North Yorkshire Timber Co Ltd has bounced back from a major fire at its Northallerton site last year by re-organising its operations and buying new machinery.
The company has invested about £500,000 replacing and upgrading machinery lost in the blaze last October, which destroyed a 38,000ft2 building containing timber stocks and a machine shop.
North Yorkshire Timber opened a 20,000ft2 branch on a different site in Northallerton during February, while a 90,000ft2 distribution centre in Brompton-on-Swale, near Catterick, will be fully operational by the end of March. This will house the newly-equipped milling operation.
New machinery purchased includes two Striebig vertical panel saws, five Weinig machines, a Stenner resaw, and extraction and handling facilities. The company has also bought goods delivery vehicles, racking and changed its treatment plant to non-CCA.
A Striebig Econom II was installed at the branch, while a larger Striebig Standard II has been installed in the Brompton-on-Swale mill.
The company already has two other Striebigs, an Econom II model bought 10 years ago at its Middlesborough branch, plus a Compact TRK at the Sunderland outlet.
All saws are used for panel sizing on hardwood, softwood, MDF and chipboard panels, ranging in size from 1220mm by 2400mm up to 1830mm by 3050mm.
North Yorkshire Timber, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, also has branches at Middlesborough, Ripon, Richmond and Sunderland (Joseph Thompson Timber).
