Dec 09

BACK ON TRACK

2025 caught us by surprise. After years of setbacks – the Covid19 pandemic, supply chain crises, inefficient local ports, and loadshedding – this year startled us, in a good way. The Dolphin Bay team exceeded our internal sales projections as business confidence in South Africa grew on the back of... read more →
  • December 9, 2025
Dec 09

FACTORY MANAGERS PULL OUT THE STOPS

While the industry looks back on a buoyant 2025, Dolphin Bay’s factory managers are welcoming the summer break as a chance to simply catch their breath. Months of record sales have brought busy days for treatment plant managers across the industry, and especially for Dolphin Bay’s own factory teams. “Since... read more →
  • December 9, 2025
Dec 09

A YEAR TO REMEMBER

A year ago, our sales team was feeling optimistic heading into 2025. Now, looking back, they see that their optimism was warranted. “We were expecting a good year for our South African customers, and that’s what happened,” said Wayne Driemeyer. That, and more. “I didn’t foresee how well we would... read more →
  • December 9, 2025
Nov 26

WARM WELCOME TO SABIE POLES

Sabie Poles is a neighbour to Dolphin Bay, sharing a back fence with our Sabie factory. But it was the two companies’ shared values of honesty, integrity, and loyalty that made Sabie Poles choose to sign up with us recently, explained Marina Daniel, the owner, and chief operating officer. The... read more →
  • November 26, 2025
Nov 26
Nov 26

ENHANCEMENTS MAKE PRO-TREAT EVEN BETTER

Dolphin Bay has updated Pro-Treat, our digital treatment platform which provides users with clear advantages such as streamlined operations and simplified management for their timber treatment plants. Plant managers and operators benefit from new features that make it easier to uphold high operational standards, saving time and enhancing productivity. “Pro-Treat... read more →
  • November 26, 2025
Oct 29

WHY FARMERS ARE GOING UNDERCOVER

For centuries, agriculture happened outdoors, where crops enjoyed the warmth of the sun and the nourishment of the rain. However, modern farming is increasingly moving under cover – and CCA-treated poles are playing a vital role in supporting this shift. Undercover farming (or UF) is the production of plants and... read more →
  • October 29, 2025
Oct 29

FRESH PROMISE FOR SA’S PORTS

Nobody needs reminding of what happened two years ago. The November 2023 backlogs at the Port of Durban were among the worst South Africa has seen. Some 79 vessels and 61 000 containers were stuck at outer anchorage, as berthing delays stretched to 18 days – more than triple the... read more →
  • October 29, 2025
Oct 29

NO PCO TRAINING REQUIRED IN THE WOOD PRESERVATION INDUSTRY

Dolphin Bay wishes to congratulate the timber treatment industry for responding swiftly to the requirement for PCO registration and applying with the help of the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) and Dolphin Bay. The PCO legislation was drafted many years ago, and SAWPA had the foresight to ask for... read more →
  • October 29, 2025
Oct 29

EXPLORING AFRICA’S GREAT GREEN WALL

The Sahara doesn't advance like a noisy army – it creeps. Year by year, decade by decade, the desert edges southwards across the Sahel, drying out the soil, choking grasses, and turning farmland into wasteland. It's a catastrophe that many Africans have come to see as unstoppable. But a surprising... read more →
  • October 29, 2025