By Joy Crane Geographical proximity and the similarity of its pine resource make South Africa a compelling alternative supplier of softwood timber to Australia. In 2020-21 Australia imported 66,3% of its softwood supplies from Europe,…
Sawmilling and wood processing equipment supplier, Nukor recently installed two HTR100 low-temperature high-pressure Brunner-Hildebrand dry kilns at RF Gevers sawmill near Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal. The double-track fully aluminium kilns have stainless steel heating systems in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
