Our Mission
Everyone should benefit from great timber, not just the planet
To provide the highest quality hardwood timber products using innovative techniques, promoting sustainable timber and ambassadors of good forestry practice. Good forestry isn’t just about producing great quality timber. Growing trees on underutilised land can make huge environmental impact, meeting the ever-increasing demand for timber, conserving soil quality and water, carbon capture, drive social change and protect depleting indigenous forests.
Our Timber
Innovation and quality from seed to finished product
Southern Grandis is a planation grown hardwood. Based on a 23-30 year rotation, trees ready to harvest grow up to 70 metres tall and up to 250cm wide. This means that its incredibly sustainable and the fibre produced is consistently suited for the end use, yielding high amounts of clear timber.
Southern Grandis is straight grained, with a fine texture, mostly vertical grain for a consistent appearance. Colours vary from rose pink, light white to dark red.
Southern Grandis sawmills at source run to a European standard, producing consistent sectional-cutting, accurate grading and precision cross-cutting. Also, most importantly maximising log recovery. Our secondary process in the UK delivers the best quality finish to utilise the potential of our timber. Using Weinig automatic high speed planing lines, precision cross-cutting, accurate re-sawing and coating lines that create a flawless finish. Consistency and quality ensure storing carbon for longer, giving respect to the life cycle of the tree and the people that produce it.
The Science
Tech, mother nature and great people meet the demands of a changing world
Everything starts with a mother, the same as our seedling stock. 5th generation specimens are mothered to produce the strongest seedlings. The best genetic material available is use bread for our Eucalyptus grandis enabling responsible, continuous adaption for changing climates, drought, soil type, disease, pest control, speed of maturity and quality of timber. This is utilised by technology and expertise within research laboratories, field trials and material testing. The seedlings start life in nurseries, cared for, fertilised and then hardened ready for planting in the field.
What is silviculture? After plant nursery Silviculture happens. This is the professional practice of establishing, nurturing, maintaining and encouraging the growth of high quality timber for the perfect Southern Grandis sawlog.
Social Good
Do good with wood
At the heart of any company are its people. We believe, in the people that are rooted to the area and are dedicated to producing our timber. This is promoted by fair wages, working hours, health, safety and giving back to communities that produce Southern Grandis. Tree nursery workers, silviculture teams and foresters work to these ethical guidelines. Our sawmills do too, proudly using modern machinery creating a safe and happy working environment.