The EGGER company with its headquarters in St. Johann, Tyrol, was founded by Fritz Egger sen. in 1961 and is now managed in the second generation by Michael Egger, Ulrich Bühler, Walter Schiegl and Thomas Leissing.

Meanwhile, the EGGER Group maintains fifteen plants in six countries with a total workforce of approx. 5,500 and sales agencies in the world’s major industrial nations.

With a European market share of about 11 % the family business is one of the world's most important producers of chipboard, MDF and OSB boards and upgraded products such as coated boards, postformed and softformed elements, components, laminates, edges and laminated flooring.