber mill with a circular saw is built at the border of NRW, in Bromskirchen-Somplar, Hesse. - 1982
Erich Ante's son Jürgen takes over as manager.
Sawn lumber product is moved to Bromskirchen-Somplar. - 1983
The circular saw system is replaced with a gang sawline with trimming circular saw. - 1984
ante-holz begins producing outdoor wood.
Installation of two boiler pressure impregnation systems. - 1986
Construction of a second log sorting system. - 1988
Commissioning of a new circular sawline for construction timber. - 1989
An additional planing system with two machines is put into operation. - 1990
Construction of a band saw system for log cut-offs.
The new office building in Bromskirchen-Somplar opens. - 1991
The engineered framing centre in Winterberg-Züschen is modernised and two automatic framing systems are put into operation. - 1992
Major expansion of the premises in Somplar is completed.
A profile cutting and stacking system is put into operation. - 1994
ante-Leimholz GmbH & Co. KG is founded and production of the products KVH® (solid structural timber) and BSH (glued laminated timber) starts. - 1995
Spin-off and founding of ante Haus und Garten GmbH & Co. KG and ante-holz polska in Kozuchów: Production of labour-intensive outdoor wood products. - 2000
Major fire in the gluelam plant and immediate start of rebuilding. - 2001
Initial exports of construction timber to the USA.
Commissioning of the pellet production line. - 2002
Commissioning of the large diameter lumber mill.
The industry magazine "Holzkurier" selects ante-holz as the lumber mill of the year in Europe. - 2004
Construction of a new high-performance planing plant.
Formation of an advisory board. - 2005
Commissioning of the planing plant.
Retrofitting work on the lumber mill to increase the sawing capacity. - 2007
Construction of the lumber mill with further processing in Rottleberode (Saxony-Anhalt).
Start of KVH® production. - 2009
Market launch of our own ante neo furniture line (indoor/outdoor)