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A New Venture - Duffield
Wood Pellets.
Duffield Timber now has a sister
Company, Duffield Wood Pellets, set up to produce high quality wood pellets,
manufactured from ‘virgin timber’ waste and wood residues at
our purpose built plant adjacent to our current headquarters. Further details
can be found at duffieldwoodpellets.com
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New Sales Team member
Kevin Bates joined us on 18 June
2007, as a succesor to Kris Yarborough who retired at the end of August 2008.
Kevin joins us after a career as a cabinet maker and workshop manager, a bit
of a "poacher turned gamekeeper".
Kevin, who is based in Rossendale, will be covering much of Kris's old territory,
including North Wales, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria.
Duffield Timber buys WLH
Woodmachining
Northern Hardwood and Clear Softwood
specialists Duffield Timber has bought WLH Woodmachining Ltd.
"As we no longer convert round timber and having de-commissioned the Stenner
Bandmill, we have been seeking a partner to increase and develop our cutting,
profiling and mouldings division. The acquisition of WLH coupled with additional
significant investment gives us a real opportunity to progress our expansion
plans," said managing director Howard Duffield.
The staff of WLH and its principal wood working machines have been re-located
to Duffield's premises in North Yorkshire; also in the move is the creation
of a new finishing factory for the lacquering of linear mouldings and components.
William Howgate with 37 years experience in the business has been appointed
Production Manager.
New
Sales Team member
We are pleased to announce that
our sales team has been strengthened by the arrival of Clive Dunn, who boasts
more than 20 years experience, primarily in home grown timber sales.
Clive, who joined us on 3rd of January 2006, is based in Leicestershire and
will be covering his home county and the surrounding counties of Derbyshire,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire
Visual Strength Graded Oak
We are pleased to announce
that we are now able to offer European Oak strength graded.
Mike Hall succesfully completed a Temperate Hardwoods (Oak) Visual strength
grading course, which now allows us to offer Oak graded to BS5756.
Suppliers
of European, American and African Hardwoods, Clear Softwoods,
Mouldings, Profile Machining and Lacquering Specialists