Timberlife
Wood in Pinetown

Timberlife is a leading manufacturer of wood preservatives and wood treatments in South Africa.

Founded in 1993, Timberlife started with literally nothing but a vision to become the market leader in the supply of a complete range of timber treatment products in South Africa and neighboring countries. After many years of hard work and dedication, Timberlife has emerged as one of the leading companies that manufactures and supplies a vast range of timber treatment chemicals, many of which not only are unique in the local market, but also internationally. This means that all the formulations have been developed in-house and cover a product range of well over 50 different timber treatment chemicals that have been successfully commercialized. Timberlife is the only local company, and one of only a very few companies in the world that manufactures and supplies a comprehensive range of wood preserving, wood protection and wood finishing products. It is our belief that the very basic requirements for the successful development of wood protection products is a sound knowledge of wood itself as well as the behavior of wood when used under different conditions of exposure. provide protection against ultra-violet degradation caused by sunlight exposure and/or reduce wood movement by controlling moisture uptake and loss during exposure, provide protection against mechanical wear, provide protection against fire, etc? However, at the end of the day it is the customer that dictates what he wants and it is therefore necessary to satisfy his needs. To date, it is still the most cost effective wood preservative available in Southern Africa. Also, from a health and safety point of view, it has always been and still is the preferred wood preservative available. A highly effective and cost competitive formulation that provides wide-spectrum protection again blue stain and mould growth problems commonly experienced with wet pine timbers. Wood preserving rods for internal remedial and supplemental treatment of treated poles and wooden structures. Not only was Timberlife the first South African company to develop and manufacture these borate-based rods, but is also one of only six companies in the world that have developed this type of technology. A complete range of cost effective industrial water repellent and wood stabilizing sealers with high quality, UV resistant transparent iron oxide pigment stain additives for manufacturers of wooden windows and doors, garage doors, garden furniture, decking boards, etc. Apart from its own KwaZulu Natal branch in Pinetown, Timberlife has also appointed the following distributors for marketing and distribution of its DIY wood care product range: Brits Pale (North West Province), JT Distributors (Eastern Mpumalanga and Mozambique), AIP Chemicals (Eastern Cape), Northern Building Supplies (Northern Botswana), Hemco Distributors (Namibia) and Micon Coatings (Zambia). Timberlife has a well trained sales team and technical representatives servicing customers from our head office in Pretoria. We take pride in the fact that we provide a comprehensive technical backup service to all our customers, helping them to select the right product for the desired job and to ensure that the product is correctly applied and maintained. Technical Information Sheets, Product Data Sheets and Material Safety Data Sheets are also available to further assist our customers in making the right product choice. Timberlife has certainly focused and lived up to its vision. Our focus and determination to reach certain set goals have been rewarded with many successes and make us proud of what we have achieved. One of our remaining focus areas is to become more visible to the home owner and expand further into the DIY market with our wood care products through retail outlets. We believe that we now have the right product range for this market segment. Furthermore, the need for the development of more acceptable, newer generation chemical products for timber treatment is growing at an ever increasing rate. This creates new challenges and consequently opportunities for formulators and manufacturers of timber treatment chemicals that have never been experienced before. Therefore, as far as the future of Timberlife is concerned, we firmly believe that the sky is the limit.