Sep
13
It started as a throw-away line from Uganda’s president in an Executive Order addressing cattle-rustling, with no clear bearing on treated timber. Within months, the issue had escalated into a full-blown ban on all timber exports – and there is still little understanding of precisely how, or why. President Yoweri...
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Sep
13
Dolphin Bay has installed solar power at its Mossel Bay plant, in a move that will ensure uninterrupted manufacturing of our CCA in the short term while saving money in the long term. The system “removes the guillotine that hangs over the head of so many manufacturers,” observed Bertus. “It...
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Sep
13
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 spirit is especially strong at PSP Timbers, a Dolphin Bay customer based in Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. Constant de...
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Jul
19
The South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) has ensured the delay of South African regulations that falsely label CCA a banned substance and state that trade in the wood preservative is prohibited. In February 2023, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment (DFFE) published regulations to implement the requirements...
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Jul
19
The East African Community (EAC) has drafted top-quality new standards for timber treatment in the region, in a major leap towards the sustainability of its timber treatment industry. The standards are out for public comment until 30 July, and the World Trade Organisation has been notified. The meeting to set...
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Jul
19
Dolphin Bay’s Auto Strength Detector (ASD) is now available, offering our customers a way to ensure they are using the exact amount of CCA necessary for producing top-quality treated timber. Titration has been the most accurate method of determining solution strength until now. However, titration requires the operator to accurately...
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Jul
19
There’s more to factory automation than robots and machines. There’s a profoundly human aspect to it, too – as the people who operate the machinery could tell you. Cirvan Valentyn, who is based at the Dolphin Bay factory in Mossel Bay, was one of the workers chosen to learn to...
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Jul
19
In an exciting development for the African timber treatment industry, Dolphin Bay now offers a service to fully automate your timber treatment plant. The solution, called PROtreat, is a modularised system that uses as much of your existing plant as possible and the automation can be done in degrees, rather...
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Jul
19
In early 2020, the Dolphin Bay Brief first highlighted what was then the growing threat of illegal timber treatment. The problem has mushroomed into a national industry crisis. Concerted efforts by the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA) for the authorities to take action had little effect over the years....
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Jul
19
Dolphin Bay is proud to be a member of the National Business Initiative (NBI), an umbrella body working dedicatedly behind the scenes to help solve South Africa’s seemingly intractable challenges. The NBI is a voluntary coalition of local and international companies working towards sustainable growth and development. It has worked...
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