Media Release - Nov 12 2007

Appadene Forest Products win Furniture Award

Appadene Forest Products of Manjimup have won the Dining Table and Chairs category of the 2007 WA Furniture Industry Awards held in Perth this month.

The winning dining table and chairs were from Appadene's "Forest " Range of furniture which features the natural edge of Jarrah and Marri and is manufactured in Appadene Road, West Manjimup.

Owner of Appadene Forest Products, Colin Campbell said it was an honour to accept the award amongst a high standard of competitors and was rewarding recognition for the team at Appadene.

" Appadene Forest Products is fortunate to work with the superb native hardwoods of south western Australia on location in the forest at Manjimup employing local people.

"I began working with timber in 1977 as a tree faller and was paid by the rate at which I could cut down huge trees which seemed to be in abundance then.

"Now, our challenge is to gain maximum value from the mature trees that are a scarce resource.

"At Appadene we process logs through our sawmill to produce fine furniture and high quality flooring in a fully integrated value adding operation.

"We believe this seamless operation develops a culture to maximise value and minimise waste from sustainable harvest of scarce timber resources.

"Our team at Appadene looks forward to competing again next year in the Furniture Industry Awards as part of our continuous improvement,"Mr Campbell said.

(Accompanying image is of Award for Dining Table and Chairs category of the 2007 WA Furniture Indstry Awards being received by Trenna Skinner, Colin Campbell and Des Hay of Appadene Forest Products)

Media Release - Feb 6 2008

Appadene wins national award

Appadene Forest Products produces the finest timber floors in WA, according to results of the recent Australian Floor of the Year Awards, held in Sydney.

The best installed residential timber floor from WA was from Marri milled and processed at Appadene's centre in Appadene Road, West Manjimup, and laid by Appadene in a new home near Manjimup.

Owner of Appadene Forest Products Colin Campbell said it was an honour to be recognised as the best residential timber floorer from WA, as runner-up to the winner from Victoria in an Australia wide field of competitors.

The award for timber flooring follows Appadene Forest Products recently also winning the dining Table and Chairs category of the 2007 WA Furniture Industry Awards held in Perth.

Mr Campbell said his team at Appadene based their business on displaying the finest qualities of what he regards as the finest hardwoods in Australia from the forests of the State's South West.

"There is strong demand for high quality timber floors in marri, jarrah and blackbutt in both new and other homes and commercial buildings in WA" he said.

"Our challenge is to gain maximum value from the mature trees that are a scarce resource. "

"We mill the timber at Appadene with care to ensure we can gain the highest possible recovery for both fine furniture and flooring timber, which we then process on site to the finished product."

"We also use state of the art computer monitored timber drying kilns to ensure high quaality, stable and durable flooring timber."

"At Appadene, we consider competing in both State and National competitions for flooring and furniture as an important benchmarking process for our continuous improvement."

"On a day to day basis we have our heads down doing our job, and it is rewarding when others judge that we are doing our job well"