Mar
17
Your future customers and colleagues are creative, confident thinkers with a distrust of establishments and a strong sense of ethics. This is the gist of comments about the upcoming generation, called Generation Z – a populous generation in Africa, which will shape the character of the continent – from futurists...
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Mar
17
Economies across the world – including in Africa – will feel the fallout from sanctions on Russia following its war on Ukraine, primarily through the rising cost of commodities. These range from oil and grain, whose price rises will have the greatest impact, to the raw materials used in manufacturing,...
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Mar
17
Operator training at a timber treatment plant takes time and effort but makes a vast difference to the accuracy of the CCA treatment process. Training motivates the operator − a crucial team member − to take pride in his or her work and produce top-quality treated timber over time, helping...
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Mar
17
Scientists at the University of Stellenbosch have completed a research paper concluding that treated timber is a “climate-friendly” resource, in dramatic contrast to the alternatives. This comes amid growing acknowledgment that plantations can be classed as carbon-capture projects. Our customer Green Resources has had three such projects and is looking...
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Jan
26
We wanted to automate our factory operations. At first, we shrugged off the idea of robots. They are usually seen in car factories, after all. Nevertheless, we hate to shut out an inspiring idea, so we continued to explore the option of robots along with other supporting automation. After we...
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Dec
13
It has been a successful and satisfying year. The timber treatment industry has continued with the rebound that began last year, and we are pleased to see that, overall, our customers have increased their production levels. This was made possible by the consistent uptick in demand for CCA-treated timber in...
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Dec
13
This has been a year of complex financial challenges. We feel fortunate that Dolphin Bay has navigated these times successfully. In a show of confidence, we have made a substantial investment in our operations, to demonstrate our commitment to the industry and our team. We were pleased to see similar commitments...
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Dec
13
Dolphin Bay’s clients have become much more informed and proactive in dealing with logistics challenges over the past year − an excellent development for our industry. This follows the unprecedented shipping challenges that followed the global economic rebound from Covid-19 restrictions. In all my time in the industry, I’ve never...
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Oct
28
Merensky has placed its trust in Dolphin Bay to increase its production capacity in a major engineering operation that included dismantling, transporting, repurposing and recommissioning a treatment plant. The plant was previously at Merensky’s Singisi site in KwaZulu-Natal, which the company closed. Merensky needed to move it to the company’s...
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Oct
28
Some South African inspection bodies are promoting the use of the hydrometer, which is not accepted in the national specifications for CCA timber treatment. Dolphin Bay believes that using hydrometers would be a setback for the local timber treatment industry, as we have stated in a previous newsletter story, as...
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