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Black Forest Timbers - Manufacturers of kiln dried Victorian Ash strip and parquetry flooring, furniture and joinery timbers.

Black Forest Timbers manufactures value-added quality timber products for the Australian domestic and international export markets. Black Forest Timbers harvests sustainable hardwood sawlogs from Victorian Government timber resources.

Longevity of ownership and experience; Black Forest Timbers is owned by local families, currently employing the third generation of these families.

Black Forest Timbers is a consolidated, long-standing business, established as Black Forest Timbers in 1974 on the present site at 988 Black Forest Drive Woodend, in central Victoria.

Black Forest Timbers has, over recent years, been repositioning itself towards higher value product markets, recognising that properties such as strength, durability, appearance and hardness give Vic Ash timbers natural competitive advantages. Black Forest Timbers quality hardwood flooring is featured in many State and public facilities, especially in areas of high use and heavy pedestrian traffic.

• The Victorian State Library (Parquet flooring)
• Federation Square (Engineered overlay)
• The Victorian State Netball and Hockey Centre (Solid Strip flooring)
• Crown Casino (Overlay flooring)

Black Forest Timbers is a significant regional employer in the Macedon Ranges region with over 50 employees, making a direct contribution and capital injection into the local community and economy. Black Forest Timbers' ongoing program continually supports the company's value-adding policy with:

• Employment opportunities and training programs
• Upgrades to equipment and processes
• Market research

A long standing member of the Furnishing Industry Assocation of Australia and represented on the Sustainable Timber Industry Coalition, Black Forest Timbers is actively involved in most aspects of the Victorian Timber industry.

ecoSelect timber harvesting
harvesting of natural timbers from forests that are licensed and/or controlled by State Governments ensuring forest values are protected for current and future generations i.e harvesting is governed by the State Code of Forest Practices, Forest Management Area prescriptions, Regional Forest Agreements and all of the relevant State and Federal Acts and regulations including the Flora and Fauna Guarantee.

The ecoSelect brand empowers you to choose natural hardwoods from Australia's sustainably managed forests in preference to timber sources through less environmentally sensitive forestry practices, such as imported timbers from exploited tropical forests.

ecoSelect denotes timber harvested in accordance with guidelines that are among the most stringent forest regeneration, biodiversity and native fauna protection criteria.

When you buy or specify ecoSelect timber, you are investing in wood that lives on - both in the exquisite hardwood products and in the legacy of the forests that regenerate.

Your decision supports sustainable forestry and the continuing protection of the environment. It's a choice that will add to the style and value of your home.

Australian Made & 100% Australian Owned