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Timber supplier\u00a0Premier Forest Products\u00a0announces that it has completed an agreement to sell the assets of their sawmill at Croespenmaen near Crumlin, South Wales to SDL Sawmills Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n As part of the mutually beneficial deal, SDL Sawmills will take on the site and existing\u00a0staff and continue with full scale milling activities. With an offtake agreement, Premier Forest will continue to supply the finished\u00a0sawn products from the mill to their existing, diverse customer base.<\/p>\n Premier Forest will buy all of SDL\u2019s sawn products,\u00a0fencing materials,\u00a0fence panels,\u00a0sleepers, pallet wood and sawn timber to secure consistent, continual supply for their customer base and to fulfil market demand.<\/p>\n Sam Launchbury, Founder and CEO of SDL comments \u201cBy purchasing the sawmill, and recently building an in-house harvesting team, we are now able to complete the circle from purchasing standing trees and milling to generating heat and power which is then used to convert sawmill bi-product into a renewable energy fuel. The offtake agreement with Premier Forest for all the sawmill\u2019s finished products means that we are now in the position to utilise 100% of the standing tree, creating a sustainable product for the building, landscaping and heating sectors across the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n SDL is planning further investment in the sawmill to develop the facility and increase production, creating additional employment opportunities both directly and indirectly at the site.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Timber supplier\u00a0Premier Forest Products\u00a0announces that it has completed an agreement to sell the assets of their sawmill at Croespenmaen near Crumlin, South Wales to SDL Sawmills Ltd. As part of the mutually beneficial deal, SDL Sawmills will take on the … Continue reading