TALKING TIMBER WEBINAR – Structural design considerations and testing
On behalf of Sawmilling South Africa and its timber promotion partners, you are invited to join the next Talking Timber webinar on 12 December focusing on TALKING TIMBER WEBINAR – Structural design considerations and testing from 12:30-14:00. In this final Talking Timber webinar for 2023, we have Dr Johann van der Merwe and Prof Brand […]
AUCTION – Stevens Lumber Mill
Sawmill closure auction. Complete asset disposal of Stevens Lumber Mills (Pty) Ltd including all machinery, equipment and vehicles. Starts: Thursday, 16 November 2023, 10:30 List will be updated daily. *** Sawmill to be offered as 1 Lot first thereafter individual lots. Address: Farm Vluchtkraal, on the R71, Haenertsburg 0730.View: 14 & 15 November (9am to 4pm) Deposit to […]
Executive Director’s Report / October Newsletter 2023
Read the full October Newsletter HERE Wow! Another month down, and now we are certainly looking at the downhill run to the year-end. Can you believe it? It would be remiss of me not to mention the ‘green and gold’ high that our country is experiencing with the Springboks’ victorious win at the Rugby World Cup. […]
South African softwood sawmillers struggle as markets tank
By: Joy Crane “We have been through thick and thin in the past and survived. But nobody in the sawmilling industry can remember a time like this. Sawn timber sales are at an all-time low because the economy, and therefore the building industry, is stagnating”, says Roy Southey, chief executive of Sawmilling South Africa (SSA). […]
Executive Director’s Report / September Newsletter 2023
Read the full August newsletter HERE Greetings! With the advent of spring and the end of the year approaching, time just seems to speed up. In the past, this was a period when bulging order books saw mills work to full capacity to clear outstanding orders before the annual shutdown. Given the difficulties encountered this year, […]
Executive Director’s Report / August Newsletter 2023
Read the full August newsletter HERE September 1st heralds not only a new season but also the start of Arbour Week in South Africa. It is a month that celebrates trees of all kinds. Of course, I need not remind you that our sawmilling sector relies on the renewable resource of farmed wood. Our colleagues […]
TALKING TIMBER WEBINAR – Construction Detailing for Mass Timber Building
On behalf of Sawmilling South Africa and its timber promotion partners, you are invited to join the next Talking Timber webinar on 17 August 2023 focusing on Construction Detailing for Mass Timber Building from 13:00-14:30. Please register here. We have two speakers: Mark O’Connor of Rothoblaas on Connections, Waterproofing and Acoustic Details for Timber Buildings Michael Kloos, a […]
Wood-Mizer’s Edger & Multirip rang – For a sawmill’s most demanding cutting jobs
With up to 4 moveable blades and a picker finger outfeed system, the EA3000 optimizing edger uses optical scanning technology to achieve high-precision edging results that minimizes waste and provide the yields needed by sawmills to generate industry-leading returns. Wood-Mizer’s Edger & Multirip rang – For a sawmill’s most demanding cutting jobs Wood-Mizer’s edger and […]
Executive Director’s Report – July 2023
Good day to all you brave sawmillers and I mean brave! I have been in this industry for more than 30 years now and I cannot recall a time when sawmillers were up against such odds. In the past, it’s always been either market or logs, but now you have to add loadshedding – and […]
SSA – July 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE Good day to all you brave sawmillers and I mean brave! I have been in this industry for more than 30 years now and I cannot recall a time when sawmillers were up against such odds. In the past, it’s always been either market or logs, but now you have to […]
Executive Director’s Report – June 2023
June has been a particularly busy month for Sawmilling South Africa and its members, and in this issue, we can report back on our Executive Management Meeting, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the 2023 edition of WoodEX for Africa. The AGM was held on 7 June at the University of Pretoria’s Engineering 4.0 facility […]
SSA – June 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE June has been a particularly busy month for Sawmilling South Africa and its members, and in this issue, we can report back on our Executive Management Meeting, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the 2023 edition of WoodEX for Africa. The AGM was held on 7 June at the University of […]
SSA – May 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE Last month, we described the uncertain situation bedevilling the sawmilling industry for a variety of unavoidable reasons. The question on everyone’s lips is when will it ever end? At the Forestry South Africa AGM held in Pietermaritzburg last week, there shone a glimmer of hope. Delegates are reported to have been encouraged […]
Sawmilling South Africa – April Update
The Easter break and April long weekends are behind us, so it comes as no surprise that production levels at our mills are on the low side. Prolonged holiday periods are unfortunately not the only reason for this decline and hearing from up-country millers, it is clear that there are no immediate signs of relief. […]
SSA – April 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE The Easter break and April long weekends are behind us, so it comes as no surprise that production levels at our mills are on the low side. Prolonged holiday periods are unfortunately not the only reason for this decline and hearing from up-country millers, it is clear that there are no […]
SSA – February 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE IT’S TIME FOR TIMBER 2023 is already in full swing and despite the difficulties our industry is facing, we can report on some exciting prospects for our remarkable resource of timber. I must, however, start by noting the sad and unexpected passing of Peter Sorfa in January, and pay tribute to […]
SSA – January 2023 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE So, here we are in 2023 and at the end of the first month: can you believe it? Coming out of the Knysna forest years ago an old friend of mine once told me that the world was in a faster and faster shrinking spiral, and that time as we know […]
SSA – November / December 2022 Newsletter
Read the full newsletter HERE December 2022 has arrived. Another month, another year, can you believe it? November turned out to be not much different from previous Novembers, with the exception that 2022’s lumber market was a little slower than in the past. Other interesting happenings this last month saw the Mpumalanga workshop – as […]
SSA – October 2022 Newsletter
SAWMILLING SOUTH AFRICA NEWS Last month, we started off the newsletter like this: As September draws to a close and we prepare for the start of year-end, we find ourselves looking toward the future with hope. Although 2022 has presented its challenges and proved to be a tough year, we remain optimistic that December will […]
SSA – September 2022 Newsletter
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