Nov
08
Dolphin Bay is promoting the principles of our Quality Pledge more vigorously than ever, having resolved to supply our CCA only to timber treatment operators that have signed the Pledge or operate in the spirit that it embodies. This decision follows industry meetings, supported by some evidence of our own,...
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Nov
08
A new regulation has been published by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD), banning the use of a host of chemicals. Debate is taking place about the interpretation of the legislation, and the industry has written to the Minister of DALRRD, Thoko Didiza, requesting answers to...
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Nov
08
A seemingly minor legislative update is causing major concern in the South African industry, as manufacturers scramble to understand what the new National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Act (NEMLAA) might mean for their businesses. The change in question seems small at first glance: it’s just one word in a dense,...
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Nov
08
Dolphin Bay recently helped Merensky Timber to successfully relocate their Cape Town plant in a process that incorporated the design work, moving, installing, and finally commissioning the CCA timber treatment plant. Through the whole team’s careful planning and quick reactions − and despite the complication of unseasonal rainfall – Merensky...
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Nov
08
The Chief Operating Officer at Dolphin Bay, Thinus Ferreira, hands me a book called ‘The Power of Fun’ by Catherine Price. “Hmmm, is he trying to tell me something?” I wonder. “Do I have start swotting up on how to have a laugh?” But this wasn’t his message (I hope)....
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Sep
13
Multinational tech solutions company EOH was once a darling of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with an exploding share price and hundreds of acquisitions. But all was not as it seemed. In 2017, revelations of corruption began surfacing in the media. A investigation eventually revealed a “fascinating, cautionary tale of...
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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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