Ciqam Green Solutions is an organization that operates in the scenic Hunza Valley in northern Pakistan. Named after the Burushaski word for "green," Ciqam is committed to sustainability and gender equality, empowering women in Pakistan by challenging traditional roles. Starting as an NGO and with backing from the Norwegian embassy, Ciqam acquired Wood-Mizer equipment, growing into an independent business. Today, Ciqam stands as a symbol of women's resilience and contribution to their communities and economy.
By investing wisely in sawmill equipment, an Indonesian door manufacturer has improved lumber quality, optimized productivity, and increased yields of valuable tropical timber.
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In Gresik, East Java – about 15 kilometers away from Surabaya, we visited a plywood factory and also a woodworking factory where Michael, a local sawmiller and businessman, does sawmilling and kiln drying. The company originally started with Michael’s parents before they passed it on to him at the age of 19.
Indonesian company cuts exotic hardwoods to boost their sales in China and Japan. The company employs 150 workers and has improved profits since it purchased a Wood-Mizer LT20.
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Near Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia there are many sawmills processing wood for export. Wood-Mizer’s agent in East Java, Richard Soegitanto has been helping supply and service Wood-Mizer sawmills in the region for many years. At a sawmill in Gresik, the company is producing a lot of merbau timber using one LT15 sawmill.
Doddik Sulistiono is the owner of Citra Fajar Utama - a wood processing and furniture manufacturing company in the Klaten region of Central Java, Indonesia. The company was using the traditional vertical bandsaws for all their log breakdown. They began to look for other options and tried out a Wood-Mizer sawmill. They were so impressed with the surface quality and recovery, they bought three Wood-Mizers – an LT15 and two LX100 sawmills.
This family operated sawmill in Terengganu, Malaysia shows how even small companies can benefit from modern and more efficient sawmilling machinery.
In the East Coast region of Malaysia, in the State of Kelantan, just outside of the town of Kota Bharu, Mohd Nazmie lives with his family. He’s a schoolteacher. And he’s a woodworker and sawmiller. He salvages trees that otherwise would have been burned. He produces and sells live-edge furniture for friends and local clients. Thanks to a daring investment in an LT15 sawmill, he has opened up a whole niche industry to himself.
