Jabon Tree (Anthocephalus Cadamba)
Jabon Wood has a fairly high market demand not only domestically , but also internationally. The uses for this wood, include building materials, plywood, products of woodworking and craft items . In the last five years, the demand for Jabon and Albasia timber has increased greatly. This was due to a chronic lack of Jabon and Albasia timber stocks for industrial raw materials outside the island of Java .
The most widely used industrial wood in the plywood industry is Jabon. Initially used for wood face veneer, with the core side and back veneer using Albasia, but in recent years Jabon has been used both on the back and face veneer and even for the core. As it is, the timber Jabon has now replaced natural woods such as Meranti wood.
Java’s wood industry has increased, while industries outside Java has decreased in the same period. There is a tendency to shift plywood and veneer industries to Java as it is the logical source of raw materials . In addition to the veneer industry, there are also many industries here which process Jabon and albasia timber for export, either in the form of semi-finished goods such as furniture components and finished goods in the form of furniture and craft item.
The use of Jabon wood in various products that used to use Albasia wood has increased, as Jabon possesses properties such as lightweight, durability, ease of drying and easy to be formed. With diversity of use, the demand for Jabon Wood has exceeded supply, causing prices to rise.
GWoods - The Green Hardwood
With the supply of hardwood greatly reduced as a result of the need to protect forest wood, the price of hardwood has been on the rise as demand exceeds supply of hardwood. Even with the adoption of good governance in the harvesting of forest wood, supply continues to lag behind as it takes decades to replace hardwood trees!
In order to tap into the hardwood market, we have developed techniques of converting 5 year old Jabon softwood, into hardwood that looks and works exactly like natural hardwood. We call this amazing product GWoods.
Using our proprietary technique, we can produce hardwood from our plantation grown 5 year old Jabon softwood. The result is a solid hardwood with a density and hardness equivalent with 30 year old teak wood species, like Ulin or Merbau, both of which command high market value.
This manufacturing process, which involves a meticulous processes that is part science and part art, we can produce hardwood that's not just hard, but it can come in varying shades of color, with beautiful grain patterns as well.
The result is a hardwood product that is hard wearing, water resistant and termite proof!
1 cubic metre of GWoods will yield about 66 square metre of 15mm thick tongue and groove floorboards. With the price of hardwood on the rise, and forest wood dwindling in supply, we believe we have an economical and green solution to save the forest and still satisfy the demand for hardwood around the world!
With the supply of hardwood greatly reduced as a result of the need to protect forest wood, the price of hardwood has been on the rise as demand exceeds supply of hardwood. Even with the adoption of good governance in the harvesting of forest wood, supply continues to lag behind as it takes decades to replace hardwood trees!
In order to tap into the hardwood market, we have developed techniques of converting 5 year old Jabon softwood, into hardwood that looks and works exactly like natural hardwood. We call this amazing product GWoods.
Using our proprietary technique, we can produce hardwood from our plantation grown 5 year old Jabon softwood. The result is a solid hardwood with a density and hardness equivalent with 30 year old teak wood species, like Ulin or Merbau, both of which command high market value.
This manufacturing process, which involves a meticulous processes that is part science and part art, we can produce hardwood that's not just hard, but it can come in varying shades of color, with beautiful grain patterns as well.
The result is a hardwood product that is hard wearing, water resistant and termite proof!
1 cubic metre of GWoods will yield about 66 square metre of 15mm thick tongue and groove floorboards. With the price of hardwood on the rise, and forest wood dwindling in supply, we believe we have an economical and green solution to save the forest and still satisfy the demand for hardwood around the world!
