Border Timbers

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Border Timbers
Type
Founded
Headquarters Flag of Zimbabwe Mutare
Industry Forestry, sawmilling
Products Wood
Website http://www.bordertimbers.com/

Border Timbers is a forestry and sawmilling company of Zimbabwe. The company operates 5 forest estates and 3 sawmills. Principal products include pine and eucalyptus. Border's stock is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and its stock index, the Zimbabwe Industrial Index.

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  • Border's forest estates are located in Sheba, Imbeza, Charter, Tilbury 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.

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.

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