The Holzma company produced the first horizontal panel saw, with the saw unit running underneath the saw table, back in 1967.
With the rapid growth in popularity of melamine faced particleboard for furniture construction at that time, Holzma saw the demand for saws which could cut this material accurately, without the problems associated with edge-chipping of the laminate. Thus, in 1970, the first panel-sizing saw with pressure beam and electronically-controlled lateral positioning fence was produced and from that time on, Holzma equipped all its saws with a scoring unit, which was adjustable horizontally and vertically from the outside.