Students Chiloane Thabang, Njabulo Ngwenya, Andile Gxubane and Lutho Mhlauli, a team of second-year students in the Architectural Technology faculty at Nelson Mandela University (NMU), took home third prize for their design of a Biodiversity…
Architecture students from the University of Pretoria (UP) were awarded first and second place in the national Timber Design Competition. WoodBiz Africa chatted with Shannon Govender (SG), who walked away with first place for her…
The “Timber in Context” Design competition, sponsored by York Timbers in partnership with the Department of Trade, Industry & Competition (the dtic) and the University of Pretoria (UP), challenged student designers and architects to explore…
Roy Southey’s mantra, “Cut straight and dry flat”, was the focus of the 24th annual South African Lumber Dryer’s Education Association (SALDEA) diverse gathering of kiln drying veterans, soon-to-be-retirees, young graduates, academics and technology suppliers.…
Sawmilling is not all doom and gloom. When kiln managers, suppliers and drying experts get together they focus on shared learning, technologies, kiln controls, drying schedules and more. The annual meeting of the South African…
The topic of the seventh episode of the Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) Talking Timber seminar series was Detailing for Mass Timber Buildings. Samantha Choles of Frog Communications organised the event for SSA. Dr Schalk Grobbelaar…
PG Bison‘s WoodChem factory, lying adjacent to its existing particleboard and upgrading facilities and developing MDF plant in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, is the largest urea formaldehyde (UF) and melamine formaldehyde (MF) resin producer and the only…
The supply of MDF in the Southern African market has been constrained for many years. That is all set to change in July 2024. With an investment of R1,875 billion, PG Bison‘s MDF Contiroll line…
The title refers to a Portuguese proverb about three brothers taking on the world. The Three Brothers Business Group is an inspiring story of three Mozambican brothers seeking a better life in South Africa. With…
Weiss Holzwerk, one of the largest, modern and sustainably managed sawn timber and pallet manufacturers in Bavaria, Germany wanted to guarantee a 24-hour delivery window for their customers by replacing their old cross-cut saw, introducing…
