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ABOUT PUKEPINE SAWMILLS

Pukepine Sawmills, located at Te Puke, New Zealand, is owned and operated by the Tanner family; Ken Tanner is CEO, joined by his sons Jeff (general manager) and Paul (engineering and maintenance). The operation comprises green and dry mills, several kilns for drying and a timber treatment plant. Part of the operation is Purepine Mouldings our secondary processing plant that produces interior and exterior finished timber products for the domestic and export markets, and includes a modern priming paint plant. The whole operation employs approximately 180 on two shifts.

The sawmill produces 50% structural timber products for the New Zealand and Australian markets, and 50% high quality appearance-grade products for New Zealand, Australia, North America and all of Europe. The mill’s capacity is 100,000 m3 annually, up from 65,000 m3 with recent improvements

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USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE
TOP QUALITY TIMBER CONSISTENTLY

Trying new concepts and challenging normal processes has always set Pukepine apart from other sawmills. This "can do" approach has led to Pukepine installing highly specialised grading and milling systems in unique configurations never before seen in New Zealand.

The final outcome not only maximizes log recovery but also produces a consistent, high grade quality product that our trade partners and end customers can rely on every time.