The Tarpeena operation is Gunns Timber Products' premier manufacturing facility located on a 40 ha site with a 520,000 tonne sawlog capacity supplied mostly by Gunns' own plantation resource.

The Tarpeena facility provides economic support to many businesses in the local area. Tarpeena uses the latest high speed scanning technology that optimises boards using ultra violet readable barcode data printed on the board after it passes through the stress grader in the drymill.

The drymill building itself covers 4090m2 with clear spans of over 30 metres constructed using Gunns Timber products laminated beam products. Tarpeena provides mainly structural framing timber to the Australian domestic building industry and it also supplies Gunns Timber Products' treatment facility at Kalangadoo with most of its timber products for preservation treatment.

Tarpeena despatches material to all areas of mainland Australia, and continues to lead the way in areas of service and quality.

The mill is located at Penola Road, Tarpeena SA 5277                                          P: (08) 8721 5555 F: (08) 8721 5556

Kalangadoo

A multi million dollar investment in leading edge technology involving kiln drying, steaming, CCA, T2, LOSP and Creosote treatment operations has made Gunns Timber Products Kalangadoo the leading timber preservation plant in Australia.

Significant works have also been undertaken to ensure that on-site environmental protection levels are amongst the best in Australia. State of the art preservation techniques are used in the treatment of Radiata plantation sourced timbers to produce the Gunns Timber Products premium treated product range. Gunns Timber Products Kalangadoo is a high volume, high quality producer of a broad range of preservative treated products, including post, poles and sawn and dressed timber products.

The treatment plant is located at North East Terrace, Kalangadoo SA 5278     P: (08) 8739 2534 F: (08) 8739 2511

Launceston - Tasmania

Having been involved in the sawmilling and timber processing industries for over one hundred years, Gunns Timber Products has a wealth of experience in all aspects of the timber industry.

Today the company saws and processes logs sourced from a wide range of private and state forests at its five modern saw mills and three value adding plants throughout Tasmania.

There are three species of Eucalypt used in the production of sawn hardwood. These species are Eucalyptus obliqua, Eucalyptus regnans and Eucalyptus delegatensis. These species are used for their superior drying and finishing properties.

Somerset
Based around two production facilities, Boyer and Somerset in Tasmania, Gunns Veneers is Australasia's largest producer of sliced veneers and the world's largest producer of Eucalypt veneers.

The unique density and hardness characteristics of Tasmania's Eucalypt species has made Gunns Veneers one of the worlds most innovative veneer producers, with processes and equipment specifically developed to maximise the value of saleable production.

Gunns Veneers also have access to high quality pruned Radiata Pine and have built a substantial export market with this species.

Heyfield - Victoria
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Bell Bay - Tasmania
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All of Gunns Timber Products'manufacturing and milling operations provide extremely high levels of customer service, and only the finest in environmentally responsible products.