By Leon Louw South Africa needs to capitalise on the favourable public opinion about the forestry, sawmilling and timber sectors, Roy Southey, executive director of Sawmilling SA (SSA), tells Timber iQ. Roy, you have been [...]
Professor Bernard Slippers, director at FABI. Photo by Leon Louw The Forestry and Biotechnology (FABI) Institute at the University of Pretoria has for many years been at the forefront of research on the [...]
International House by Lendlease at the Barangaroo Waterfront in Sydney is the MTFG ‘mascot’ and the catalyst for the formation of the group. Photo by MTFG By Leon Louw David Elliott founded the [...]
By Nikki van Coller Her company, Speciality Coatings, may only be in its fifth official year of business, but owner and MD Wendy Smith is certainly no stranger to the coatings industry. […]
By Leon Louw | All photos by Shaun Forster Back in South Africa after working on various projects in Europe, Shaun Forster decided to activate his ‘trust in wood’ and establish a timber assembly business [...]
By Leon Louw For woodturner Carel van der Merwe, every piece of wood tells a different story. […]
By Benjamin Brits With a passion for the experience that timber offers, architectural technologist and timber-product designer, Jacques Cronje, began his career in Knysna – where most of the pioneers in South Africa’s timber industry [...]
By Tarren Bolton With a family history in the timber industry, Kuratle Group AG CEO, Roger Kuratle talks about his history with the timber industry, his take on the misconceptions concerning timber architecture and the [...]
By Dineo Phoshoko At the tender age of 23, Carla Jooste has already experienced timber construction on an international level after winning the timber competition. Her prize was spending five days in the Czech Republic [...]
By Dineo Phoshoko As CEO, Darren Pearlman has many responsibilities at the third-generation family business, Pearlman Veneers. His job entails various activities including managing international relations with import suppliers, overseeing production, financial management and group [...]
