We provide rubberwood with the most ecologically “friendly” lumber used in today’s furniture industry.
It has a dense grain character that is easily controlled in the kiln
drying process. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage making it one
of the more stable construction materials availabe for furniture manufacturing.
The rubber tree is widely planted for the production of latex in South
East Asia, mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Rubber trees
are replanted every 25-30 years when they are uneconomical for latex
production. Previous to the utilization of rubberwood for timber and
timber products the felled trees were used as fuelwood or just burnt
away. Formerly the major users of rubberwood were the fuelwood consuming
industry (e.g. drying and smoking of sheet-rubber, tobacco curing,
brick making etc.), the charcoal industry and the blockboard industry. |