Are you sure that your timber treatment plant complies with the Regulations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act in South Africa? Companies need to guard against the false sense... read more →
What is the GHS and what impact does it have on the South African wood preservative industry? GHS stands for Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, which... read more →
In Kenya, people use the term ‘Jua Kali’ to describe the enterprising entrepreneurs who – often while working in the equatorial heat – can fix or build almost anything. Directly... read more →
In Kenya, people use the term ‘Jua Kali’ to describe the enterprising entrepreneurs who – often while working in the equatorial heat – can fix or build almost anything. Directly... read more →
Seven-year-old Sammy walks into his garden carrying a stick. He has been reading a book about Ancient Rome. Magically, the stick transforms into a giant sword. Enchantment zips down Sammy’s... read more →
When Sotsho Treated Timbers sought to revive its operations by installing a CCA treatment plant, they needed a solid business case based on a turnkey plant proposal, to back up... read more →
Clifton Pine is one of South Africa’s very few self-sufficient timber treatment companies, offering the full value chain from its farm in Lothair, southern Mpumalanga. At one end of that... read more →
When Flip Du Preez, operations manager at Low’s Creek, realised his operators needed refresher training, he picked up the phone to Dolphin Bay. Flights were booked and, within a week,... read more →
How severe will the expected world recession be? The answer depends on whether you’re talking to an optimist or a pessimist. Optimists say the chances of recession are high, but... read more →
Emboldened by lack of action by the National Regulator for Compulsory Standards (NRCS) for almost a year, criminal syndicates are continuing to spread their illegal timber treatment operations across the... read more →
