Border Timbers

Border Timbers
ZSE: BRDR
IndustryForestry, sawmilling
HeadquartersMutare
ProductsWood
Websitehttp://www.bordertimbers.com/

Border Timbers is a forestry and sawmilling company in Zimbabwe. The company operates five forest estates and three sawmills.[1] Principal products include pine and eucalyptus. Border's stock is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and its stock index, the Zimbabwe Industrial Index.

Operations

  • Border's forest estates are located in Sheba, Zimbabwe, Imbeza, Charter, Zimbabwe, Tilbury, Zimbabwe and Sawerombe, totalling over 470 square kilometres.
  • Border's sawmills are located in Sheba, Charter and Tilbury; annual combined output is over 160,000 cubic meters, 95% percent of which is pine.[2]

Rough sawn timber is either sold directly to customers or processed at one of two Border factories, both located in Mutare:

  • The Paulington Factory produces mainly veneer, plywood and blockboard.
  • The Nyakamete Factory, also known as Border Timbers International (BTI), is a subsidiary of Border Timbers and produces doors, shelves and other products for the export market, e.g. South Korea and the United States.

References

  1. ^ "Border Timbers". www.bordertimbers.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 May 2020.


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