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The Timber
Division has secured a 60 year concession agreement
with the Sabah Forestry Development Authority (SAFODA),
a government statutory body, for an area of 25,000 hectares
of Acacia Mangium plantation in the Bengkoka Peninsula
in Sabah and now proposes to commission, operate and
maintain a woodchip mill at Telaga, Pitas based on the
utilisation of these resources. Telaga is a coastal
village located 140 km northeast from Kota Kinabalu,
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Timber Division of the Group
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Mangium
Sawmill Sdn Bhd (MSSB) |
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MSSB
operates from its integrated timber complex on
a 42 hectare site at Marudu Bay, Mempakad in the
District of Pitas, Sabah. The sawmill alone encompasses
an area of about 28.78 hectares and comprises
16 adjoining open-sided buildings, which include
the main sawmill factory and storage areas. Other
facilities include a 16 chamber kiln dryer plant,
a kiln dryer timber store, pressurised impregnation
treatment plant, boiler house, generator house,
extraction and disposal system of wood waste,
sawdust incinerator, office building, general
store and residential quarters.
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Sawn
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Laminations
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Mouldings
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Kiln dried
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Finger
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Chemically
treated timber
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Mangium
Plantation Sdn Bhd (MPSB) |
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MPSB
is principally involved in the management, harvesting
and extraction of plantation timber grown within
the current 25,000 hectares of land located in
the Bengkoka Peninsula in the District of Pitas,
Sabah and operates from a logging camp in Telaga
with three barge jetties and some basic infrastructure.
Back in the 80s, the State Government of Sabah
gazetted to SAFODA a portion of land measuring
approximately 63,000 hectares in the Benkoka Peninsula.
SAFODA has planted
the land with mainly Acacia Mangium, a fast growing
species of plantation timber, typically categorised
as hardwood, with a harvestable maturity of 8
years.
Recognising the
importance of sustainability of natural resources
and the ever increasing demand for Acacia Mangium
by pulp and paper manufacturers, the Group though
MPSB has secured a 60 year concession over a total
of 25,000 hectares of land with SAFODA.
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principal products of MPSB can be classified as:
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Acacia
Mangium Pulp logs |
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Acacia
Mangium Saw logs |
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Anika
Timber Sdn Bhd (ATSB) |
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ATSB
acts as the primary trading arm for the Group’s
Timber Division and plays in integral role in
both the marketing and trading of timber and timber
related products as well as the exploration and
positioning of our products in existing, developing
and emerging markets.
The Timber Division’s
efforts are currently primed at the favourable
Asian Pacific market, of which, China is now poised
to become a primary consumer of Acacia Mangium.
A great deal of our time is also spent targeting
the Japanese market, where the enhanced appreciation
of quality plantation timber originates. The majority
of our saw logs output ends up in Japan where
we note the positive year on year demand.
Besides the focus
on marketing and sales, ATSB also plays an important
role as a conduit between our customers and the
local authorities, such as SAFODA, the port authorities,
Customs, etc where we also advise on the best
possible and most efficient means of exporting
our timber products to destination ports outside
of Malaysia. With the ever increasing freight
charges, ATSB’s voluntary offer and assistance
to buyers will certainly benefit both parties
which leads to both tangible and intangible time
and costs savings.
ATSB
also trades in the following products:
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