Creating value in timber & aligned industries since 1987.
Evergreen Holdings manages a group of companies in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Over the past three decades, we’ve built a sustainable private forestry company invested at every step of the timber value chain, from our forests and sawmill to mechanised harvesting services.
We import, export, source and supply timber products to the furniture, construction, wood chip and pulp sectors both within South Africa and beyond. Evergreen Holdings is diversified into real estate, manufacturing and private finance to ensure we are built to last.
Evergreen Holdings is comprised of three forestry companies and three that bring diversity to our portfolio. Click the company images below to find out more.
6,500ha of pine and eucalyptus across seven plantations
Innovative mid-size sawmill in Crammond, KZN
Mechanised forestry services & consultancy
Timber and basic supplies for construction
380,000m² business park in Ballito, KZN
Quality tools and building components
Our forestry business is increasingly focused on furniture-quality pine logs grown at 24-year cycles to ensure the highest quality lumber is delivered. To grow timber of the highest quality takes knowledge, focus and a process that maximises the value of the growing asset. This commitment to the long term is reflected in all areas of our business. We’re in it for the long-term, and we value partners who share our worldview.
Evergreen Holdings is a founding member of Chapter 2, a non-profit established in 2012 to bridge the gap between South Africa’s potential for greatness, and the resources its young people need to realise it.
Chapter 2 is a collaboration between entrepreneurs who believe in extending a hand to the communities in which we do business. We have several ongoing projects in education, housing, food, health and water, and invite you to support our efforts to build a better future for our country.
With the world’s population growing apace, the need for new building materials that are cost effective, safe, widely available and carbon neutral is growing. Engineered timber is an exciting new development that allows skyscrapers to be built primarily from wood.
With the world’s population growing apace, the need for new building materials that are cost effective, safe, widely available and carbon neutral is growing. Engineered timber is an exciting new development that allows skyscrapers to be built primarily from wood.
With the world’s population growing apace, the need for new building materials that are cost effective, safe, widely available and carbon neutral is growing. Engineered timber is an exciting new development that allows skyscrapers to be built primarily from wood.
Timber shortage threatens to send builders to the wall In part two of InDaily’s special report on the national timber shortage, South Australian builders warn of
With behaviour changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of timber began a steady rise. Whether this was the result of higher demand or market speculation is the topic of some debate.
We see the value in building long-term partnerships that grow in value as they develop. As a supplier of top quality forestry and building products, we believe that quality is its own reward.
Evergreen Forestry is a vertically integrated, sustainably focused forestry company managing seven plantations across the KZN Midlands. Evergreen Forestry grows its own trees for pulp and sawmilling, with an increasing focus on the sawmilling value chain.
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Permanent staff
4900ha
Hectares under management
200,000m³
