Directory Profile for Pacific European Timber Agency Ltd - Lancaster

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FSC Chain of Custody TT-COC-2157

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Balau
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 990 Kg/m3
Colour: Yellow/Red Brown
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shore sp
Notes: Commercial Trade name under which a number of Shorea species with similar properties are sold in the UK

Bangkirai
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 850 kg/m3 Average
Colour: Pale Brown/Gold
Texture: Medium to Fine
Durability: Durable/Very Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: East Kalimantan
Species Name: Shorea laevifolia
Notes: This commercial name is used where Shorea laevifolia is sold as a single species. May also be sold under the commercial name Balau when mixed with other Shorea species of similar properties.

Cambara
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 570 kg/m3
Colour: Light Red/Brown
Durability: Not Durable
Permeability: Permeable
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Erisma uncinatum
Notes: Also called Cedrinho

Cedar, South American
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 480 Kg/m3
Colour: Pink/red brown
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: South Central America
Species Name: Cedrela oderata
Environmental: Listed in CITES Appendix III. Species included at the request of a country that already regulates trade in the species and that needs the cooperation of other countries to prevent unsustainable or illegal exploitation. Permits required for trade.

Cedrorana
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 520 kg/m3
Colour: Pinkish Grey, Light Sapwood
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Cedrelinga catenaeformis
Notes: Also called Tornillo

Decking Supplier
Product Type: Service

Door Cills Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Dowels Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Hardwood
Decorative and Structural Woods from around the world

Hardwood Component Blanks
Product Type: Hardwood

Hardwood Specialist
Product Type: Hardwood

Ipe
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1050 kg/m3
Colour: Dark Brown/Olive
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Impermeable
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Tabebuia spp.

Jatoba
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 890 kg/m3
Colour: Dark Red/Brown
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Hymenaea courbaril L.

Jelutong
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 470 Kg/m3
Colour: Yellow/White
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Good
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dyera costulata

Kapur
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 760 Kg/m3
Colour: Red/Brown
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dryobalanops sp

Keruing
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 750 Kg/m3
Colour: Pink/Brown
Durability: Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Dipterocarpus
Notes: There are many commercial names for timber from Dipterocarpus species. Generally split by country of origin with the most important being:
Keruing - Indonesia/Malaya/Sarawak/Sabah
Gurjun - India/Burma
Yang - Thailand
Apitong - Philippines

Laminated Truck Flooring
Product Type: Service

Lauan, Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora

Lauan, White
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Very Pale Pink to mid Red
Texture: Coarse but even
Durability: Non-Durable to Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species

Marupa
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 440 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Yellow/Straw Coloured
Texture: Medium
Durability: Non-Durable
Permeability: Permeable
Origin: Brazil
Species Name: Simarouba amara

Massaranduba
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 1000kg/m3
Colour: Dark/Pale Red
Texture: Fine
Durability: Durable
Permeability: Very Resistant
Origin: South America
Species Name: Manilkara bidentata
Notes: Also called Bullet Wood, Macarandu

Meranti, Dark Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora

Meranti, Light Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 510 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Very Pale Pink to mid Red
Texture: Coarse but even
Durability: Non-Durable to Moderately Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely Resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species

Merbau
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 800 kg/m3 average
Colour: Heartwood Dark Red/Brown Sapwood Pale Yellow
Texture: Rather Coarse
Durability: Believed Durable
Permeability: Unknown
Origin: South East Asia and South West Pacific Islands
Species Name: Intsia palembanica & Intsia bijuga
Notes: Unless correctly sealed will exude red dye in damp conditions. Liable to stain when in contact with iron in damp conditions

Mouldings Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Mouldings MDF
Product Type: Panel Product

Purpleheart
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 860 kg/m3 average
Colour: Purple Brown
Texture: Moderate to Fine
Durability: Very Durable
Permeability: Extremely Resistant
Origin: Central and South America
Species Name: Peltogyne spp.

Ramin
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 680 kg/m3 average
Colour: White Pale Yellow
Texture: Fine and Even
Durability: Perishable
Permeability: Permeable
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Gonystilus spp
Environmental: Listed in CITES Appendix II. Species is not necessarily now threatened with extinction but may become so unless trade is closely controlled. Permits required for trade.

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Rubberwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Selangan Batu
Product Type: Hardwood

Seraya, Dark Red
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 670 kg/m3 on average but variable
Colour: Medium to Dark Red Brown
Texture: Rather coarse
Durability: Moderately durable to Durable
Permeability: Resistant to Extremely resistant
Origin: South East Asia
Species Name: Shorea species principally S. pauciflora

Tatajuba
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 785 kg/m3
Colour: Golden Yellow/Yellow
Durability: Durable
Origin: Central/South America
Species Name: Bagassa guianensis

Virola
Product Type: Hardwood
Density: 400 - 530 kg/m3
Colour: Pale Pink
Texture: Fine to Medium
Durability: Non Durable
Permeability: Permeable
Origin: Northern South America
Species Name: Virola species and Dialyanthera species
Notes: Includes material from various species of Virola and Dialyanthera with similar characteristics

Window Boards Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood

Worktops, Solid Hardwood
Product Type: Hardwood