Overview
Hardwood pallets are at the centre of commercial trade and construction, providing durable, static-resistant transport handling solutions for a multitude of products.
Whole log utilisation
Timber sustainably sourced from our native forests is our most valuable and precious resource and Pentarch Forestry™ takes pride in finding ways to better use every part of that resource.
Pallet lumber production
Hardwood pallets are produced by the Dandenong palletiser, which is a four-station manufacturing process fed by first-grade timber sawn on site and supplied from the Swifts Creek and Eden mills.
2nds pallet lumber, woodchips for paper, firewood, sawdust/shavings
Nothing is wasted from each log processed for pallets with lower-graded lumber used in packaging; end trimmings become firewood; side trimmings, sawdust and mill fibre are used for woodchips, biofuel and gardening.
Dandenong
The 3.85ha Dandenong South mill site has been in operation since 1989 and houses a sawmill and Australia’s largest pallet manufacturing plant employing 49 staff. It has a Telecant sawmill which squares smaller diameter logs and produces the bearers, intermediate and lead boards needed to produce a hardwood pallet.
Qualified timber graders visually check each piece of lumber for quality and strength to ensure only first-grade material is used in the fully automated four-station palletiser. At the palletiser, the lumber components are nailed together as per the set pallet specification, then painted and marked according to CHEP’s proprietary branding, at a rate of approximately 200 pallets per hour. The pallets, capable of supporting 2000kg, are then forwarded to CHEP for distribution.
Swifts Creek.
With a Teletwin sawmill and a sophisticated Microtec sorting system, the facility at Swifts Creek in East Gippsland employs 18 locals. The mill’s primary purpose is to provide pallet lumber components, sourcing timber from sustainable hardwood timber harvesting operations in Victoria and NSW, primarily from State Government harvesting operations. The Microtec laser grading system is the mill’s unique feature, scanning timber lengths for imperfections to sort them into first-grade lumber for pallet production and industrial-grade lumber for packaging.
Massy Greene Drive South Burnie, Tas, 7320 PO Box 3033 Ph: 03 6430 7333
96-106 Ordish Road, Dandenong, Vic, 3175 Ph: 03 9706 5744
Lot 2, Edrom Road Eden, NSW, 2551 Ph: 02 6496 0252
Eden Chip Export Terminal Edrom Road, Jews Head Eden, NSW, 2551 Ph: 02 6496 0222
420 Herons Creek Road Herons Creek, NSW, 2443 Ph: 02 6585 7188
98 Indian Drive Keysborough, Vic, 3173 Ph: 1800 818 317
43 Mill Road Koolkhan, NSW, 2460 PO Box 437 Ph: 02 6644 7280
13056 Summerland Way Kyogle, NSW, 2474 PO Box 187 Ph: 02 6632 1866
Suite 12 Level 1, 84 Wises Road Maroochydore, Qld, 4558 PO Box 5561 Ph: 1800 818 317
148 Tweed Valley Way Murwillumbah, NSW, 2484 PO Box 56 Ph: 02 6670 8700
6016/6018 Princess Highway Narooma, NSW, 2546 PO Box 75 Ph: 02 4476 7908
838 Nudgee Road Northgate, Qld, 4013 Ph: 1800 818 317
176-178 Magill Road Norwood, SA, 5067 Ph: 1800 818 317
Unit D1, Regents Park Estate 391 Park Road Regents Park, NSW, 2143 Ph: 1800 818 317
50 BTU Road South Nowra, NSW, 2541 PO Box 5014 Ph: 02 4447 8262
Level 1, 99 Coventry Street Southbank, Vic, 3006 Ph: 03 9621 7900
Great Alpine Road, Swifts Creek, Vic, 3896 Ph: 03 5159 4438
