The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency says South Africa ranks as one of the top 15 nations in the world in driving the green growth agenda – ahead of Australia, Singapore, and Finland. The agency attributes…
Research on the effect of tree and harvester size on productivity and harvester investment decisions demonstrates that the difference in productivity rates largely negates the difference in ownership and operating expenses between larger and smaller…
The PEFC Board of Directors has appointed Dr Michael Berger to succeed Ben Gunneberg as the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) secretary-general/CEO. “Michael will be an engaged, responsive, and dedicated leader for…
Wood-Mizer pulled out the stops at Grain SA’s Nampo Harvest Day 2022, the largest agricultural expo in the Southern Hemisphere! According to Toit Wessels, Grain SA’s assistant manager for marketing and Nampo, about 73,000 visitors…
Leroy Robbert operates the KDT beam saw at Boards for Africa and, after 18 months, remains amazed at the speed and reliability of the machine he has renamed “fast and furious”. The company has ordered…
The recently launched Innovus Spirit finish, designed to complement Sonae Arauco’s woodgrains set, combines the elements of “Matching Life” with contemporary interior decorative applications. Spirit is an exclusive finish that appears full of movement and…
Sonae Arauco’s Innovus MFC decorative product range has won the Green Product Award 2022 in the Interior and Lifestyle category of the much anticipated annual awards in Munich, Germany. Nils Bader founded the Green Product…
An independent and verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) analysis of Sonae Arauco’s wood-based decorative panels confirms that in 2021 it retained 3,5-million tonnes of carbon dioxide in the products supplied to customers in over 75…
PG Bison has appointed Christo Bester as its new sales executive. He will take up the position at the company’s Boksburg head offices from 1 June 2022. Bester holds a master’s degree in organisation and…
Arxada has appointed Johan Nortje as the customer accounts manager for the KwaZulu-Natal, southern Mpumalanga and Swaziland (Eswatini) regions Arxada, trading as Arch Wood Protection South Africa, is a global leader in wood treatment technologies.…
Newly planted seedlings and saplings are prone to damage by many pathogens and pests. Among the vertebrates, birds, small and medium-sized rodents such as porcupines and hares may ring-bark young pine trees, while antelope, like…
Wood-Mizer invites African sawmillers to become part of the company’s network of satisfied and productive customers. Etienne Nagel of Wood-Mizer explains the manufacturer’s service philosophy: Our sawmilling technology is class-leading and spans sawmilling and manufacturing,…
Hardwood sawmillers and roundwood exporters work closely with their resource suppliers to ensure a consistent supply of logs that are good enough to produce sufficient volumes of higher-grade material for returns to exceed the cost…
Employers, organisations and training providers registered with the Fibre Processing & Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FP&MSeta) have until midnight on 30 April 2022 to upload their skills development reports. The FP&MSeta’s CEO, Dr…
Local forestry harvesting specialists realise that harvesting operations must consider utilising purpose-built equipment that is up to operating in harsh environments. This same equipment also needs to produce the highest quality of stable output as…
By Joy Crane Biesse’s Facebook page counted down the days to an important announcement. On 4 March, the trade markets director Gianluca Ticchi revealed that “we are proud to announce that our new partner in…
Michael Jordaan has replaced Robin Kuriakose as Sonae Arauco’s chief marketing and sales officer (CMSO) in South Africa. Jordaan has an MBA from Stellenbosch University and over 20 years of supply chain management and business…
By Paige Sherriff, Project Manager at the eThekwini Furniture Cluster (EFC) In the first months of 2022, I’ve found myself having the same debate on three different occasions with furniture manufacturers. The starting point for…
By Michael Brink, founder of BalloonBox Technology, Canada Blockchain is becoming mainstream. Worldwide, there is growing distrust of the tech giants like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon that collect and manipulate data from devices and…
Furniture manufacturers in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) can develop their in-house design capacity while offering newcomers an opportunity to learn about manufacturing, productivity, workflow, and design and the “soft” skills to navigate the world of work. The…
Rolling out Cape Town’s Tree Canopy Management Project to other cities and towns could be a valuable tool in coordinating urban tree-planting initiatives under the government’s Plant a Million Trees Campaign and managing risks at…
Board selection and sorting throughout the milling process assists sawmills in selecting cutting patterns and products standards for their market segments and is essential for quality assurance. Unfortunately, the sorting method often damages boards and…
There is extensive and worldwide scientific evidence that wood is the only renewable resource and that forestry and forest products have high carbon reduction potential. This is good news for Africa’s fabricators of solid wood…
Sawmillers and furniture manufacturers in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia increasingly specify tooling from the extensive Wood-Mizer Tools range. Industry veteran Grant Smith is Wood-Mizer’s tooling sales manager in Africa. He ensures that his…
Green Cape Timbers’ news that it manufactures and supplies untreated eucalyptus poles for vineyards adds fuel to ongoing discussions timber pole suppliers and users. Vergelegen wine estate is presently trialling three different pole materials in…
South African forestry and forest products companies are sector leaders in wetlands conservation in Africa. For decades, they have worked with scientists and conservationists to rehabilitate and conserve over 28,000 hectares of wetlands on forestry-owned…
“Let the debate begin,” remarks Pieter Smuts, managing director of Husqvarna South Africa. He believes the advantages of battery-powered chainsaws will soon outweigh that of traditional petrol-driven units. “With the recent advancements in technology, choosing…
