Rubberwood
Rubberwood is the timber of Hevea brasiliensis or
"Rubber Tree". This type of trees is
planted mainly for the yield of rubber latex. |
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trees start yielding latex after 5- 7 years of
planting. However, after 20 to 25 years, the
trees cease to produce latex at an economic level
and are necessarily felled as part of replanting
operations. Previously the felled trees were of
low commercial value and mainly used as firewood,
but today, due to technological developments,we
can convert what was going to waste into wood |
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that has the properties of hardwood
and can be used for almost any purpose.
Therefore this wood can be categorised as
eco-friendly in the sense that we are now
using what was going as waste.
Rubberwood
once treated acquires the properties of
traditional hardwoods and is comparable
to Teak Wood. As of today, rubberwood has
become one of the most popular timbers
for making furniture.Consequently, it
gives hope and trust to a person using
wooden furniture that he will not have to
face the guilt of contributing to the
destruction of our planet, since a
properly planned |
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undertaken, there is no hazard to the
environment and the supply is
sustainable. |
The
Malaysian government had taken the
initiative and was successful with the
initial export of rubberwood as a sawn
timber and as timber products (mainly
furniture components). Rubberwood from a
valueless timber almost fifteen years
ago, is now one of the major resource for
making furniture for export and for the
production of panel products such as
particleboards, fibreboards (MDF),
woodfibre cement-bonded particleboards,
plywood and other products.
We, at Brisk Force (M) Sdn. Bhd.
endeavour to provide our customers with
highest quality eco-friendly wood at the
cheapest rate. |
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