Rooted with wood.

For over 50 years, we have stood for sustainable quality
and partnership-based cooperation in the timber business.

Our Strengths

Sale of timber to wood importers for commercial and industrial purposes and brokerage of full truckloads (truck/rail/ship) to importers in the following steps:

Consulting

Profound consulting on phone or personally.

Offers

Targeted tender tracking on your specifications.

Contract Processing

Professional negotiation and and closure for single transaction or long term contracts adjusted to your supply chain

Delivery Processing

Reliable delivery including delivery tracking and final specification.
“Keepin the promises when it comes to claim handling.“
 
Our understanding of business relationships:
Reliable services by and for professionals,
based on the good hanseatic tradition

Our Team

HEGRA is not only about wood products—it is also about people with experience and passion.

Ulf Norén

Managing Director
E-Mail: noren@hegra.de
Tel.: +49 421 20547 17
Mobile: +49 170 4171184

Thomas Tiedemann

Sales
E-Mail: tiedemann@hegra.de
Tel.: +49 421 20547 11
Mobile: +49 151 17581695

Heinrich Gratenau

Sales Southwestern Europe
E-Mail: gratenau@hegra.de
Tel.: +49 421 20457 0
Mobile: +49 172 4200839

Sabine Norén

Contract Handling
E-Mail: snoren@hegra.de
Tel.: +49 421 20547 16
Mobile: +49 160 92870265

Lisa Wüste-Muy

Contract Handling
E-Mail: wueste-muy@hegra.de
Tel: +49 421 20547 15
Mobile: +49 151 74572861

Birgit Eichner-Saake

Backoffice
E-Mail: eichner@hegra.de
Tel.: +49 421 20547 0

Our History

1971: Company Formation
Company Formation Hegra
Heinrich Gratenau (III) founded his agency for northern solid wood products in 1971 after having been partner of a wood importer in the north German City of Bremen. The wooden tradition of the family reaches back to the 19th century.
 
It started by some Swedish connections, which have been the heart of the business idea in the beginning of the 70ies too. Soon shippers in Norway and Finland have been added. The whole German speaking market became the sales area for the company.
1986 Heinrich Gratenau jr (IV) took over, who had entered the company 2 years before. His knowledge of the business based on economic studies and some practical trainings in Sweden, Finland and Germany.
 
Now Finland became more important and after getting independent the Baltic republics were added. After the wall fell HEGRA stormed into the ‚new’ east German areas. From now on the German speaking area was finally covered completely.
 
Shortly thereafter, in 1987, Klaus Jagels was recruited to join the sales team. He quickly gained the trust of customers thanks to his reliable manner and extensive professional expertise.
Heinrich Gratenau
Klaus Jagels
Ulf Norén
Thomas Tiedemann

In August 2018, Mr. Ulf Norén rejoined the HEGRA team, having previously been in duty from 1995 to 2001. He became a partner in 2019 and took over the management of the company together with Mr. Gratenau. In January 2021, Mr. Gratenau withdrew as a partner and Mr. Norén became the sole shareholder. Mr. Gratenau continued to serve as managing director alongside the new owner until May 2024. He then largely withdrew from day-to-day business in Germany, but continues to serve our customers in southwestern Europe.

Klaus Jagels became seriously ill in January 2024 and passed away on March 19, 2024. This was a great personal and professional loss for all of us.

In May 2025, Thomas Tiedemann, who has many years of experience in the import of wood and building materials, joined the sales team.

This successfully completes the succession plan and sets the course for HEGRA’s future personnel structure. We will continue to gradually rejuvenate our workforce over the next few years.

Today the HEGRA team sells northern solid wood products of all kinds to the importing timber wholesalers. They appreciate reliable seriousness in advice, negotiation of contracts and delivery service. So it’s no surprise HEGRA is one of the few agencies left with a staff bigger than one.
 
The scale provides most of all a big variety of products and services. By HEGRA you can get solved nearly every purchasing task for northern solid wood.
 
The success in the market is obligation and challenge in a market, which has been globalised with the usual wooden delay, which needs more and more a global view.