All of this timber is then stored, treated and cut to size on site with 70% of it being sold on and the remaining 30% used in the factory. You’d expect some leftover matter from all of this production but none of the timber goes to waste. Instead, it’s processed by huge BioMass boilers that produce more than enough electricity to power the factory.
The factory is huge, so big that staff use bicycles to move quickly from one end to the other. No such luck for us, although we did consider hopping onto one of the many conveyor belts that traversed the factory floor...
We couldn’t help noticing the sturdy quality of the products being made, no more so than when we saw a wall panel being de-constructed. We were assured that this is something that doesn't happen very often but we could clearly see how much energy it takes to rip a panel apart. They were solid as a rock, safe as houses.