NYTimber predicts record-breaking year

Just eight years after producing its first product, the company’s manufacturing arm, which complements its branch network, broke through the £1m barrier for the first time, in July.

Despite a challenging first quarter, caused in part by the “Beast from the East”, sales of the company’s roof trusses, engineered joists, and panelised roof systems are up 30% on the previous year.

NYTimber’s EWP success can be attributed to the housebuilding and construction sectors’ need for a reliable and flexible source of high-quality, off-site manufactured products, said the company.

It is now supplying off-site products to some of the UK’s largest housebuilders, including Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey, Bellway, Keepmoat, and Miller Homes. It also supplies trusses and engineered joists through its branch network to developers, self-builders and members of the public building extensions and garages.

Established in 1979, NYTimber is now one of the largest regional timber merchants in the north-east. In addition to manufacturing engineered wood products, it sells fencing and decking, oak flooring and doors, constructional timber, sheet materials, cladding, and many more timber products via its seven branches located throughout the north-east and north Yorkshire.

“We’re all very proud of the progress we’ve made in such a relatively short period of time,” said Nick Kershaw, managing director. “A lot of hard work and innovation has gone into getting the department up off the ground to where it is now.