05.02.2025
WeGrow Receives First Order for KiriBloX®: Sustainable Timber Construction System for Building Extensions in North Rhine-Westphalia
Tönisvorst, February 5, 2025 – KIRITEC GmbH, a company within the WeGrow Group, has received its first order for the innovative KiriBloX® timber construction system. In North Rhine-Westphalia, an existing building will be extended using the sustainable KiriBloX® wall elements. Just a few weeks after the official product launch at the BAU 2025 trade fair in Munich, this order marks an important milestone in the market penetration of this resource-efficient construction system. The Kiri trees used for KiriBloX® are grown on sustainable plantations outside of forests, enabling environmentally friendly timber processing.
The first KiriBloX® order involves the planned extension of a residential building in NRW. Thanks to its modular and particularly lightweight construction, the system is ideally suited for such extensions, as its low weight offers structural advantages and simplifies the building process. Additionally, the high level of prefabrication allows for quick and efficient on-site assembly.
Peter Diessenbacher, Managing Director of KIRITEC GmbH, emphasizes: “This first order is very special to me because the wood used for our KiriBloX® modules comes from trees that our team planted just a few years ago – with the goal of using them for ecologically and economically meaningful applications. Knowing that this wood is now being used in a real-world construction project is a fantastic moment. The fact that we have received our first order just a few weeks after our market launch not only demonstrates the enormous potential of KiriBloX® for sustainable construction but also confirms that we are on the right path with our vision of resource-efficient, circular construction.”
KiriBloX® is made from Kiri wood, which grows on sustainable plantations in just three years. The solid wood modules are produced without adhesives or metal components and are fully reusable. These features contribute to a sustainable circular economy and significantly reduce the carbon footprint of construction projects.
Moreover, the KiriBloX® system meets high construction standards: The Material Testing Institute MFPA Leipzig has confirmed the fire resistance class REI 90, making it highly versatile. The system also excels in terms of structural stability and thermal insulation, achieving outstanding test results.
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About WeGrow AG
The WeGrow Group is a sustainable producer of ecological timber and a developer of circular solid wood construction systems, helping to bridge the gap between the growing demand for wood, particularly in the construction sector, and the ongoing high rate of global deforestation. As Europe’s leading sustainable Kiri wood producer, the WeGrow Group covers the entire value chain of resource-efficient forestry for the Kiri tree – one of the world’s fastest-growing trees. This includes young plant cultivation and production (Plants division), sustainable timber production (Timber Farming division), and timber processing and trade (Timber Products division).
With extensive development expertise since 2009, WeGrow has four patented Kiri tree hybrid varieties that improve efficiency and economic viability by shortening cultivation cycles. With its proprietary Kiri tree hybrid NordMax21®, WeGrow successfully introduced Kiri wood production in Germany for the first time. Currently, customers in 47 countries across five continents receive young plants from WeGrow. Through its green business model, the WeGrow Group continuously contributes to increasing the global wood supply—sustainably, rapidly, non-invasively, and outside of forests.
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