Most of our clients were well-prepared and could respond in a professional and confident manner when inspectors from the Department of Environmental Affairs began visiting their plants earlier this year. Dolphin Bay has helped many customers with several services to ensure their environmental compliance, including consultants’ assessments, environmental management plans,... read more →

To ensure adequate retention, it is important for you to know the sapwood and heartwood content of your poles, especially if you treat eucalyptus. This can be done by using a heartwood indicator. Over-treatment is an unnecessary expense and under-treatment could result in your poles being rejected by your customer.... read more →

What a positive start we have had to 2018! Dramatic changes have taken place in South Africa over the past two months, to the extent that we now have a new political landscape – and a fresh sense of optimism. Investor funds are flowing into South Africa, the international markets... read more →

OUR BEST WISHES FOR 2018 What a positive start we have had to 2018! Dramatic changes have taken place in South Africa over the past two months, to the extent that we now have a new political landscape – and a fresh sense of optimism. Investor funds are flowing into... read more →

Our Chief Financial Officer, Marlize Jacobs, points out that there are three aspects to growth: business growth, mental and spiritual growth, and growth in value. “I think Dolphin Bay did extremely well in retaining its valued customers and gaining exciting new business, to grow our business,” she says. “We faced... read more →

This year has been a challenging one for all of us. Nonetheless, we have seen increasing innovation within our industry, along with several positive developments that are leap-frogging the sector into an era of far greater sustainability. In this story, we will give a bird’s-eye view of developments within the... read more →

Dolphin Bay has set up a Quality Pledge website, providing easy access to all the information you may need about our quality assurance programme. The user-friendly website, www.qualitypledge.co.za, outlines the six principles constituting the pledge and the process that follows your signature. It also provides a flow diagram outlining the... read more →

Quadra is a user-friendly digital treatment book requiring minimal input. It allows timber treaters to make precise calculations, store data safely and transfer it instantaneously. It also leaves managers with “more time to manage their operations”. This is some of the praise for the Dolphin Bay system from Khulani Timber... read more →

The price of CCA is driven by the exchange rate and cost of the commodities it contains. Copper is a key element in the manufacturing of CCA, and its price has risen by up to 22% this year, augmenting a long-term trend. What is causing the rise in the copper... read more →

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has officially launched new specs for timber treatment, in line with international standards. This is an extremely positive development as it will go a long way towards ensuring the production of quality treated timber in Tanzania, and thus the sustainability of the industry in... read more →