The super-rich of the world are struggling with a shortage of butlers, and butler training schools can’t keep up with the demand. Sound like trivia? It did to us too... read more →
When Dolphin Bay’s Braam Rust was deciding what to study as a young man, his choices were agriculture or forestry. He came from farming stock and would have chosen agriculture,... read more →
It has been an interesting year – a phenomenal one, really – and a year of reflection. In previous years, my letter focused on what happened during the year. This... read more →
Our new customer DN Products has a business model that reflects the agile and entrepreneurial character that the growing Tanzanian timber treatment market has become known for. This approach has... read more →
South African timber treatment operator Grand Timber (previously Grand Select) was poised for an upswing. They had an increased supply of raw materials, along with an increased demand for their... read more →
Katunda Magambo Shabani has become the first student to receive a special Dolphin Bay award for the top student in wood treatment at the Forestry and Wood Industry Training Centre... read more →
Dolphin Bay was delighted to install South Africa’s first preassembled wood treatment plant for our new customer, Brondal Treated Timbers, this month. Brondal, in the Nelspruit area of Mpumalanga province,... read more →
Dolphin Bay is delighted to be offering continued services to one of our longest-standing customers, Somerset Timbers in the Western Cape. These services recently included operator training. “As we've said... 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 →
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 →
