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Distribution partner of HWZ International SA Portfolio for South African market

CERTIFIED ROUGHT SAWN SPRUCE for construction and further manufacturing .first spruce certified according to SANS (Grade 5).most popular european whitewood.sustainable forestry certified by PEFC (similar to FSC)

ROUGH SAWN SIBERIAN LARCH from FSC certified forests

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Arch for Arch made by Swiss Line Design using Novaspruce Rough Sawn

Siberian Larch for lamination

CERTIFIED FINGER-JOINTED & GLUE LAMITED SPRUCE BEAMS .first spruce beams certified according to SANS (Grade 5).12 m long beams with various widths and thickness up to 120 cm.horizontal (BSH) or vertical (DUO) lamination

For more information about dimensions and technical data, please visit the download section at www.hwz.co.za.For informatoin about locally available dimensions, please contact your Universal Plywoods office.

Horizontally laminated spruce beam in the Hout Bay House (Cape Town),

built by MC-Frames

Spruce beams and boards in a small house in Somerset West by Pitch 45

Horizontally laminated spruce beams supporting roof overhangs (Austria)

CLT: CROSS LAMINATED TIMBER Solid wood boards for construction and interior design .dimensionally stable boards in large formats and various thicknesses, the middle layer of lamellas is rotated by 90°relative to the outer layers.Spruce or Siberian Larch.plenty of machining possibilities.structured surfaces (brushing or chopping) and other special surfaces.sustainable forestry certified by PEFC (similar to FSC)

For more information about possible surfaces and technical data, please visit the download section at www.hwz.co.za, for more inspiration visit www.novatop-design.comFor informatoin about locally available dimensions, please contact your Universal Plywoods office.

Renovation of an old South African House

in Table View (Cape Tow) by Milan Detko

CLT board in the interior of a timber Frame house

in Hout Bay (Cape Town) by Archiect Mano Kalos

NOVATOP ACCOUSTIC PANELSSustainable design solutions for better acoustics

.for residential objects and offices as well as public buildings such as schools, concert or sport halls etc. .plenty of design options (for more inspiration see Novatop accoustic brochure).consists of spruce or fir (less knots) woods and wood fibre insulation.sustainable timber certified by PEFC (similar to FSC) and meeting eco standards

For more information and technical data, please visit the download section at www.hwz.co.za, for more inspiration visit www.novatop-design.comFor informatoin about locally available dimensions and designs, please contact your Universal Plywoods office.

SECA WOODEN PROFILESSpruce, Siberian Larch and Thermally Treated Pine profiles for inteior and exterior use .wide range of wooden profiles for cladding, decking and flooring.research about surface degradation of Siberian larch and Thermally treated pine wooden cladding in the climatic conditions of Western Cape (see Hout bay House research project).sustainable timber certified by PEFC (similar to FSC)

For more information about the profiles as well as research results please visit www.hwz.co.za.For information about locally available profiles and dimensions, contact your local Universal Plywoods office.

Diagonal profile and window detail, Hout Bay House by MC Frames

Double Rhobus profile, Table View (Cape Town) by Milan Detko

NOVATOP SOLID WOOD CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMFirst CLT certified in South Africa by Argémet: Modern & sustainable way of building .construction speed: the Hout Bay House was built in just 23 days!.energy efficient thanks to airtightness.the bearing structure can also make the internal surface (visual quality wooden walls in the interior).complex system including Novatop solid for walls, Novatop element for ceiling and roofs, Novatop open custom-made elements and Novatop static for roof overhangs.support for architects who want to design sustainably .visit the show house and research project in Hout Bay (Cape Town) and experience the indoor climate of the Novatop Solid Wood house.sustainable timber certified by PEFC (similar to FSC) and meeting eco standards

For more information about the constuction system read the "Novatop Solid Wood Building System" brochure, visit www.novatop-system.com or contact our static engineer (lukas.krbec@mc-frames.co.za). Universal Plywoods as importeur of the Novatop Constuction system will support you on your journey to new sustainable home.

Pinotage House, first Novatop project in South Africa built in 2013

The Hout Bay House (built in 2015) is regularly visited by architects,

students and public interested in green building

House with high percentage of visual quality timber in the interiorResearch project running in the Hout Bay House documents how

the CLT constuction performs in the climatic conditions of Western Cape

Everything you need to know about the Hout Bay

House project!

For more information about the Hout Bay House showbouse and research

project, please download the full Hout Bay House brochure at www.hwz.co.za

Hout Bay House Showhouse & Research projectThe Hout Bay House is a showhouse and international rese-arch project built from CLT (cross laminated timber) located in Cape Town. The house is open to architects and public interested in green building and shows how a modern timber construction performs in the climatic conditions of Western Cape.

The main motivation to build this house (second Novatop CLT construction in Western Cape) was to inspire and en-courage South African architects to design sustainably and show various solutions for sustainanle housing. The hou-se has been built in September 2015 and since that time hosts meetings, university excursions, worskhops and other events to offer the visitors a chance to see all the materials “life”, evaluate how they perform in the coastal climatic con-ditions and experience the indoor climate.

Except of the Novatop CLT construction system, the house shows various kinds of glue laminated beams (horizonta-lly and vertically laminated beams made from spruce or siberian larch), fermacell gypsup fibre boards for walls and flooring, wood fibre insulation and a choice of wooden pro-files used for cladding and decking. There are also double glazed windows and doors presented. All products shown in the house are available on the South African market, either locally in the warehouses of our distribution partner or on order.

TIMBER COMPETITION for young South African architectsYoung South African Architects were invited to design a timber structure home for a South African family with three kids. No restrictions as to the size of the plot or bud-get and it is purely at the discretion of the author what is seen as requirements of the family members.

The objective of the Competition was to broaden a gene-ral interest in modern sustainable construction and offer young architects an opportunity to explore amiable hou-sing design with environmentally friendly impact of the future.

The Competition was organized and sponsored by the Wood Student Foundation and HWZ International South Africa, Novatop and Herrmann & Vogel. This provides the Competition participants direct access to innovative sustai-nable building materials & concepts, e.g. cross laminated timber (CLT).

Everything you need to know about the Timber

Competition! Visit www.timber-competition.co.za

or download the brochure about the Competition.

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Our supplier HWZ International SA offers sustainable solutions for South African built environment. HWZ International offers portfolio of modern wooden products (Novatop, SECA, Novaspruce and other brands) and actively awakes interest in modern ecologinal materials by supporting the Wood Confe-rence in Cape Town, organising the Timber Competition and creating Hout Bay House research project.

We are pround to have HWZ International SA products in our portfolio!

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Timber from sustainable certified forests

Spruce is in Europe plated for centuries, the first law contributing to the sustainabi-lity of forests in Central Europe was issued in 1350 by Emperor Charles IV. Today is the sustainability ensured by local laws as well as international PEFC certification, which is very similar to FSC.

Main product

Side boardsfor packing and some uses in the building industry

Wood Chimpsfor power industry, cellulose production etc.

Barkfor power industry and gardening

No Waste!

Once the tree is cut down, eve-ry piece is used either for con-struction or for other purposes such as packiging, cellolose, power industry or even garde-ning.