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Located in Enniskeane, Co. Cork, Grainger Sawmills is one of Ireland’s largest and most technologically developed sawmills. Since the mill was established in 1977, it has generated consistent growth and has increased market share in Ireland and overseas. It has an annuyal processing capacity of 250,000 m3 and produces an extensive range of construction, fencing, leisure, pallet and packaging products.

The company has an ethos of continuous improvement which is reflected in quality products as a result of industry advances in areas such as kiln drying, pressure treatment and specialised machining facilities. All Grainger products have Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation.
www.graingersawmills.com

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Sikkens is a high-performance, innovation-led stains and specialist paints brand that continues to receive the investment in research, marketing and distribution to build on its reputation as a premium brand. The company is the market leader for joinery coatings in Europe, and that there is a complete range of complementary brush-applied coatings for maintenance and redecoration.

The Sikkens range includes both translucent coatings (woodstains) for external timber and solid paint colour that can be specified with confidence. RAL, NCS and an extensive range of colour choices are now available that can provide for years of protection in any colour.

Sikkens provides coatings to cover the following timber end uses:
• Stable – Minimum movement (doors and windows)
• Semi-stable – Some movement permitted (tongue and groove cladding, wood houses and garden furniture
• Non-stable – free movement permitted (overlapped cladding, fencing, decking)

www.sikkens.co.uk

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Favourably located in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow (Ireland’s tidiest town 2007 in Ireland’s most afforested county) our plant has been processing timber since 1974.

Also located only 10km from Avondale, the home of Irish Forestry, we are proud to be part of an industry that has such an important role to play in sustainable development. Wood is a natural resource and plays a vital role in the control of greenhouse gases by acting as a carbon sink. From 2008 to 2012 Irish forests will remove over 2m tonnes of carbon dioxide each year from the atmosphere thereby playing a very important part in climate change mitigation.

Sustainability is at the core of Woodfab Timber from the sourcing of logs in sustainably managed forest to a range of end products including sawn timber for fencing, decking and packaging and co-products such as sawdust, woodchip and bark. Our logs are sourced from well managed….

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