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Sawmilling in Africa – Scierie Krishna in the DRC.
A Kolwezi-based sawmill, Krishna Wood, grows from one to four Wood-Mizer sawmills in just two years
Sawmilling in the shadow of the dragon
The southern slopes of the Drakensberg or Dragon Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province, is home to New Heights Sawmill and a Wood-Mizer sawmill line that governs the mill’s output. The magnificent Drakensberg Mountain range straddles the eastern side of the southern African escarpment like a giant reclining[...]
Wood-Mizer sawmill line unlocks rubberwood opportunity in Liberia
A highly productive sawmill in Liberia is using Wood-Mizer technology to turn large diameter rubberwood trees that have reached the end of their latex production cycle into export quality sawn timber shipped to furniture and flooring production plants in Asia. Records from 1600 BC tell us that latex from[...]
It starts and ends with numbers
The growth of a sawmill from start-up status in 2009 to now supplying major hardware's across SA's Limpopo Province shows the potential that sawmilling holds and how emerging sawmillers are positively impacting SA's economy. Abraham Mafa is the owner of Pogotla di Kapa Sawmill. Strategically placed in one of[...]
Roadside trader becomes inspired sawmiller
A sawmill near Moria in South Africa’s Limpopo Province is the backdrop for an extraordinary business success story that is still unfolding. The road from Polokwane to Roadside Timber Trading Sawmill is hot and busy. A wide plain with Mount Moria at the end and scattered granite hilltops in[...]