£4m timber processing investment at Arbor Forest Products

A £4 million investment in timber processing has been made by Arbor Forest Products.
A new state-of-the-art sawmill planing line has been added to the New Holland site, bringing further automation to the huge plant. It can custom cut and process 200m of timber a minute, or 40,000 km – the equivalent of circumnavigating the planet – annually.
It is described as being an integral part of the 70-year-old company’s long term strategy with the “cutting edge” equipment a first of its kind in the UK.
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The investment, developed in conjunction with Swedish material handling systems specialist System Hall, will allow Arbor to stay ahead of market demand while passing efficiencies on to customers.
Arbor’s operations director, Phil Yell, …
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