“I believe we are of the most advanced semi-automated sawmills in southern Africa,” remarks RF Gevers’ operations director Kelvin Bland. The commissioning of two new kilns rounds off several years of intensive research, upgrades and…
Forklifts and pallets are ubiquitous in all industries and critical assets needed to keep bulk goods moving within and between countries. The global pallet market reached a value of US$ 57.6-billion in 2021 and is…
Arxada’s South African-based company, Arch Wood Protection, has adopted ComplianceWire to facilitate and maintain its customer-focused culture of compliance with quality and regulatory standards. Arxada is the global developer and supplier of quality-assured wood protection…
Radical change is afoot in South Africa’s primary and secondary wood processing industries. If any sawmillers think it is “business as usual”, then they did not attend (or stream) Sawmilling South Africa (SSA’s) first face-to-face…
Congratulations to Merensky Timber’s Langeni Sawmill for participating in the Crickmay & Associates Intermill Comparison and attaining the 2022 Sawmill Improvement Award. Andrew Crickmay announced the winner in June during Sawmilling South Africa’s (SSA’s) annual…
Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) is stepping up its campaign to promote wood’s invaluable role in the country’s future. It launched its new corporate colours, branding and slogan “we saw the future” at its Annual General…
No matter how high-tech the sawmill, preparing a kiln-dried workpiece for the market usually involves a few standard processes – ripping or edging, cross-cutting, and planing. When it comes to cross-cutting, especially if there is…
Large-scale industrial solar panel installations provide tremendous cost-cutting benefits for sawmills, wood processing plants, and furniture manufacturers. There is no better time than now to capitalise on solar technologies. Running a sustainable business is challenging…
Globally, increasingly competitive renewables-based generation, especially solar and wind, are rapidly transforming power systems as countries try to meet the deadline for Net Zero levels by 2030. In South Africa, the motivation to get off…
