Kleiberit, the family-owned German industrial adhesives specialist at the forefront of the global industry for over 75 years, was introduced in South Africa 25 years ago and quickly gained traction in the woodworking and sawmilling…
Montigny, the largest privately owned and integrated timber company in Southern Africa, has augmented its in-house harvesting team by adding a Ponsse Ergo harvester and a dual-purpose Buffalo forwarder-skidder. The mechanisation drive for safety and…
The demand for mass timber in construction is increasing as society seeks to build with more sustainable materials. Building codes and design guidance for using mass timber vary substantially from country to country, as does…
While I have very little interest in the engineering of aeroplanes and boats, my interest takes flight when they are built from timber. Recently, I came across a fascinating video clip about the de Havilland…
South Africa’s internationally acclaimed interior and furniture designer, Tristan du Plessis, is the Decorex Designer of the Year 2024. From the 2023 Restaurant and Bar Awards Best Club/Night Venue, Giselle Miami, the popular Gorgeous George…
Dr Benice Sivparsad is leaving the Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR) at the end of the year to join the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) School of Agriculture, Earth, and Environmental Sciences. Benice Sivparsad, a…
Forestry South Africa (FSA) reports that there are over 25,000 small-scale timber growers, with the majority being subsistence farmers supported by forestry cooperatives and social development initiatives of large corporations. The commercial tree species include…
A highly productive sawmill in Liberia uses Wood-Mizer technology to turn large-diameter rubberwood logs into export-quality sawn timber for furniture and flooring production plants in Asia. The global demand for rubber motivated Firestone Tire &…
Continuous improvement describes the philosophy of the family-owned German wood products company, Best Wood Schneider. Seven years ago, it embarked on an ambitious greenfield project at Meßkirch to establish an automated end-to-end process of manufacturing…
Prof Mary Scholes and her team at the Sappi Chair in Climate Change and Plantation Sustainability at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) are pioneering research and capacity-building initiatives to equip the forestry industry to…
