Demand from the agricultural sector coupled with a shortfall in Baltic timber supplies has led M&M Timber Ltd to more than double its production of home-grown fencing units.
The Kidderminster-based firm said that supplies from the Baltic states had slowed in recent months due to rising exchange rates but demand had continued to pick up from the domestic market, creating “serious shortfalls in the UK’s agricultural fencing stock levels”.
This has led to M&M increasing its production of peeled and machine rounded stakes, rails and struts to 5,000 units a day, more than twice its normal production volume.
“The situation has given us the opportunity to demonstrate just how more efficient and dependable our services really are,” said managing director Nigel Poyner.
“Better still, all our fencing products are home-grown. This is British quality at its best.”
The increase in production has required M&M’s Clows Top sawmill to instigate longer working shifts, as well as employ more staff at the site.
