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Trading since 1992

AARECommodities
Open sawmill shed with a green band saw, surrounded by strapped stacks of squared hardwood sections and logs awaiting conversion in Nigeria

Manufacturing & quality

We manufacture, not just trade

Our Nigerian operations take hardwood from selected logs to finished, strapped and marked products, made to your specification.

Process

From log to dispatch

  1. 01

    Sourcing and material selection

    Timber is selected for species, size and condition against the order.

  2. 02

    Specification review

    Your drawings, cutting lists and tolerances are reviewed before quotation.

  3. 03

    Cutting and conversion

    Logs are converted to sections on our sawmill and rail-guided mills.

  4. 04

    Manufacturing and machining

    Sizing, planing, drilling, profiling and shaping as the order requires.

  5. 05

    Finishing and assembly

    Joining, bolting and assembly where specified, for example mats.

  6. 06

    Dimensional and quality checks

    Pieces are checked against the agreed dimensions before packing.

  7. 07

    Packing and loading

    Steel-strapped, marked packs loaded to trailer or container.

  8. 08

    Inspection and dispatch

    Pre-shipment inspection arranged where agreed, then dispatch to port.

Capacity limits

Maximum length: 5 metres

Our current confirmed maximum manufactured length is 5 metres. Longer lengths are not offered at present.
Steel-strapped packs of manufactured hardwood sections stencilled AARE COMMODITIES with consignment and destination marks, in a Nigerian timber yard
Strapped and marked for dispatch

In operation

Our mill, crews and finished product

Operator in face shield beside a rail-guided mobile sawmill cutting a hardwood section, sawdust covering the ground
Rail-guided conversion
Close view of a mobile sawmill carriage taking a cut along a hardwood section, with blade guard and safety signage
Cutting to dimension
Two crew members stacking freshly sawn boards beside squared log sections at a conversion site
Conversion crew
Stack of bolted hardwood mats lifted by chain from a truck-mounted crane, through-bolt heads visible along each timber
Bolted hardwood mats
Strapped hardwood packs stencilled AARE COMMODITIES and DEST AMSTERDAM beside a sawmill shed, loader and log stock
Packs staged at the mill
Flatbed trailer loaded with strapped AARE COMMODITIES hardwood packs, with a loader arm and yard offcuts in the foreground
Trailer loading for port