Five years after launching its first MDF production unit, timber specialist Arbor Forest Products is continuing to reap the benefits, clocking up record sales every month since the installation was fired up back in 2014.
The port-based South Humber Bank facility at New Holland has gone on to double capacity with a further £2.8 million investment, affirming its commitment to becoming a leading supplier of mouldings to the 海角视频 market.
Housebuilding is the primary destination for the products, with the allied DIY market and wider construction trades catered for.
Managing director of the £83.3 million turnover business, Jason Ostler said: “Over the years we have invested significantly in our MDF production capability, and our belief in this market and the support we are able to give our customers has resulted in a remarkable period of growth for this sector of our business.
“The year-on-year sales increase is testament to the high quality of our products and the relationship we have with our merchant customers, who have been a real driver of this market too. With ever-present demand for new-build houses in particular, and even with the advent of modern modular construction, we expect to see demand continuing and we will continue to innovate and invest in order to meet our customers’ needs.”
The increased capacity at The Lincoln Castle base has allowed the company to offer different lengths as well as customers’ own profiles, cross-cutting and trenching.
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In the last financial year, turnover grew by £5.7 million, with profits at £4.4 million broadly in line with the previous 12 months.
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Arbor first launched its MDF line to support its ‘warehouse on wheels’ concept, which enables the delivery of multiple products by a single vehicle. It allows merchants who previously struggled to buy from single-product manufacturers to also stock the product, by offering just-in-time deliveries.
Independently owned by the Howarth family, what was Howarth Timber Importers now supplies more than 225,000 sq m of product via independent merchants, each year, building on a legacy stretching back 62 years.
Using long-established supply agreements with some of the “finest sawmills in Scandinavia and Russia”, the timber arrives at what it describes as the largest dedicated timber terminal in the 海角视频.