Dolphin Bay is promoting the principles of our Quality Pledge more vigorously than ever, having resolved to supply our CCA only to timber treatment operators that have signed the Pledge... read more →
A new regulation has been published by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), banning the use of a host of chemicals. Debate is taking place about... read more →
A seemingly minor legislative update is causing major concern in the South African industry, as manufacturers scramble to understand what the new National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act (NEMLAA) might... read more →
Dolphin Bay recently helped Merensky Timber to successfully relocate their Cape Town plant in a process that incorporated the design work, moving, installing, and finally commissioning the CCA timber treatment... read more →
Multinational tech solutions company EOH was once a darling of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with an exploding share price and hundreds of acquisitions. But all was not as it... read more →
It started as a throw-away line from Uganda’s president in an Executive Order addressing cattle-rustling, with no clear bearing on treated timber. Within months, the issue had escalated into a... read more →
Dolphin Bay has installed solar power at its Mossel Bay plant, in a move that will ensure uninterrupted manufacturing of our CCA in the short term while saving money in... read more →
The South African timber treatment trade often feels like an extended family, where everybody knows everybody else and competitors work together to protect the future of the industry. That family... read more →
The South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) has ensured the delay of South African regulations that falsely label CCA a banned substance and state that trade in the wood preservative... read more →
The East African Community (EAC) has drafted top-quality new standards for timber treatment in the region, in a major leap towards the sustainability of its timber treatment industry. The standards... read more →
