Experts at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) say the perception that reducing paper consumption will save the environment is unsubstantiated, misleading, and can have a lasting effect…
Mondi Rotatrim, Mondi’s copy paper brand, and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have partnered with Pick ’n Pay’s School Club and produced an illustrated workbook on the forest value chain for Grade 6 learners. The…
Q&A with Willem Oosthuizen For 29 years, the services of a small South African company are frequently mentioned in fire risk mitigation. WoodBiz Africa interviewed Willem Oosthuizen of Alasia Marketing about the company’s indispensable product,…
“Cabinet Vision saves time, eliminates costly mistakes, and increases productivity”, says Christo Van Dyk, director of Manmade Crafts and the authorised dealer for Cabinet Vision in Africa. Cabinet Vision makes it easy for woodworking, furniture,…
Bernhard Lembeck is a former German petro-chemical paint chemist who became obsessed with making natural wood coatings. Along the way he became known as “the green chemist”. WoodBiz Africa caught up with Bernhard and Sandra…
The Northern Hemisphere is experiencing its hottest summer in recorded history. In Sub-Sahara Africa, tree growers await extreme summer conditions with the arrival of El Niño. In West Africa, a Ghanaian company, FORM Ghana, is…
As the media partner of WoodEX for Africa 2023, WoodBiz Africa wants to thank the organiser, visitors at our stand and our fellow exhibitors who made the event an outstanding success. Held in June over…
Stepping up as a pioneering provider of Forestry Rental Solutions in South Africa, AFGRI Equipment is launching a premier machinery rental service. There is choice of rental opportunities to enable customers to leverage cutting-edge forestry…
Wood-Mizer’s three stands at the Ligna 2023 trade show in Germany presented various new solutions and machines for turning logs into finished products profitably. Read the full story here – https://www.woodbizafrica.co.za/june-2023-issue-27/#june-2023-issue-27/22/
On 2 July, Kenya’s President William Ruto ended an almost six-year moratorium on logging in the country’s commercial forests, leaving the ban on logging indigenous forests in place. In 2018, as deputy president, Ruto announced a 90-day ban…
