ARA Timber AB Softwoods Hardwoods Contact us A leading company in sales of sawn timber to the Middle East and North Africa ARA TIMBER AB is a leading company in sales of sawn timber to the Middle East and North Africa. Our head office is located in Göteborg, Sweden and we have a local sales office in Dubai, UAE. Our main products are Scandinavian pine and spruce. We also sell North American timber, hardwoods from Africa and Brazil as well as plywood and boards from Asia and Europe. We have a long tradition of working with customers in the Middle East and North Africa and we are proud to have strong business relations in all these markets. Trading of timber is in our view highly personal and we are therefore constantly in the marketplace together with our suppliers and customers. Contact us We have strong alliances and partnerships with leading sawmills in Scandinavia, North America, Brazil and Africa. Being in daily contact with the mills makes it possible for us to supply our customers with large volumes of high quality timber as well as a variety of different brands. ARA Timber is a part of the Hans Andersson Group with solid financial resources and the highest credit rating. The HA group is a family owned business lead by the second generation and well known for being a long term sustainable partner who is always aiming to provide excellence in service, speed and flexibility. Member of Proud sponsor of Copyright 2014 ARA Timber AB | Producerad av Mobiplus

ARA Timber AB Softwoods Hardwoods Contact us Spruce/whitewood (Picea abies) The colour varies from creamy white to light yellow and red-brown. The heartwood of the spruce is not distinct from the sapwood. Spruce is straight-grained with a smooth and even texture. The wood has medium density and the Strength properties are excellent. Sawing and machining is easy, as well as gluing, jointing and assembling. The typical end-use of spruce/whitewood is as structural timber in studs and beams, indoors and outdoors. Spruce/whitewood is the most important building and construction timber in Europe. It is also used for interior construction, external joinery, carpentry, furniture, external paneling, facades, flooring, doors and packaging. The Swedish sawmill industries typically deliver sawn timber according to the following common dimensions but can also deliver timber in other dimensions. Whitewood dimensions: Copyright 2014 ARA Timber AB | Producerad av Mobiplus

ARA Timber AB Softwoods Hardwoods Contact us Plantation logs We are able to supply plantation logs form various places around the world and work with selected suppliers who has high emphasis on ”good supplier” practices, both in terms of CSR matters and sustainiability of the plantations. Primary sourcing areas: Teak: Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Equador, Nicaragua, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, South Sudan, Tanzania. Gmelina: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Solomon Islands. Acacia: Malaysia, Brazil, Uruguay. Copyright 2014 ARA Timber AB | Producerad av Mobiplus