RAWMATERIAL SUPPLIES

Cape Sawmills Pty Ltd process high quality Pine saw logs and veneer logs (P. radiata and P. pinaster) for the manufacturing of the different products.

Saw logs vary in length from 2.4-6.6 meter with a minimum thin end diameter of 13cm. These logs are prepared to specifications taken into account bow, crook, knots and dimensional requirements.

Veneer logs are logs of a high quality prepared from the pruned section of the tree.

Currently the company's total need is sourced from within a radius of 150 kilometers from Stellenbosch.

Suppliers of logs to Cape Sawmills Pty Ltd are:

MTO Forestry (Pty) Ltd.

MTO is the biggest supplier of logs to Cape Sawmills. Saw- and Veneerlogs are supplied from various plantations namely Kluitjieskraal near Wolseley, Jonkershoek near Stellenbosch, La Motte near Franschoek, the Tokai plantation in the Cape Peninsula and the Grabouw plantation.

Municipalities

Logs are bought on a tender basis from the Stellenbosch Municipality and the Cape Metropolitans Council's plantations at the Steenbras- and Wemmershoek dams.

South African National Parks

Cape Sawmills is currently in a joint project with S.A.N.P. busy to remove the Pine plantations from the Table Mountain National Park. The harvesting and removal of the Pine trees are done with specialized equipment in an environmentally friendly way.

Other private sources

The company buys in quality Pine logs from windbreaks and woodlots from farms and other landowners in the area. These trees are in most cases bought standing and logs are prepared by contractors, contracted by the company, to the log specifications for the company's needs.