Nairobi City County government has laid the groundwork for the country’s first wood furniture industry industrial park. The development will create jobs while assisting in constructing affordable housing units in Nairobi by manufacturing quality, standardised…
Vuyisile Furniture Factory, located in Tanzania’s Morogoro region falls under Sokoine University of Agriculture’s College of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, is set to receive new machinery to expand its production and increase efficiency. The factory…
The Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is changing product labels on chemical agents. Manufacturers, companies, silviculture contractors, wood preservative and finishing products users and training providers should be aware that…
The International Social Security Association (ISSA) selected Altendorf’s Hand Guard system as the 2023 Safe Machines Award winner. It is the cherry on top of several innovation and safety awards and accolades for the system.…
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…
Rubio Monocoat is the original manufacturer of a single-coat wood finishing product and the first with 0% volatile organic compounds (VOCs). It is a well-known interior and exterior wood finishing brand in Southern Africa and,…
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…
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…
Bigstar subsidiary Panneaux d’Algérie recently produced the inaugural board on its new Dieffenbacher MDF plant in El Tarf, Algeria, the first continuous wood-based panel plant in North Africa. Dieffenbacher says its flexible CPS+ system is…
