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Alleviating # KnysnaFires with # KnysnaRises
Wood-Mizer has donated a sawmill to the Knysna Timber Initiative( KTI) in efforts to help rebuild the community after the fires that destroyed parts of the area in June.
Wood-Mizer has a special relationship with the areas as one of its first clients came from Knysna. It was on the basis of this, and Wood-Mizer’ s close relationship with the timber processing sector in Knysna, that the corporation felt compelled to contribute in the manner that it has to alleviate some of the hardship that has resulted from this tragedy.
Donation of a new Wood-Mizer LT20B Diesel sawmill to the KTI will strengthen efforts to assist in rebuilding the community, homes and to help, in a small way, to alleviate the tragedy that hit the area. The mill, which will be managed by the KTI at its Timber Village location, will provide processed timber for the next six months to rebuild damaged structures for people that have been left homeless. As a long-term project, the mill will be made available to community projects that requires timber to be milled and as a training facility for training operators in the use of a bandsaw mill.
Also as part of the long-term project, the KTI would set up the mill as a business, offering a lumber milling service to local businesses. This small business will generate funds for the KTI that will be used for future skills development and training projects set up by the KTI.
Finally, sawlogs donated to the KTI and logs from invader alien species removal programmes in the area, will form the primary source of the timber milled. This will serve to
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