Mnr. RL Meyer tree af as Voorsitter
TWK Agri was initially established by timber farmers. The aim was to assist in the marketing of their timber products, mainly Wattle bark and timber. This has subsequently expanded to also include other species of timber, mainly Eucalyptus and Pine logs as well as a variety of other timber products, not only for TWK’s farmers but for the South African timber industry as a whole.
TWK WOODCHIP MILL
TWK owns and operates a world-class woodchip production and export facility in Richards Bay, South Africa, with the capability of producing and exporting 900 000 tons of woodchips per annum.
We have been successfully producing and exporting high-quality woodchips for more than 30 years. Our customer base includes some of the largest pulp and paper producers in Japan, China and India.
We produce two woodchip products ideally suited to the production of pulp and paper products:
Acacia mearnsii woodchips
Mixed eucalyptus woodchips
TWK is actively involved in different aspects of research to create sustainable forestry not only for ourselves but also for the different suppliers of wood fibre and products.
Investing in genetically improved material and research in silviculture, harvesting and risk mitigation. With the help of the FABI, where it is represented, TWK is actively involved in research by monitoring forestry diseases and pests. TWK supports research into forestry, undertaken by the ICFR. TWK is also represented on the board of the ICFR.
We obtain and supply sustainable quality processed and unprocessed timber products to local and international markets and also market timber products on behalf of our suppliers.
We continually cultivate and develop new and existing markets and/or niche markets for the suppliers of our processed and unprocessed timber products.
Our experts give advice and/or manage harvesting operations, as well as manage a complete range of forest activities.
TWK Agri manages plantations on behalf of property owners nationally and in Africa. It strictly follows successful and sustainable forestry practices to ensure sustainability and responsibility for future generations.
TWK Agri mentors previously disadvantaged timber growers who are beneficiaries of land reform and land redistribution in South Africa.
TWK Agri is a founding member and current member of the Mkondo Fire Protection Association (MFPA) and a founding member and current member of the Mpumalanga Forestry Wildfire Committee (MFWC)
TWK Agri promotes the agro forestry principle, which leads to an improved income on forestry land. Beef and goat farming on forestry land is one of the farming activities introduced on plantations.
Shiselweni Forestry Company Ltd – Company Reg. No 99 of 196
Shiselweni Forestry Company (SFC) is a forestry company in Swaziland with wattle, eucalyptus and pine plantations. SFC is a founding member and a current member of the Swaziland Fire Protection Association.
SAWCO Mining Timber Company (Pty) Ltd – Company Reg. No 353 of 1984
SAWCO Mining Timber consists of two multipurpose sawmills in Swaziland. The sawmills manufacture eucalyptus and pine products for the South African and international markets.
STTP SAWCO Treated Timber Products
SAWCO Treated Timber Products has a treated timber plant in Swaziland.
TWK is actively involved in research for improved genetic wattle and gum material that will not only improve yields but also address the risk that is currently facing forestry regarding pests and diseases. The aim is to increase the genetic base of plant material with the focus on optimum utilisation of the tree to different markets.
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TOGETHER.
TWK VUMBUKA FUND
Jy gaan na 23 jaar se diens as direkteur van TWK uittree. Wat hou die toekoms vir jou in?
"Ek gaan my meer op my boerdery toespits en daar is ook nog baie plekke in ons mooi land
wat ek graag saam met vroulief sal wil besoek."
Wat is jou beste herinnering van die 23 jaar by TWK?
"Geen enkele gebeurtenis nie. Goeie herinneringe is egter die dat ons veral in die laaste jare
as een span voluit getrek het."
As jy kon terugkyk na jouself 23 jaar gelede, watter raad sou jy jouself as direkteur van TWK
"Win ander mense se kundigheid en kennis in as jyself nie weet nie. Wees deursigtig teenoor
aandeelhouers, veral in moeilike tye."
Wat is die grootste prestasie van jou loopbaan?
"'n Baie belangrike gebeurtenis by TWK was dat ons op die ZARX beurs kon noteer. Dit
beteken vir TWK geweldig baie. Die uitbreiding wat ons in ons kernbedryf, naamlik die
houtbedryf, bewerkstellig het."
In jou 23 jaar by TWK, watter tyd was vir jou die uitdagendste?
"Die jare as voorsitter van die direksie was baie uitdagend. Die destydse besigheidsongeluk
het TWK onder geweldige finansiële druk geplaas. Ook het TWK se geloofwaardigheid en
beeld daardeur, in die openbaar en ook onder aandeelhouers, gelei."
Wat was jou rol as direkteur by TWK?
"Om doelwitte daar te stel, bedoelende om die pad aan te wys waarheen ons as TWK wil
Wanneer, na jou mening, behaal ’n maatskappy sukses?
"As 'n direksie 'n duidelike beleid of doelwit daar stel, met 'n kundige en gemotiveerde
uitvoerende bestuur wat daarby inkoop. As 'n maatskappy goeie koöperatiewe bestuur
Watter raad het jy vir die direkteure wat tans TWK verder moet lei en ondersteun?
"'n Direkteur behoort altyd te onthou dat hy 'n verantwoordelikheid het teenoor die
aandeelhouers wat hom daar geplaas het. Besef dat die personeel van TWK sy belangrikste
Baie geluk aan die volgende persone wat verskies is tot direkteurslede:
• Fanus Stapelberg: Voorsitter
• Tommy Ferreira: Onder-voorsitter
• Erhard Prinsloo: Raadslid
• Heino Hiestermann: Raadslid
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