Crown Timber recognises that in order to provide high quality products, specifications and service to its customers, it in turn requires these attributes from its product suppliers. The company recognises that this can only occur if there is a free flow of information, regular dialogue, shared objectives, and a commitment to working together for a long term future.
Listed below are the key product suppliers to Crown Timber.
Haminan Veistosaha OY (Havesa)
Havesa's production of c.240k m³ of whitewood products is concentrated on tr26 products for roof truss fabrication and cls sections for timber frame manufacturers and for merchants.
This privately owned group of two sawmills is one of the most efficient in the Nordic region, and has been investing continually to ensure a tight control over production costs.
Havesa specialise in production of 2.4m and pet studs for the timber frame sector and for merchants, as well as in the full range of 36mm and 47mm tr26 specifications.
Gransjöverken
Crown Timber began to co-operate with Gransjöverken in the 1980's and now purchases most of the mill's production. Gransjöverken produces c.80k m³ of whitewood tr26 and cls products and specialises in producing 4.8m and 5.4m cls and joisting sections for the timber frame sector.
Södra Wood Products www.sodra.com
Södra Timber is the largest forest products company in the South of Sweden and last year produced 1.7m m³ of sawn timber at nine sawmills.
Södra produces a full range of products for Crown Timber, primarily at its Langasjo and Monsteras mills. This range includes products targeted at the roof truss, timber frame and reseller sectors.
MCM Timber OY
MCM Timber is located just a few km from the port of Hamina, and so is ideally located for shipping goods to Crown. MCM concentrates on producing 36mm TR26 truss timber for Crown, and specialises particularly in the longest lengths 5.4m/5.7m/6.0m.
MCM has recently carried out a substantial investment programme increasing production volumes and efficiency, and enhancing product and packaging quality.
JPJ Wood OY
Located in Korkeakoski in central Finland, JPJ Wood OY has recently invested in a brand-new planing and machine strength grading plant in order to increase capacity, and volumes for supply to Crown Timber. JPJ produces both truss timber and CLS for Crown but concentrates on short (3.0m/3.3m) and long (5.4m/5.7m/6.0m) lengths of 36mm TR26 truss timber.
Boise Cascade
www.bc.com
Crown Timber is the sole distributor in the UK and Ireland for the range of engineered wood products manufactured by Boise Cascade in the USA at plants in Alexandria, Louisiana and White City, Oregon.
Crown Timber distributes a full range of Boise BCI® Joists and Versa-Lam® beams and headers from its Humberside distribution terminal, and offers a multi-product delivery service, combining engineered wood with structural softwood and with Egger panel products, to manufactures throughout the UK and Ireland.
The EGGER Group is one of Europe’s largest wood based panel manufacturers. With fifteen plants in five countries, including two in the UK, Egger supplies Crown Timber with a selection of their portfolio of building solutions. As manufacturer of the Weyroc brand of building products they manufacture not only the BBA approved Weyroc Protect flooring board but also the Rapid Deck solution for laying floors.
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